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Peawhips

Hi i suffer from osteoarthritis with chronic pain plus alot of other health problems.

HelenS

Hi @Peawhips

Thank you for posting. I can see you have posted in other areas on the community, hopefully you will get some helpful advice from other members, especially in how to manage chronic pain.

Long-term pain can impact your ability to carry out daily activities, and when you have osteoarthritis certain movements are particularly painful so its easy to try and avoid them altogether. However, it’s important to remain as active as possible as lack of use can lead to further loss of strength and coordination. 

You may find the following links useful, especially the managing your pain link.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoarthritis/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/managing-your-pain/

You may also find this thread useful from one of our members

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/56710/struggling

Please do keep posting

Best wishes

Helen, Admin