Hello

lindadorothy

Hi

my name is Linda, I am 75 years old and have arthritis in both knees and am trying to avoid knee replacements. I have been told to stop doing high impact exercise, so my tap dancing and Zumba days are over, also now find that after being a very strong swimmer, my knees just don’t like it. So I walk my dog 4 times a day and go to the hydrotherapy pool every two weeks, also I try to use my exercise bike.

I can’t take Ibuprofen and would welcome any pain management info. Or exercises that improve the situation.

thanks…….. Linda

noddingtonpete

Hello @lindadorothy and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

I've put a link in below to pain management

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

but also, depending whether their is a location suitable for you there is also the free Nuffield Pain programme

https://www.nuffieldhealth.com/about-us/our-impact/healthy-life/joint-pain-programme

Quite a few members (and one of our moderators) have been on this and it seems to help. Have a look.

Best wishes

Peter

lindadorothy

Thanks Peter… will check that out… I live in Penzance so it’s not likely, but there may be ! L

noddingtonpete

The other one is escape pain

https://escape-pain.org/

swimmer60

@lindadorothy

Could you do the front or back crawl, kicking your legs very gently? Breat stroke not recommended for hips anyway.

Welsh1

Have you seen a physio may help with exercises my gym is not Nutfield but they do a similar referral programme to help also pain management referral through NHS pain clinics best of lunch. I do pilates it helps me.

Welsh1

Best of luck even ha