My knee Osteoarthritis

Ebonymiss

Hi,it's Val,I struggle with the pain almost daily.Any ideas for helping other than the medication I'm on.I love gardening but can't do some days because of the pain.Its very annoying and makes me anxious.Any help would be good.thanks

Ellen

HI Val @Ebonymiss

lovely to meet you and welcome you to the online Community.

Would you maybe be interested in our exercises?

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-for-healthy-joints/exercises-for-the-knees/

I also see you are a gardener we have lots of members here who are also gardeners. This be of some interest to you:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2024/april/tips-for-gardening-with-arthritis/

Best wishes

Ellen.

frogmorton

Hi Val gardening keeps me calm.

we used to have a gardening thred on here I'll see if I can find it:

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/51850/tips-for-gardening-with-arthritis

Do you have one of the wheatbags you microwave I find them very comforting with OA pain. I also have a tens machine which can really help. I also use MSN gell which isn't medical (it's aloe vera).

Nice to meet you Val @Ebonymiss

Toni x