I found this article today on Arthritis Research UK website and I knew some of you would absolutely LOVE it. It’s written by a Doctor Tom Margham. Here’s a quote from him that I know many will find hugely inspiring:
There's a continuous process of ‘wear and repair’ happening in our joints. But some circumstances tip the balance more towards wear in the joint rather than repair. For example, injury or muscle weakness around the joint, which in turn leads to pain and the changes seen in the joint in osteoarthritis.
Addressing problems like muscle weakness or abnormal load passing through the joint can help to bring the balance back towards the repair process. In summary – for most people osteoarthritis isn’t an inevitably progressive thing and can be modified by looking for and addressing the problems that tip the balance from wear to repair in the joints.
Hopefully that will help motivate everyone to hang in and keep working those trigger points and stretching and strengthening those out of balance muscles!
Author: Susan Westlake
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