Could Exercising Reduce the Risk of Bone Disease in Arthritis? Know more.
Before knowing how exercise affects patients in arthritis it is important to know the mechanics behind the mechanics. A joint allows movement of two bones at their meeting point and cartilage is a firm cushion that covers the ends of the two bones, absorbing shock and enabling the bones to glide smoothly over each other. The joint is wrapped inside a tough capsule filled with synovial fluid. This fluid lubricates the cartilage and other structures in the joint and keeps them moving smoothly. Your joints are joined by ligaments joining one bone to another and these bones are attached to the bones by tendons. While contracting your muscles pull on the bones to make the joint move. Arthritis is a musculoskeletal condition which affects the normal functioning of the joints, muscles, bones and surrounding structures. Patients diagnosed with the disease experience intense pain, stiffness and inflammation in one or more joints or muscles, though exercising regularly can reduce man...