How Arthritis can be Prevented ?

Some of the preventive measures for arthritis includes following
• The best preventive measure for arthritis or joint pain is to maintain a proper diet with complex carbohydrates and low salt, sugar, fat, and protein combined with proper exercise to keep the joints strong.

• Jogging for the years may produce the arthritis combined with other inherited weakness of the joints. The most common joints affected by this are knees and the lower back. And also the intervertebral discs may be affected by constant jogging. The best exercise is the swimming and to use the machine which works out the arms and shoulders, as well as the legs and heart.

• Forceful stretching of the joints may feel good, but it forces the ligament structures around the joint and causes microscopic tearing of ligaments. Ligaments do not repair by themselves. When enough fibers are broken, the adjacent joint will become unstable, and there will be movement in directions for which it was not made.

• When you diagonise the presence of the arthritis its better to take early treatment to slow down or to prevent further damage to the joints.

• Regular physical activity will help us to maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
 

•Try to intake the fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamin C which will reduce the risk for developing the inflammatory arthritis.

• Try to consume the green tea which helps in preventing the arthritis damage by reducing the inflammation and slows down the cartilage breakdown. A substance or the component called catechins of this tea helps in reducing the degradation of cartilage. And also other component polyphenols found in this tea reduces the inflammation of the joints.

• The most effective prevention and the treatment for arthritis are the replacement therapy of the Estrogen. This will prevent the bone loss, increase the bone density in the spine and the hips and reduces the risk of hip and spinal fractures in postmenopausal women.

• Breast-feeding avoids the rheumatoid arthritis in women.

• If you fell pain and the signs of arthritis take Rest.

• Try to maintain the proper body weight because extra weight increases the pressure on the joints and can create some type of arthritis.

• Try to use splints, braces, canes or shoe inserts to protect joints from the stresses of daily activities.

• Therapies such as moist heat increases blood flow and flexibility in the joint. And Cold therapy such as cold packs, cold-water soaks numbs the nerves and relieves inflammation.