Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
Why is going downstairs harder on my knee?
Consider controlled lowering, strength and safe movement together.
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Exercise and daily life
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Basic guideDaily life and exercise
If I have arthritis, can I exercise?
Learn how to start strengthening, walking and cycling, and adjust the amount to your symptoms.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
Heel pain with your first steps in the morning: could it be plantar fasciitis?
Check the location and daily pattern of pain, then adjust footwear, activity, and stretching.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
With back pain, should I rest in bed or keep moving?
Maintain manageable activity and adjust exercise to your symptoms rather than staying in bed for long periods.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
관절염이 있어도 운동해야 하나요?
관절염 치료에서는 현재 무릎 상태에 맞는 운동을 꾸준히 하는 것이 중요합니다. 운동 종류와 양은 통증과 체력에 맞춰 조절합니다.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
Record changes in daily life as well as pain
Add walking, sleep and rising from a chair to a pain score.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
How do I start sit-to-stand and squats?
Build everyday strength with a stable chair and a manageable range.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
Which hand should hold a walking stick?
Learn the height and walking sequence as well as choosing the correct side.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
When can a knee brace help?
Compression, stability and unloading are different purposes.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
What should I check when choosing shoes or insoles?
Fit and stable walking come first.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
Should I use cold or warmth for my knee?
Use either as an aid while checking symptoms and skin.
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Patient explanationDaily life and exercise
Using a stationary bike with osteoarthritis
Fit the seat and resistance, then adjust time and intensity to the knee’s response.
Read the explanationBASIC GUIDES
Start with the basics of arthritis.
The first time I've seen it.
What kind of disease is arthritis?
osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and the causes and treatments are different.
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Symptoms and tests
Knee pain: what should we check?
pain and we look at the bumps, bruises, discomfort of movement together.
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Can I exercise if I have knee osteoarthritis?
Learn how to start strengthening, walking and cycling, and adjust the amount to your symptoms.
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Find a cure.
How do you determine the treatment?
It reduces pain and combines treatment to make you move around in your daily routine.
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Find a cure.
When is surgery needed?
It's not exactly surgery that you get diagnosed with.
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Prepare to be treated.
When should I go to the hospital?
Repeated pain and sudden hot swelling of the joints should respond differently.
Read moreRUNNING
Eight guides for sustainable running
Explore training load, recovery, common injuries and return-to-running plans.
Common runner pain: consider both location and how it changesTrack weekly load and the length of each long runStarting running: a first week of walking and runningStrength training for runners: fitting it into the weekKnee pain while running: assess location, load and recoveryAchilles and calf pain in runners: distribute load during recoveryShin pain: distinguish broad discomfort from focal bone painReturning after injury: use function and the next-day response
Du Hyun Ro’s exercise videos
Watch the movement,
start at your own pace.
Explore strength and stretching exercises for people with arthritis. Adjust the range of motion and exercise volume to your knee condition.
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