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Trouble walking in the store? Looking for arthritis pain relief? Try these to relieve joint pains!
Do you cut trips short? Walking in stores can be difficult if you have hip or knee osteoarthritis- sometimes carts 🛒 can help but a lot of people still experience pain afterwards. So what gives⁉️ How can you reduce pain and be able to walk longer distances⁉️ Warming up and priming your muscles before you go run errands can help to loosen up and feel better when walking 👍🏽 Completing at least 2 of these four movements that feel good to you can be a great place to start. If all four feel good- that’s great! 🙌🏼 Run through these 2-3 times to help get your muscles and joints ready to take on any store 🛍🛒🍽🥦🏬 Work on these every time before you go out and start to see some progress being made ☝🏽 Please remember you may not feel immediate pain relief and consistency is SO

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Want to stop limping when walking with arthritis?? (It’s possible!!)
It can be done ✅ Walking with a limp can happen for a variety of reasons: ☝🏽 loss of range of motion in the hip, knee or ankle ☝🏽joint pain when putting full weight through the leg ☝🏽 muscle weakness, inability to hold full body weight ☝🏽leg length discrepancy, one leg is shorter than the other + others…. For most of these reasons, the goal is to get each of your legs used to holding your full body weight 🙌🏼 This is what walking is, essentially transferring weight from one leg then the other. When you limp- your body is trying to get off the leg as quickly as possible 🚶🏾♀️ Use these three movements to help build tolerance to weight bearing 👍🏽 Use support of a kitchen counter, walker, railing, chair- whatever you need to get started ✅ The key is NOT to cause signif

Keep Your Adventure Alive with Arthritis