Exercises useful in treating hip osteoarthritis

People who live with chronic pain from osteoarthritis of the hip are usually advised to lose weight if necessary, take pain medications and/or may have surgery to replace the joint. However, exercise may also help relieve osteoarthritis pain, according to study results published in September issue of the journal, Arthritis Care & Research. Despite this, there isn’t a lot of information available as to what type of exercises, how long to do them, and the intensity, is best for pain management.

This particular study was a review of 9 other studies done of people with osteoarthritis who participated in exercise programs. Some exercised with strengthening and/or aerobic programs on their own, some in swimming pools, while others at the gym. What the researchers found was that exercise did help manage pain. So, with this information, more doctors need to encourage their patients with osteoarthritis to exercise, even if it seems to them that this is impossible.

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