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Excercise and arthritis
Is it safe to do excercise while having seronegative arthritis. Im taking 7.5mg methotrexate/weekly and having pain in joints and ankle...
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Exercises will only take care of the problem. Try Yoga to begin with. The pains are due to stiffness and overwork of muscles which are feeling weak due to your domestic activities and mobile use. IMHO, all such pains secondary to lifestyle get labelled as sero negative arthritis.
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your require to be assessed professionally and a program of rehabilitation is required which includes identify risk factors in daily life and appropriate exercises.
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Yes . Rather it is important .
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Yes it is safe to do exercise.
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Dr. D. Shrinivas
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22 yrs exp
Mumbai
If there is not much pain and swelling of the joints... exercise should and can be done.
Idea of exercising is to prevent stiffness and a permanent deformity.
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Treatment of disease by medications or your doctor's advice is first.
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