Now what?

[Rowville]

Haven’t posted for a while have my 5k medal and just been steadily running 5 and a bit K since. I did the 5k on a treadmill asi have quite bad arthritis in left knee but over the last couple of months have done one or two runs a week in the open air. Now knee is pretty swollen and a bit painful so have stopped for the moment. I really enjoy the running and it has helped amazingly in all sorts of ways so looking for something else to keep fitness levels/ cardio up and not get downhearted and put some of the weight back on. Suggestions please much appreciated

[Hidden]

You've done really well in consolidating your runs and could well begin to extend the distance gradually. I used to swim as well as run, and that is really good for joints. My knee was badly damaged (a long time ago) and it helped that a lot. As for arthritis, all joint pain and stiffness has vanished for me since cutting out dairy foods. I had seen the consultant and had a horrible steroid injection into my thumb. I reported back after a few weeks and was able to say arthritis had vanished, no pain and finger joints were straightening out. His response was that there is a correlation between arthritis and dairy products, so it might be worth a try.

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

It’s wine and fruit juice in my case. Gave up alcohol and juice and I’m good

Still got some in my big toe but I keep it well under control with a daily omega 3 capsule and an omega 3 rich diet. I still do dairy but cut it out if I get an injury, which 🤞😁

[Rowville in reply to misswobble]

Thanks interesting as I have started to drink more wine than I have done actually gave up but following holiday in Sicily have rekindled the taste! Will stop for a bit and I have a fairly omega rich diet but will get some capsules.

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Rowville]

Booze was causing me problems as was fruit juice which I started drinking having cut out alcohol 🙄. Causes terrible pain in my finger joints ☹️ Never mind, I survive quite nicely without 😃👍

[pinkaardvark Graduate10]

Swimming is good and hurts the knees less.

[Razouski]

My husband has dreadful arthritis in both knees so running is a complete no no- he has virtually no cartilage left in one of them. So he’s avoiding impact exercise. He enjoys cycling and that is far less aggravating to his knees.

[Hidden in reply to Razouski]

that's interesting. That episode on sport from the trust me I'm a doctor bloke's program found that running rebuilds cartilage in the knee. I wonder if that would be the case for your husband if he started out slowly and built up gradually. It's certainly helped improve my injured knee.

[Razouski in reply to Hidden]

I don't think so, he is in agony after walking and his knees swell up to almost twice their size. It's not a pretty sight. But thanks for the suggestion. x

[Hidden in reply to Razouski]

Oh, poor him, that's awful x