RA - Self Care Help Exercises for Most
It's important that we as RA patients keep moving in hopes of helping not only our current selves but for the future also. Just found this page / link in hopes to remind myself of gentle exercises that my rheumatologist had given me many moons ago. Thought I would share with others that might be interested in ways of helping themselves a little more. Now to follow my own advice I will be adding many of these back in to my daily routine. Best to ALL
https://www.arthritis-health.com/types/rheumatoid/gentle-stretching-exercises-rheumatoid-arthritis
Those are some great exercises,
. Thanks for sharing this. Best wishes! - Lori (team Member) 
Hi
. Thanks for sharing these. Thought you might also be interested in this community discussion on gentle exercises: https://rheumatoidarthritis.net/forums/gentle-exercises-does-anyone-have-a-routine. Feel free to add to it. Best, Richard (RheumatoidArthritis.net Team) You can ride a bike, during a leisurely movement, the joints move smoothly, together with them performsthere is a moderate load on the muscles of the thigh and lower leg, which leads to improved blood circulation and, as a result, nutrition of the joints. In general, cycling can be an excellent therapeutic exercise to restore the work of your joints. But choose a bike more carefully, take something for beginners e.g. https://www.bikethesites.com/best-beginner-road-bikes/
thanks, hey it's a good cardio work out too! Hi
. Just to follow up on what said about the benefits of riding a bike, if a person feels unsteady with a bike they may want to try a stationary bike or a floor peddler or stepper. My wife, Kelly Mack (a contributor here), uses a wheelchair. She has a floor stepper that she uses from her chair. Some of the floor peddle machines can also be used on a table top to work the arms. Where there is a will there is a way. Wishing you the best. Richard (RheumatoidArthritis.net Team)
