Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that causes the breakdown of cartilage in a joint, resulting in bones rubbing together and causing pain. It has two types - primary osteoarthritis associated with aging and wear and tear, and secondary osteoarthritis that can develop early in life due to injury or obesity. Risk factors include age, sex, injuries, obesity, and certain diseases. Exercise, especially moderate aerobic exercise and strength training focused on the hips and knees, can help reduce symptoms by decreasing inflammation and pain while improving mobility.

1. Description and Images
Osteoarthritis

2. What is it?
 Chronic disease
 Breakdown of cartilage, causing pain
as bones rub together
 Can damage ligaments, menisci and
muscles

3. Two types
 Primary (associate with aging & wear
and tear)
 Secondary (can develop early in life,
result of injury or obesity)

4. Symptoms
 Pain
 Tenderness
 Stiffness
 Loss of flexibility
 Grating sensation
 Bone spurs

5. Risk factors
 Age
 Sex (women more likely)
 Bone deformities
 Joint injuries
 Obesity
 Occupations (repetitive stress)
 Other diseases (diabetes, thyroid,
gout)

6. Exercise
 Exercise is the best thing you can do!
 Combination of moderate intensity
exercise regime of strength training
and aerobic like cycling, walking or
swimming

7. Benefits of exercise
 Decreased inflammation
 Decreased pain and symptoms
 Improved mobility and functional
capacity with reduced fall risk
 Decreased risk of diabetes,
cardiovascular disease and cancers

8. Best resistance type exercises
(According to Research)
 Supine hip abduction
 Prone hip extension
 Sitting hip flexion
 Sitting knee extension

9. Supine hip extension

10. Prone hip extension

11. Sitting hip flexion

12. Sitting knee extension

13. Pictures of OA…General

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