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Happy New Year!! ✨️🌠🫶

Here's to a new, bright, healthy 2026!!
Any other self care you may be adding in for the new year?
#Anxiety
#Caregiving
#Arthritis
#Migraine
#ChronicFatigue
#ChronicPain
#DistractMe
#Asthma

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Health Researchers Find Strong Link Between Obesity and Joint Surgery

Health researchers have found a strong connection between obesity and the need for joint surgery, especially knee and hip replacements. Excess body weight puts continuous pressure on joints, which speeds up cartilage wear and increases the risk of osteoarthritis. Studies show that people with obesity are significantly more likely to experience severe joint pain and mobility issues that do not improve with medication alone. Over time, this damage often leads doctors to recommend joint replacement surgery. Researchers also note that obesity-related inflammation may further worsen joint degeneration. Maintaining a healthy weight is now considered a key strategy for reducing joint damage and delaying surgery.

Research & Medical References:

NIH (National Institutes of Health): Obesity increases mechanical stress on weight-bearing joints and accelerates osteoarthritis progression.

Arthritis Foundation: Obesity is one of the strongest risk factors for knee osteoarthritis and joint replacement surgery.

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: Long-term studies show higher joint replacement rates among obese adults.

Book Reference:

Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis and Medical/Surgical Management

Author: Roland W. Moskowitz et al.

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Discusses obesity as a major contributor to joint degeneration and surgical outcomes.

#obesityandhealth #jointhealth #kneereplacement #Osteoarthritis #HealthyWeight #Jointpain #PreventSurgery #MedicalResearch #bonehealth #bonehealth

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Because neuropathy really, really sucks

Today’s #monstermonday #tradingcard is #caticshock ! Spine issues from #Arthritis , #autoimmunedisease , #SpinalMuscularAtrophy , and other conditions can contribute to #neuropathy impacting dexterity, mobility, and more. Have you collected #neuropathy ? Tell us about it!

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Mocanaqua00. I'm worried about the peripheral neuropathy getting worse so tht I will be in a wheel chair. I have a walker and a scooter which I use to get around. I take physical therapy at home as much as is offered by Medicaire and United Health Care. I was very active until the pandemic and I am now 91 years old wih arthritis. I live alone but have help for housework and shopping. I have started with tremors lately and feel afraid to go out because of the fear of falling. My balance is not good.
#MightyTogether

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Happy holidays!!!

Have a wonderful season in all of the celebrations. This is a time of peace and kindness 🙏✨️💗
#PTSD
#Anxiety
#Arthritis
#Caregiving
#Headache
#ChronicVestibularMigraine
#DistractMe

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is OrganizedMongoose73. I'm here because I've been living with chronic pain for 8 years and want to keep up the good fight.

#MightyTogether #Arthritis #ChronicPain

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Rachel1965. I'm here because I feel all alone. I have family but nobody wants anything to do with someone who is chronically ill. Among other things, the chronic pain in my leg, the stiffness is just too much for me. I have had fibromyalgia since 2018 and it is just getting worse and the arthritis is worse. I have bone on bone knee pain, arthritis in my foot and discs broken in my back. I weigh 336 and tried to lose weight, but it is hard. I have lost my husband 4 years ago which is a story unto itself. It really hit me when in the summertime I couldn't walk because my knee would not hold my weight and my brother refused to take me to the ER because he didn't feel like it. But I am expected to help everyone else out. Today recently I told them I would stay with their dog and dogsit. Well, it is too much. I was there for 5 days and I couldn't do the steps up to their bedroom to sleep, or shower, etc... the pain was just too much. Now they are mad at me because they have 2 other cruise vacations to go onto between now and June and I told them I just can't watch that little dog I love so much anymore. I can't have him at my condo because dogs are not allowed and he barks non stop whenever he hears anything. I also have low kidney function and the only thing that even remotely helps is aleve and I was told not to take it because of my kidneys. I have no other choice. I can't stand the pain. She gets on me everytime. I don't know what else to do. Nobody wants to be around somebody who can't do anything. It is absolutely true. I took care of my husband until he died, I am not going to have anyone that even wants to visit me. I used to be so active, nothing stopped me. I know I shouldn't think about dying, but sometimes I think it is the only way out. nobody truly cares about me. I miss my mom and my grandma. I am 60 years old .

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #Migraine #Fibromyalgia #PTSD #OCD #Grief #Arthritis

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What Is Water Therapy?

What Is Water Therapy?

Water Therapy, or Hydrotherapy is a form of treatment that uses water for physical rehabilitation, pain relief, and improved well-being. It works by leveraging water's properties like buoyancy, resistance, and temperature to help with a variety of conditions, such as arthritis, chronic pain, and injuries, by improving mobility, strength, and reducing stress on joints. Not only that, but water therapy can also range from using heated pools for exercise to simple home remedies like warm baths or cold packs.

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