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| Is Swimming Good for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
With the working and life style of “more sitting and less exercise” increase, more and more people catch AS. Whether swimming is beneficial for patients with rheumatoid arthritis? How is swimming beneficial for human body and the illness condition? First, swimming is good for backbone. Swimming can make the backbone become horizontal rather than vertical and this reduces the pressure of backbone. Second, swimming needs a synergic movement of the muscles of whole body. The back muscle of backbone would get a regular exercise. Thirdly, when swimming, human body is floated by water and all the joints is out of pressure; and the tides will massage the back muscle, which is like the function of hydrotherapy. Swimming do is the good exercise for patients with AS.
At last, except the above, the water temperature will increase the blood circulation and promote the metabolism, which improves the blood and oxygen supply of backbone. Therefore, swimming is good sport to prevent the AS for healthy people and is adjuvant therapy for AS patients to prevent the AS from recurrence. From the explanation, you should have a realized swimming is one of good preventions of the AS.
Therefore, swimming is one good exercise for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. You can also choose other aerobic exercises like walking, yoga etc. Experts from Beijing Hou Liping Rheumatoid Hospital tell us that the intervertebral disc disease has certain connection with weaker vertebral column muscular strength and lower vertebral column stability. Therefore, patients with rheumatoid arthritis shold not sit still for long time. During your working, remember to stand up for a body stretch. Although proper exercises are good for illness condition, patients with rheumatoid arthritis still need effective treatment. You can contact online service and then share your illness condition with rheumatoid experts in Beijing Hou Liping Rheumatoid hospital.
