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Prevention of Arthritis

Weight control helps ease pressure on joints, and avoiding stress or injury to your joints can also help to prevent or reduce the severity of osteoarthritis.

It is not true that avoiding exercise will help reduce joint problems in later life. Weight-bearing exercise such as walking will help to prevent osteoarthritis by increasing the strength of muscles that support joints.

Good posture can assist the strengthening of healthy joint structures, and physiotherapy and use of a walking stick or cane, can help prevent worsening of existing conditions.

There is no known way to prevent rheumatoid arthritis.

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