A close friend in her thirties was diagnosed with it not long ago. She told me that she made the initial mistake in not taking the medication prescribed. She now accesses all specialist medical and allied health assistance available under Medicare.
She is also exploring assistance through NDIS ( which covers rheumatoid arthritis).
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DMARDs as frontline treatment.
As far as allied health goes dietetics is probably the most important (to work out if any foods are triggering more inflammation).
Aerobic exercise important to help reduce inflammation.
Resistance training important to combat the effects of the DMARDs on bone density & ligament/tendon health.
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I have a chronic inflammatory illness and follow these steps.
Working out can be difficult when in pain, but it provides me a distraction apart from being good for me.
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Back the gym today for god knows how long. Recovering from a knee injury, but also last week did the calf on my good leg, overcompensating for walking around with a limp. Had a fitness assessment and fair to say starting from a low base. Not overweight or anything like that but playing cricket for 30 years and not really paying much attention to my overall fitness levels has come back to bite me. Physio will write up a rehab program for my lower half, but today just worked on upper body.
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Thatās great news. Itās always hardest getting started but you wonāt regret it.
Have you got a fitness coach? I have and itās been life changing. Iāve been working with him for about 3 years and consider myself pretty fit. The older you get the more important your fitness becomes.
Good luck with it!
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No fitness coach as such, but as part of my membership I have 3 free consults, so had 1 and still have 2 in reserve. But yeah I can definitely see the benefit of that. Did the legs yesterday and felt pretty good. Not the heaviest weights for the moment but got through it relatively pain free. Iām hoping to get back to cricket not next weekend but the one after, however thatās probably pie in the sky.
PS: Going to Keilor East Leisure Centre. Absolutely elite setup. Went and had a swim after the workout and so good.
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How many games til you break before Christmas?
Iād call even a minor calf a 3-4 week injury outside of a professional athlete so depending on timeline (and your role) might be worth considering targeting the new year.
Since moving bush Iāve indulged in more outdoor activities.
Latest pursuit is a surf ski. Have about 12 months experience in a sea kayak but my word do the skiās want to tip. Would comfortably be spending more time in than on the water but slowly getting there.
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