Senior Fitness, Arthritis Exercise and Physical Therapy Articles

Actress Kathleen Turner said it best in her November 2002 on-line chat with Arthritis Foundation Web site visitors. “The worst thing you can do for yourself, if you have Rheumatoid Arthritis, is to sit around and feel sorry for yourself. Not only will your symptoms increase,” she warned,” nobody will want to be with you! So get moving!”

Ms. Turner’s can-do attitude about exercise is right on target. Exercise is one of the best ways to fight back against a disease or disability. Here you’ll find articles about the importance of arthritis exercise, senior fitness, multiple sclerosis and exercise, stroke therapy, and many others.

If you have Multiple Sclerosis and exercise equipment is too difficult for you to handle, the Theracycle is the best Multiple Sclerosis exercise bike you can buy and the best alternative for stroke therapy. Multiple Sclerosis exercise doesn’t have to be impossible anymore.

Click on any headline to learn more about MS exercise, diabetes exercise, arthritis exercise, senior fitness, exercise with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia exercise.

Multiple Sclerosis and Exercise

Exercise and MS
Excerpted from “The Greater Connecticut Chapter’s MS Connection”, NMSS
September 2002

Exercise Can Benefit People with Multiple Sclerosis
Andrea T. White, PhD and Jack H. Petajan, MD, PhD

Exercise in MS
Catherine W. Britell, MD

Diabetes and Exercise

Television Watching and Other Sedentary Behaviors in Relation to Risk of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women
Journal of the American Medical Association
Vol. 289 No. 14, April 9, 2003
Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD; Tricia Y. Li, MD; Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH; Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH; JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH

Diabetes Self-Management - Physical Activity Just for the Health of It
Diabetes Self-Management
Published in the May/June 1999 issue
Richard M. Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.

Diabetes Self-Management - Preventing Blood Sugar Highs and Lows
Diabetes Self-Management
Published in the November/December 1999 issue
Richard M. Weil, M.ED., C.D.E.

Diabetes Self-Management - Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Physical Activity
What's the Connection?
Diabetes Self-Management
Published in the May/June 2001 issue.
Richard M. Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.

Arthritis and Exercise & Senior Fitness 

Exercising with Arthritis: Improve your Joint Pain and Stiffness
MSN Health and Fitness
Published by MayoClinic.com
August 19, 2004

Senior Fitness: Exercise Can Reduce Arthritis Risk
Ira Dreyfuss
Associated Press News Report
October 28, 2001
Washington, D.C.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Exercise

Excerpt from “Betting on Seabiscuit” by Larry Katzenstein
Smithsonian Magazine
December 2002

Fibromyalgia and Exercise

Exercise and fibromyalgia
Brad A. Roy
American Council on Exercise
February 23, 2001

Treatment information for Fibromyalgia
NeurologyChannel.com

Fibromyalgia and Exercise
Exercise recommendations from www.familydoctor.org

Other Articles about Exercise

An Obligation for Primary Care Physicians to Prescribe Physical Activity to Sedentary Patients to Reduce the Rish of Chronic Health Conditions(PDF Format - requires Acrobat PDF Reader)
Manu V. Chakravarthy, MD, PhD, Michael J. Joyner, MD and Frank W. Booth, PhD
This article summarizes the vast epidemiologic and biochemical evidence supporting the many beneficial health implications of undertaking moderate physical activity and provides a rationale for incorporating physical activity counseling as part of routine practice in the primary care setting.

Excerpts from Parade Magazine
Michael O'Shea, PhD
January 23, 2005