The word ARTHRITIS literally means joint inflammation, but it is often used to refer to a group of more than 100 rheumatic diseases that can cause pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints. These diseases may affect not only the joints but also other parts of the body, including important supporting structures such as muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments, as well as some internal organs.1
"It is important to understand that the joints of the human body have no veins or lymphatic tubes. Circulation comes from movement. Movement squeezes old fluid out and new fluid in.
When a foreign invader enters a joint, lymphocytes, or white blood cells, come to the site to clean up the inflamed joint. They start eating, but because the joint isn't being moved, they cannot get out, so they overeat and spew out toxins that kill cells on the synovial lining of the joint. More lymphocytes come to the joint, eat, get trapped, spew toxins, and the situation gets worse."2
"The answer then, from a natural standpoint, seems to be to find a way to painlessly move that lymph fluid holding white blood cells full of waste out of the inflamed joint."2
"If you have arthritis or a related condition, exercise is especially important. Exercise is beneficial because it can help:
- keep your joints moving;
- keep the muscles around your joints strong;
- keep bone and cartilage tissue strong and healthy;
- improve your ability to do daily activities"3
Since movement is critical in removing the toxins that destroy the joints and exercise helps to build the health of the joints, what exercise can I do to cleanse the joints while not inflicting pain?
