This spring, consider making the commitment to yourself to get outside more often. These 5 simple ways to move more can help you ditch your winter blues while creating a new exercise routine.
Joint Pain
What Your Shoulder Pain Is Trying to Tell You
The shoulders are one of the most flexible joints in the body, and they play a critical role in everyday movements like reaching, lifting, and carrying.
Exercising with Arthritis: How to Stay Active and Injury Free
Exercise is beneficial for everyone, but it can be especially helpful if you’re living with joint pain or arthritis.
Making Your Resolutions Stick: Q&A with Personal Trainer Matt Woonteiler
At Anika, we’re big proponents of becoming and staying active. With the start of a new year, many of us are setting resolutions, and hoping to reach new heights. With the most common resolution of exercising more frequently, it’s not just about getting fit, but being able to stick to that exercise routine. Exercise can […]
Creating a Winning Post-Op Recovery Game Plan
Important tasks to take care of in the weeks before your surgery to ensure a smooth homecoming.
You Said “Yes” to Joint Replacement Surgery. Now What?
After putting it off for some time, you finally decided to schedule your joint replacement surgery. Your research pointed you to a surgeon experienced with joint preservation techniques who’s deemed you a good candidate. Compared to traditional total joint replacement, anatomic total joint replacement has several advantages: It is minimally invasive It conserves as much […]
Meet the Movement Expert: Q&A with Physical Therapist Andrea Schleibaum
Physical therapy typically plays a key role in the recovery process after joint surgery, even for patients treated with minimally invasive solutions. But for those unfamiliar with physical therapy, patients may be unsure what to expect.
Learning to Manage Arthritis Pain
September is National Pain Awareness Month, and if you suffer from arthritis, you are likely well-acquainted with the various side effects of joint pain.
Achy Joints? Grab Your Swimsuit and Head to the Pool
If you are plagued by achy joints, look no further than the swimming pool in your backyard, your neighborhood or the community center for ways to alleviate arthritis pain.
Are you Hitting the Links? Golfing Can Be an Effective Arthritis Treatment
With the right conditioning, equipment, and attitude, you should be able to enjoy many years of golfing, which like so many other forms of exercise, can actually be beneficial to your joints. It’s always a good idea to consult with a healthcare professional before starting a new exercise routine or sport, but here are some tips on how people with arthritis can golf safely.
Why is a Stretching Routine Key to Caring for Your Arthritis?
If you suffer from arthritis, and your symptoms are flaring up, moving your body can seem all but impossible.
Know the Facts for National Arthritis Awareness Month
Every May, as we observe National Arthritis Awareness Month, the urgency to address and understand osteoarthritis has never been greater. Recent findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 reveal that osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease, already affects 15% of the global population over the age of 30. With current trends, this number is […]