Nutrition for Joint Health

Does weight affect arthritis? The simple answer is yes. Extra body weight increases the stress on many joints, particularly the knees, hips and lower back. There is also a clear link between being overweight and an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis. If you are overweight, losing weight will decrease the...

Sedentary behaviour is simply defined as ‘too much sitting’ Sedentary behaviour are activities where you spend a lot of time not using energy. These can include, sleeping, lying down, sitting, watching television, and playing on the computer. Finding a balance between resting painful joints or pacing activities, and limiting...

Creating healthy habits helps with general wellbeing, mental health and will, most importantly, help to ease the symptoms of your condition. It’s hard to change many habits at once, so set small goals and build up from there. It might take you up to 3 months to create a new...

Sleep is important for both physical and mental health and improves your overall quality of life. We know that living with a chronic condition and chronic pain can cause problems with sleep, including having problems falling asleep, staying asleep and also having good quality sleep. It is common to...