
Welcome to the Osteoarthritis Starter Pack Online Course. If you have osteoarthritis yourself or have clients/patients with osteoarthritis, this is course will help you realize a new perspective on osteoarthritis and the best treatment options. Here at Keep the Adventure Alive we are on a mission to help those with osteoarthritis find optimism, strength, and positivity to keep adventures alive.
Understanding what osteoarthritis is and what actually causes it is extremely beneficial to finding the best ways to find relief. So often, we get misleading information which can lead to premature surgeries, hopelessness, and disability. We are here to show you how you can keep your adventure alive with osteoarthritis!
Learn what your pain or your patient's pain actually means. It may surprise you, as often we have the wrong ideas about our pain levels. Pain is deeply psychological as well as physical. This isn't a ploy to tell you it's "all in your head though". Knowing what is causing your pain can truly help you alter your behaviors and change your thinking in a positive light!
Mindset about osteoarthritis is just as important as diet and exercise. Your beliefs about your condition can be very powerful. This is one more thing you can use to help break free from your joint pain without more pills or surgery.
Here you will learn other pain relieving strategies that can help to reduce joint pain aside from exercise and diet. It is good to be able to build your tool box to have other options for pain relief.
Movement can be extremely powerful for pain relief and to improve confidence in yourself and your joints. The more painful movement is, the more we avoid it. But we have to move in life. We can't just take a back seat! Let's make movement less painful. Let me show you the best ways you can move and exercise to break free from your joint pain.
Anti inflammatory foods can be extremely effective in helping with osteoarthritis pain. But how do you know that you are eating the right foods? Which foods should you be eating more or less of? Our diet controls much of our joint pain, especially with inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. Learn the best types of foods and why you should know what glycemic index is.
Osteoarthritis can be overwhelming and stressful. Continuing to search for the answers to your questions just seems to lead you to more doctor's appointments, scary Google searches, and discouragement. This course is here to show you or to give you a new perspective to share with your clients or patients about how to optimistically and strategically approach osteoarthritis. It has been found when diagnosed with osteoarthritis:
"...patients were dissatisfied with the perceived lack of understanding and the type of information received from some healthcare practitioners"
"Patients perceived that they did not receive general information about OA and pain management from their GP"
"In our study, medication was overwhelmingly, and usually the only, treatment option recommended by GPs"
"Older adults who attribute poor health to a natural part of aging may be more likely to dismiss symptoms of illness and less likely to seek medical attention"
THERE IS A NEED. People want more information and likely aren't getting it. Information can be so powerful. Without the right information many people believe:
The more I move, the worse my joints get.
Medication and surgery are my only options.
Pain is normal for my age so there is nothing I can do but live with it.
But the thing is, these are so wrong.
Resting and avoiding movement is one of the worst things you can do for your arthritis. Belief that surgery is the only option leads to premature surgeries, potential for increased risk of infections, and higher risk for poor surgical outcomes.
Understanding the basics about Osteoarthritis can truly be life changing. These facts are just the beginning:
1. Osteoarthritis is not simply caused by "wear and tear"
2. Exercise does not make osteoarthritis worse
3. Needs for a joint replacements aren't as common as you think- "The estimated appropriateness rate for knee replacement was 11.8% in men and 17.9% in women with osteoarthritis"
With this framework I have helped people living with osteoarthritis return to mountain biking, skiing, and simply walking without pain. The choice of wording we use and the way we approach our treatment is huge.
Learn all about the truth behind osteoarthritis and conservative treatment options. Educate your patients and clients in a new way regarding osteoarthritis. Learn how to keep adventure alive despite osteoarthritis.