Can This Common Trick Heal Your Cartilage?

What can astronauts teach us about your joint pain? This popular way to heal cartilage to fix hip or knee pain from “osteoarthritis” needs a serious look. Doctors recommend it all the time, and if it does work, will it actually relieve your hip and knee pain? What about in your spine? Let's look at what happens when you rest and what happens to astronauts who provide a perfect case-study for "no-impact" living for overall joint health.

HELPFUL LINKS
Knee arthritis and pain study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10852280/
Hip arthritis correlation to pain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9512408/
Don't get caught in RIIPS: https://www.uprighthealth.com/blog/riips 😀
Bone and muscle loss in astronauts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_spaceflight_on_the_human_body
Leg and Hip Strengthening Workout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS-b0v9u0eY

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Rest to heal cartilage in your hip and knee is a popular treatment recommendation for osteoarthritis. But when you dig into the research on hip arthritis and knee arthritis, you discover that cartilage damage is an unlikely explanation for hip pain and knee pain. And even if rest can fix cartilage damage, it virtually guarantees that you’ll suffer from crippling muscle atrophy.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Start
00:39 - Personal Story from Geriatric Medicine
02:49 - The Importance of Muscles
03:38 - Arthritis Studies
04:34 - How Long Should You Rest?
06:23 - Astronauts and Joint Health
07:56 - Closing Thoughts on Cartilage

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