How can an exercise professional help your osteoarthritis?
Lucinda Moody, exercise professional
An exercise professional can certainly help you talk about the anatomy of the joint and how your joint is being affected by your osteoarthritis, and then once you have a better understanding of how your joint works and how your joint moves, what muscles support your that area of the body, I think you'll have a better understanding of how you perceive your pain and knowing what muscles and joints will be affected by the exercises that you do, so we can certainly assist with that education,
What happens on the first visit?
Lucinda Moody, exercise professional
When you come to see an exercise professional we would take you through a pre-screening and talk in more detail about your referral from your physiotherapist or your doctor about your condition a little bit of education on the joints the anatomy of the joints and how exercise is going to affect your body so your heart rate will increase, you will get improved strength through the exercise you're doing, we'll talk about balance we may even do some pre and post fitness testing just to see how you're going and you can gauge your own improvements which is a great motivating tool throughout so we provide you the explanation on how your body will respond to the exercise and what muscles and joints you'll be working through the exercise program.
How does exercise improve your quality of life?
Lucinda Moody, exercise professional
I love what I do and I get pleasure out of seeing people with chronic conditions improve their quality of life. They come to me and they're just so down, they haven't left the house for months, they've got depression, they’re in pain they've got other comorbidities on top of their osteoarthritis. They don't feel like the exercise is going to help it's going to make them hurt more and we spend time, we educate, we talk to them about how the exercise will affect their body and the stories that we get back, you know six weeks later sometimes earlier, Lucinda you've improved my quality of life my relationship has been reenergised, I can hang the washing on the line without pain, I can move I can dance and those sort of things inspire you to really want to get out there and help anyone with an arthritis condition, so a lot of inspiration in the work that we do is exercise professionals.
