5 Actions to Reduce Your Joint Pain

Hey there! I hope you’re having a great day and I hope the information you’ve been reading on my blog is helping you. Here are 5 actions you can take to help reduce, if not eliminate, your joint pain.

Before you get into any of the actions I want you to know that you just need to take small actions. Don’t feel like you need to change lots of things at once.

Just a few small changes each week will make a world of difference a year from now.

​OK, let’s get onto the information that is going to help you.

1) Increase your intake of food that reduces inflammation, decrease your intake of food that causes inflammation –  Start by making small changes to your daily diet that will start moving you towards less inflammation in your body. Start eating more foods like:

– Any type of berry, especially dark colored ones like Blueberries and Strawberries
– Dark colored vegetables
– Whole Grains like oatmeal
– Healthy Oils like the ones found in Fish and Nuts

2) Exercise Several Times Per Week – You’d probably be surprised what walking each day for at least 30 minutes will do for you. The exercise helps reduce inflammation, which in turn helps reduce your joint pain. Walking also burns calories and that can help you shed some unwanted weight too.

3) Lose Weight – Have you ever noticed how huge meals that are served in many restaurants are these days? It’s very easy to gain an extra 10 pounds if you eat out a lot.Belly fat is a prime producer of inflammatory chemicals. You’ll be amazed at how simply cutting back on your portion size, exercising eat day and eating more natural foods that fight inflammation can help you drop those unwanted pounds. The pounds will drop off you faster than you think.

4) Quit Smoking – Quitting smoking is one of the most important things you can do to help reduce the inflammation in your body. Smoking causes massive inflammation in your body. This one action can have a major impact on the amount of joint pain you have.

5) Reduce Your Stress Levels – When your body is under a great deal of stress, it produces inflammatory chemicals. Exercising, reading and making love are all good ways to reduce your stress.  Most importantly though, you need to find a way that helps you reduce the stress in your life.It may be an evening walk with your partner after dinner to talk about your day and plan out your next vacation. Or maybe you love nature and riding your bike down a local path through the woods is relaxing for you. Whatever relaxes you and reduces your stress levels, try different things and see what helps reduce your stress the most.

Try to implement each of these 5 actions in your life. The sooner you start the sooner you will reap the benefits and start reducing your joint pain. You will be amazed at how your overall health will change, how your mood will change and how you will be able to get so much more out of life.

​I challenge you to just give it a try. You won’t regret it.

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