Body Stiffness

[fruitsalad]

My stiffness and mobility seem to be getting worse, I cannot bend to cut my toenails and am having a job getting out of the bath, I put the not being able to bend down to my hips, but xrays show minimal wear, not sure what else could be causing it

[Tilly2]

You could try some gentle yoga. That might help with the stiffness.

[Tilly2]

Do you take Omega oil capsules, Fruitsalad?
They might help also.

[barry1010]

Are you very overweight? There are plenty of stretching exercises online for absolute beginners that will ease you in to better flexibility and muscle strength

[237SJ]

^Tactful or what? As others have said, yoga can help. You can do chair yoga if you don't fancy the full on yoga.

[fruitsalad]

No not very overweight Barry, I have arthritis I try to walk as much as possible, it's just the stiffness and bending I find difficult, I have taken cod liver oil as long as I can remember Tilly.

[barry1010]

Try gentle stretching every day, it should help.
No need to go mad

[jno]

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[Sqad]

Not sure that i am up to speed here......you say you have arthritis but minimal wear on X-Rays. When were these X-Rays taken?
What kind of arthritis are we dealing with?