Videos: osteoarthritis and exercise
Introduction to osteoarthritis and exercise
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Introduction
Topic |
Time point in video |
What is osteoarthritis (OA)? |
0:00 |
What is the effect of activity & exercise on OA & health? |
2:57 |
Is there a difference between activity & exercise? |
5:02 |
Do I need both activity & exercise? |
6:02 |
How much is enough physical activity? |
7:06 |
How much is enough exercise? |
9:05 |
• What type of exercise should I do? |
9:50 |
• How often should I do it? |
11:21 |
• How much effort do I need to make? |
12:03 |
• How much time to I need to spend? |
12:45 |
Barriers to exercise & strategies to try |
13:39 |
• Won’t I wear out my joint & make pain worse? |
13:56 |
• I can’t get motivated (goal setting) |
15:00 |
• I don’t have time |
17:06 |
• I’m too tired |
18:08 |
• The weather is bad |
18:32 |
• I can’t afford it |
18:57 |
Tips for starting activity & exercise |
19:12 |
Exercises for osteoarthritis of the hip and knee
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Introduction
Topic |
Time point in video |
What is osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip/knee? |
0:15 |
What exercise and physical activity can help reduce symptoms of OA? |
3:00 |
Exercise principles |
4:30 |
Starting an exercise program |
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Warm-up |
8:06 |
Strength
Each muscle strengthening exercise has 2 to 4 levels of difficulty. Once you can perform 3 sets of 15 repetitions it is time progress to the next level or add resistance.
Topic |
Time point in video |
Body position & alignment |
9:30 |
How often, how much & how to progress |
11.20 |
Hip abductor muscles (gluts) |
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1. Clam on back |
16:06 |
2. In side lying |
16:58 |
3. Standing leg side-slide |
18:30 |
4. Standing leg side slide with ¼ squat |
19:45 |
Hip flexor muscles |
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1. Sitting hip bend |
21:00 |
2. Sitting hip bend with resistance |
21:30 |
Quadriceps muscle (front thigh) |
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1. Sitting leg press |
22:08 |
2. ¼ squat with chair |
23:01 |
3. Single leg ¼ squat in mini lunge postion |
24:39 |
4. Step up/down |
26:05 |
Hamstring muscles (back thigh) |
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1. Sitting static progressing to dynamic knee bend |
27:37 |
2. Standing knee bend |
28:30 |
3. Sitting resisted knee bend |
29:01 |
4. Standing resisted knee bend |
29:36 |
Calf muscles |
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1. Sitting single leg toe press |
30:26 |
2. Standing heel raise |
30:58 |
3. Standing heel raise on single leg |
31:35 |
4. Standing heel raise on single leg with knee bend/straightening |
31:43 |
Trunk/core muscles |
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Front trunk/abdominals |
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1. On back, bent knee single raise |
32:28 |
2. Plank using counter |
33:36 |
3. Plank on bed/floor with knee support |
34:46 |
4. Plank on bed/floor with foot support |
35:20 |
Back & hip extensor muscle |
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1. Hip extension laying on back |
36:00 |
2. Bridge |
36.39 |
Side trunk muscles |
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1. Side bridge with wall support |
37:54 |
2. Side bridge with counter support |
38:48 |
Stretches
Topic |
Time point in video |
Which ones & how to do |
39:35 |
1. Side trunk |
40:47 |
2. Hip flexor/groin (on bed or over edge of bed) |
41:23 / 42:07 |
3. Adductors (inside thigh) in standing position |
42:35 |
4. Hamstring |
43:18 |
5. Quadriceps (standing or laying on your front) |
44:05 / 44:59 |
6. Knee extension/straightening |
45:40 |
7. Calf |
46:24 |