Aching hips, sore knees and joint pain are often assumed to be something we just have to live with as we get older. More than 32 million adults in the US suffer from the joint disease osteoarthritis, according to the CDC , but according to physiotherapist Clodagh Toomey the best medicine isn’t drugs or surgery—it’s exercise.

Toomey, an associate professor at the School of Allied Health at the University of Limerick in Ireland, told Fit&Well : “International guidelines all recommend that exercise is the first line of treatment for osteoarthritis due to the safety, low cost and effectiveness of exercise interventions to reduce pain and improve everyday function.

“Exercise has the added benefit of supporting the health of almost every system in our body,” she adds. You may like

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