Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease or OA. It is a most common form of arthntis. The common symptoms of osteoarthritis are pain, swelling and reduced motion in your joints.  It can occur in any joint of your body.  It affects your hands, knees, hips and spine
Sometimes, Osteoarthritis occurs due to inactivity therefore, osteoarthritis exercise is useful to increase body movement to get relief from Osteoarthritis.

Before taking any exercise regime people preferred to take advice from physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians, nutritionists and respiratory therapists.

There are many advantages of Osteoarthritis exercise like some people can experience relief from stiffness in joints as exercises that involve weight bearing help to nourish the cartilage and strengthen bone joints. Physical activity will reduce symptoms of depression and it promotes good health. It also helps to strengthen muscles around the joints so that they can absorb shock.  It decreases risk of osteoporosis and injury. It also helps to decrease risks of pain and stiffness in the bone.  It also helps to decreases chance to have heart diseases.  It also helps to improves daily energy life.

Doctors may assist patients to perform Osteoarthritis exercise and they may take careful physical examinations before they suggest any physical activity.  The Osteoarthritis exercise and joint protection is very important for people who are suffering from Osteoarthritis.  Doctors may suggest patients to perform weight-bearing exercises for 2 to 4 hours, which is flowed by non-weight bearing exercises for 1 hour.

Osteoarthritis exercise may include knee extension exercises in which knee is slightly raised and it gently raised towards the floor using one-leg muscles. You need to hold for 5 to 10 seconds and then rest for minutes and repeat it 10 times. To get best results from knee extension exercise, it is essential to repeat 1 to 3 times a day.  This exercise is performed while sitting in a chair and resting the foot on another stool or chair that is placed appropriately across from you, to raise the knees slightly.

Osteoarthritis exercise also includes aerobic activity, which needs to be performed for some days. It is performed with 50 to 70 percent MHR and it requires 30 minutes moderate activity during the day.

Therefore, regular exercise may help people to get relief from Osteoarthritis, it helps them to achieve physical fitness and it does not requires to be perform in a high intensity exercise program or attain high levels of fitness to improve health status. Sometimes decreasing low intensity regular activity may decreases risks for number of diseases like osteoporosis as well as heart diseases.