Does cycling ease arthritis?

[TREKSTRONG]

Just wondering. My boss complains occasionally of her arthritis --it's throughout her body.

She's only 7 years older than I.

The only exercise she engages in is walking her dog..which is good since she lives near a large park.

Just curious about anybody who may know if cycling ease arthritis? I know my dearie has it in his knee.. which for him, cycling is actually beneficial.

I have arthritis in both of my knees, the left side is worse than the right although it can switch sometimes and the right may be worse than the left on some days.

I think cycling is no worse than walking at least in my experience because when you have to push really hard to go uphill you are putting tons of pressure on your knees. But I wear a patellar band on both knees which helps tremendously. On some days I even wear the bands around the tendons in my elbows because they get sore as well!

But movement and working them rusty 'ol bones is better than no movement or not enough movement. I was sedentary for a few years because of back problems and I have learned that you cannot let whatever ails you bring you down. You have to learn how to live with your health issues whatever they may be and learn to live with them and just keep doing what you love.

I have always been very physically active all my life in ALL sports. I went through a period though where I started falling apart after years of abuse on my knees and back from being a long distance runner. Now I've learned to accept that I cannot be a 'runner' anymore but I can cycle!!! I'm an endurance junkie and love going the distance and pushing myself physically. I just have to be more careful with training and stretching, staying hydrated ... etc. I got my patellar bands from Walgreens and when I wear them I can ride up to 2 hours longer than I could if I weren't wearing them.

Maybe you can motivate her to get into a new hobby!