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Can Old Age Cause Issues In Rising From Bed?
this is about my mother 75 yrs old. she is on medication- high blood pressure (reading 130/90) diabetes (148 after meals). slightly overweight, she is extremely healthy otherwise and a workaholic. the temperature dropped substantially about a week ago and ever since she has this pain in the knee joint, ankle and upper arm. while sitting or lying down, she has no problems, but finds it extremely difficult to rise from the bed or the chair and can walk with much difficulty. please help
Mon, 17 Nov 2014
HI,
I can understand your concern.
Your mother though has diabetes & high blood pressure, her BP & blood sugar levles are excellent.
THe problem bothering her at presen are due to arthritis, which is also natural for her age. The condition aggravating the problem is over weight.So the points for management of her health hence forward are,
- continue the good control of diabetes/B.P.
- try to control weight by controlled diet /yoga exercises that she can perform in sitting posture , involving all unaffected joints./ Pranayama, meditation
- consult an orthopedic doctor for pain relief / calcium & vitamin D supplements as per need.
-physiotherapy to alleviate the joint conditions.Continuous exercises advised by physiotherapist in real sense manage joint affection. She will definitely move independently after that.
Thanks.
I can understand your concern.
Your mother though has diabetes & high blood pressure, her BP & blood sugar levles are excellent.
THe problem bothering her at presen are due to arthritis, which is also natural for her age. The condition aggravating the problem is over weight.So the points for management of her health hence forward are,
- continue the good control of diabetes/B.P.
- try to control weight by controlled diet /yoga exercises that she can perform in sitting posture , involving all unaffected joints./ Pranayama, meditation
- consult an orthopedic doctor for pain relief / calcium & vitamin D supplements as per need.
-physiotherapy to alleviate the joint conditions.Continuous exercises advised by physiotherapist in real sense manage joint affection. She will definitely move independently after that.
Thanks.
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