6 ways to protect your joints from additional strain

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6 ways to protect your joints from additional strain

Arthritis can quite literally be a pain. A pain with which 3.9 million Australians are living. While there is no cure for Arthritis there are some simple ways that you can protect your joints from additional strain and pain associated with day to day activities around the house.

One key aspect of arthritis management is developing a routine that allows you to pace yourself over the short and long term. This means balancing work and rest so that you can take a break before you overwork certain joints and muscles.

Changing activities and the joints bearing the load throughout the day can also help balance the stress on your body. For instance, alternate between relaxing with a soothing cup of tea while you do some paperwork or with a standing task like packing away the dishes.

Changing the way you go about doing some day to day tasks can also be a great way to protect your joints. To help we have handpicked some daily living aids to help you work smarter, not harder while managing common problems experienced by people with Arthritis.

In the dressing room

Stiffness in the hands associated with Arthritis can at times make the seemingly simple task of buttoning a shirt or zipping a jacket time consuming and painful. This is where a butler dressing aid comes in handy. The butler tools have grips designed for use with limited hand strength while the fittings handle slipping the buttons through the holes and hooking into the zipper pulls. 

Button aid for arthritis

Shop the dressing butler to stop battling the buttons.

 In the study

The straight narrow barrel of a standard pen may not be the most practical writing implement when it manages to hit all the painful pressure points of the fingers as you grip it. A contour pen is designed to sit more comfortably in the hand and requires minimal pressure to make the ink flow.
Contour pen for arthritis

Shop the Contour Pen if you are partial to paper and pen for writing your lists and notes.

In the Kitchen

Twisting and gripping can be a strain on arthritic joints so using a traditional can opener can be challenging. The one-touch can opened handles all the necessary details while you hold the tool in place!

automatic can opener

Shop the one-touch can opener to conquer the cans in your kitchen.

 In the laundry (and kitchen)

Converting a standing job to a sitting job with a purpose-built perching stool can help alleviate excess strain on your joints and muscles. The kitchen perching stool can be adjusted to suit your height needs and is lightweight to easily move around.
Kitchen perching stool

Shop the Perching Stool to take a load off your legs while you work.  

In the dining room

Eating utensils that have thick, oval-shaped handles while being lightweight help make mealtimes about the pleasure of eating, rather than the pain of griping (or slipping).

Light cutlery for arthritis

Shop the Ergonomic Light Cutlery to cater to your stomach while taking the pressure off your hands. 

In the house and garden

We all know how important hand-washing is, be it in the garden or around the house but sometimes the handles on the taps are too tight to turn. This is where the colour coded Tap Turner shines, turning a classic 4 spoke tap handle into a lever action.

tap turner 

Shop the Tap Turner to turn the water back on.

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