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May Is National Arthritis Month
Exercise means more than just
keeping fit for the estimated 40 mil
lion Amercians affected by arthritis-
it means taking charge of their condi
tion. according to the Arthritis Foun
dation.
During National Arthritis Months
this May, the Arthritis Foundation is
encouraging people to Stay Active
with Arthritis.
“Regular exercise can help you
lessen fatigue, build stronger mus
cles and bones, increase energy, flex
ibility and stamina, and improve you
general health and sense of well
being," said Erin Knight Haag, Pres
ident After two to three months of
exercising, most people also report
less pain, anxiety and depression,”
Haag continued.
The Arthritis Foundation encour
ages people with arthritis to work
with their doctor and other members
of their health-care team to develop
an exercise program “It’s also im
portant to keep your health-care team
informed o f your progress,” said
Haag.
In addition to exercising to stay
active with arthritis, the Arthritis
Foundation recommends the follow
ing step:
Control your weight- Stay
ing close to your recommended
weight can help reduce stress on
weight-bearing joints such as knees
and hips. Studies show that over
weight people who lose weigh,
can reduce their risk o f knee
osteoarthritis by up to 50 percent
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Protect your joints- Use
joints in ways that avoid excessive
stress and make it easier to do daily
tasks, either through appropriate body
mechanics or use of inexpensive
devices-that make tasks easier.
Save your energy- Balance
periods of activity with periods of
rest to help reduce fatigue and to
protect joints from the stress of re
peated tasks.
Teens Say Different Backgrounds Can Coexist
Despite an increase in racial and
ethnic tensions in the world today, 54
percent of the 6,231 teens who par
ticipated in an informal survey be
lieve that people from different back
grounds can get along.
In a report on the survey, one 13-
year-old boy explained, “There may
be big differences in backgrounds
and cultures, but we can still get
along by not letting things that hap
pened in the past get in the way of
who we are now.”
Thirty-eight percent ofthe respon
dents said they believe that people
from different backgrounds can get
along one-to-one, but not as a soci
ety. Eight percent said that disparate
people can’t get along a, all.
Black and white teens from Plea
sure Ridge Park High School in Lou
isville generally agreed with the sur
vey’s majority. “ We look at our
selves as a family,’ asserted their
principal, Charlie Miller. “We don’t
really look at black and white.”
Nineteen-year-old Emily Cram
mer, who is white, agreed. “I have
good relationships with a lot of black
friends,” she said. “We’re not great
friends, but we probably could be.”
“I like all people,” added Reggie
Payne, 15, who is black. “A person’s
a person, no matter white, black,
yel low or orange, garbageman, busi
nessman, whatever.”
Despite the fact that they general
ly get along well, the students at PRP,
which is about one-quarter black,
tend to sometimes segregate them-
selves. This is particularly evident at
lunchtime, where only two tables out
of25 in the cafeteria had both blacks
and whites seated together
Seventeen-year-old Herb Garner,
who was eating at an all-black table,
explained, “ We sit with the people
we ’re around most of the time.” Farah
Roberts, 18, added, “When you live
in a mostly black neighborhood,
you're going to have mostly black
friends.”
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