Heat relaxes the muscles around the knee and also helps lubricate the knee joint. Moreover, it also helps relax the muscles and relieve joint stiffness. Similar to Heat Therapy Cold Therapy also helps get rid of joint pain, but it does this by inflammation in the joint. It also decreases the swelling and pain related to knee arthritis.

In the second instalment from Ben Steele-Turner, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and Associate Registered Nutritionist, Ben discusses the importance of diet for bone health and preventing osteoporosis. Ben explores how what you eat can affect your bone density, and which supplements are effective for bone health.

Ben Steele-Turner is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, he qualified with First-class honours in BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy from Bournemouth University and is now a full member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Ben is also an Associate Registered Nutritionist having gained a Master’s degree with Distinction in Human Nutrition from the University of Surrey.

Footwear specialists Reiker explain how the types of shoes you wear can affect your knees.

Dietitian Rachel Redman shares six diet tips to help manage osteoarthritis.

Professor Leif Dahlberg explains how to strengthen your knee joints through exercise.

Find out more about how you can use nutrition to help your symptoms of Osteoarthritis in our guest post from nutritional therapist, Tanya Clarke.

Frances Ive, author of One Step Ahead of Osteoarthritis, explains how she stays active with osteoarthritis.

GP and Health Economist Dr Alastair Dickson shares his experiences with patients who suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee.

Jenny Tschiesche from the Lunchbox Doctor speaks to us about how to eat right while suffering from knee osteoarthritis.