Dr. Manuel Ester (Manny) is working as a post-doctoral associate with Dr. Claire Barber at the University of Calgary’s McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. In this #CRArthritis interview, Manny shares highlights from the workshop he is co-presenting with Dr. Barber at this year’s meeting called “Moving More with Inflammatory Arthritis: The Benefits of Physical Activity and Strategies for Supporting Physical Activity Behaviour Change”.
Manny describes the key objective of this workshop is to provide arthritis health care professionals with evidence-based strategies to encourage and support their patients in becoming more physically active, ultimately improving their health and quality of life. He also shares with us some of the most effective behaviour change strategies that help people with inflammatory arthritis “move more” and sustain an active lifestyle over the long term, including motivation techniques, goal-setting, and using technology to get started on exercise programs.
Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) has developed and shared a significant amount of education and advocacy activities in arthritis and exercise, including a National Survey on Arthritis and Exercise and the launch of a JointHealth™ education course on Arthritis and Exercise. Please see links to resources at the end of this episode.
Resources
• ACE Survey on Arthritis and Exercise – http://bit.ly/ACEJHEDArthritisandExerciseEN
• JointHealth™ Education: Arthritis and Exercise – http://bit.ly/ACESurveyExerciseJHIEN
• Arthritis patient exercise program - https://bit.ly/VersusArthritisMoveWithLeon
• 2018 EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis - https://ard.bmj.com/content/annrheumdis/77/9/1251.full.pdf
• Exercise Guide for arthritis health providers - https://bit.ly/ExerciseGuideforHCP
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