By Dina Pittman, a gardening enthusiast with OA who describes herself as “too stubborn to give in when pain persists,” on her website,www.disabledgardener.com
十年前，当我终于能够购买我梦想中的房产，并将我的园艺空间从一个典型的郊区地块扩大到一个1.5英亩的林地时，我认为我最大的挑战是在阴凉处园艺。
But it turned out to be chronic pain!Continue readingGetting Back to Gardening
Love fall gardening, but find it painful with arthritis? Try these hacks to avoid straining joints.
Hack:Go vertical.Wall gardensare easy to tend while you’re standing or sitting up. Buy one ready-made or make your own by hanging plastic pots on a wall. “Keep the plants between waist and shoulder height,” says Julia Henderson-Kalb, an occupational therapist at Saint Louis University in Missouri.
Even if Jack Frost is still nipping at your nose, it’s not too early toget your garden growing. Whether you’re starting from seeds or seedlings, get a jump on planting with these tips that are easy on your joints.
Gardening has an abundance of health benefits including keeping you physically active and helping to loweranxiety and depression, both of which are linked to arthritis. Using the right tips and tools for the job can help ease any gardening task. Our experts share how to grow your green thumb.
Springtime brings out the gardener in us all. But it can be tough on the joints. Air plant gardening requires no shovel, no soil, no watering can, but the results can be spectacular. Just ask Carolyn Kosanouvong-Walker of Fresno, California, who began air plant gardening as acreative way to ease stressand take her mind off the pain of herjuvenile arthritis.
“What I love about air plants is that they are simple to manage and come in different sizes and types,” says Kosanouvong-Walker, 45, who was diagnosed at age 3.
Gardening can be a pain-free hobby for people living with arthritis—all you need is a little planning and creativity.
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