Can you swim with rheumatism? Is swimming good for rheumatic patients?

Many people like to swim because swimming can not only exercise the body and help lose weight, but also help relax and eliminate irritability. However, rheumatism patients should no longer be stimulated by wind and cold, otherwise it will easily lead to aggravated pain or induce symptoms. Can a rheumatist swim? Is it good for rheumatic patients to swim?

1. Whether you can swim

Generally speaking, rheumatic patients can not swim often, because the water temperature during swimming is relatively low, and the cold and humid environment is the main factor that induces the onset of rheumatism.

2. Benefits of swimming

When the pool water temperature is not very low, rheumatism patients can swim properly. Proper swimming can exercise the function of the joints, so that it can play a hydrotherapy role to a certain extent. However, when swimming, rheumatism patients need to pay attention not only to the water temperature not too low, but also to pay attention to the swimming time should not be too long, not too tired, and after swimming ashore, they need to quickly wipe the water on the body to avoid causing cold joints.

3. Warm reminder

Rheumatism patients are not suitable to do some heavy physical labor, so as not to increase the burden on the joints, so do not swim with weights, and before the rheumatism is completely treated, it is best to reduce the number of swimming, but you can soak in the hot springs appropriately. In addition, rheumatism patients can do more endurance exercises such as walking, jogging, cycling, climbing, skipping rope, etc., as well as gymnastics, tai chi and other exercises, which will be helpful in the treatment of rheumatism.