World Arthritis Day 2025: How Nutrition And Exercise Can Ease Your Joints The Smart Way

ETV Bharat / health

World Arthritis Day 2025: How Nutrition And Exercise Can Ease Your Joints The Smart Way

Ahead of World Arthritis Day on October 12, learn simple, science-backed tips for joint-friendly living from two medical experts.

Let’s start with the truth no one wants to hear: arthritis isn’t just your grandmother’s problem anymore. One in six Indians is living with some form of arthritis. It’s that creeping ache in your knees when you climb the stairs, the stiffness in your fingers when you type, or that dull throb in your back after a long day. The irony is, while arthritis makes movement painful, movement itself is part of the solution, and right behind it comes another superhero: nutrition.

Before we observe World Arthritis Day on October 12, let’s unpack how food