Preparing a healthy, nutritious meal is important for good health, but cooking can be daunting when your knees are aching or your fingers are stiff. No one would blame you if you’re tempted to do take-out or you start dialing Domino’s, but if you do that too often, health goes down and weight goes up. Instead, try these shortcuts to diets that help make cooking with rheumatoid arthritis easier:
Batch cook. Prepare two chicken breasts at a time and refrigerate the leftovers to use in salads or sandwiches the next day.
Consider convenience. Try frozen, pre-cut vegetables and fruits.
Stock the crock. Place meat or poultry, pre-sliced vegetables, spices and liquid in a crock pot, turn it on and hours later, enjoy a hot, cooked meal – and only one pot to wash.
Nuke it. Microwaving can heat frozen vegetables or leftovers quickly, without adding fats or depleting nutrients. Using a microwave oven on the countertop eliminates stretching or stooping to cook.
Grip with ease. Use kitchen or cooking utensils with padded handles or grips.
Belly up to the bar. Instead of standing at your counter or stovetop, pull up a high barstool and sit down to chop, mix or stir.
No more washing the crockpot, above, only one pot to wash!!
When you are in the supermarket go to the Reynolds Wrap aisle and see 'Slow Cooker Liners', line your crockpot with it with the top wrapped over the edges and viola, when done just rinse bag and throw away.
They are amazing, they do not tear, melt, burn or anything. They work great. One more step to do away with.
I think Joyce means PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).
The parrafin wax bowl also great for hands and fingers, saves the day for me. If the grandkids are around they practically fight over who peels the cool wax, and I have to chase them out of my kitchen chair.
I work on the computer a lot and also have arthritic pain in the base of my thumb on occasion, and I found a stretchy glove-type hand support in the local drugstore that keeps my thumb from moving as much and therefore reduces the pain. It is useable on either hand and comes in sizes small, medium and large and is made by Futuro (futuro.com). The sku number on it is 09184. They call it an "energizing support glove". It might help you. Good luck!
I totally cured myself of fibromyalgia by taking yoga. I now teach seniors and people with medical problems and see tremendous progress with this gentle exercise.
I have bp(high blood pressure) even though I take meds for it, my blood pressure is always higher in the afternooon, the Doctor told me my pressure goes up with pain. Hope this helps, I take mine 3 times a day to check, and each month fax the sheet to both Doctors.
try lookiing on the net for adaptive computer technology. Here is a site for you http://www.makoa.org/computers.htm#voice
Also I would like to know if I have arthritis. Lately went to a rehabilitation institute. I was not sure which was the diagnostic! they check all my body but not my wrist which it hurts. Specially my thumb in its base.
I am sort of sad because I am an esthetician and I work with my hands.
My thumb is in pain when I try to grip something, impossible to bend backward.
Anything you tell me will help me. Thanks in advance,
Aida Salmon
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