Common misconceptions about exercise in patients with arthritis: 1. Bone spurs in the joints need to be ground down and need to be strengthened. Correction: Bone spurs are a sign of joint degeneration and need to reduce joint wear. The bone spur will get bigger and bigger if you grind it by yourself, unless it is surgically removed. Most of the bone spurs do not need to be dealt with, a few bone spurs affect the joint movement, the need for surgery to grind off. 2. Playing “Taijiquan” can cure arthritis. Correction: “Taijiquan” is a good way to strengthen your body, but it is not suitable for everyone, especially not for patients with arthritis of the lower limbs, in which the patellofemoral joint of the knee is “very injured” in “Taijiquan”. “. Taijiquan in the lower limbs half squatting state for a long time standing, so that the joint cartilage for a long time under pressure and can not get relaxed and can not absorb nutrients, long-term so the cartilage cells will gradually necrosis, the cartilage matrix will gradually degenerate, arthritis will be further aggravated. Taijiquan is not suitable for arthritis patients, especially overweight arthritis patients. 3, climbing mountains (buildings) can cure arthritis. Correction: As mentioned above, climbing will increase the weight and wear on the joints of the lower limbs, arthritis patients are better off not climbing. 4, joint pain is the need for hot compresses to activate blood stasis. Correction: Most arthritis attacks are locally heated, and the synovial membrane is congested. At this time, hot compresses will only promote synovial congestion, increase joint exudation and aggravate joint swelling and pain. If the joint is locally hot, a local cold (ice) compress is needed.