Muscle strengthening and rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis often cripples its victims. Signs and symptoms of the disease are inflammation of joints; pain; tenderness weakness and atrophy of muscles. The cause is not fully understood. The two forms that exist are the acute and chronic. Literature reveals that while the acute form would respond more to drugs and heat therapy; the chronic form responds more to a programme of muscle strengthening through resistive exercises isotonic and isometric. The physical therapist is advised to pay closer attention to ways and means of designing resistive strengthening programmes for those patients suffering from the chronic form of rheumatoid arthritis