Health Report Wait, does exercise help osteoarthritis?
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Feb 20, 2026 Professor Catherine Hill, head of rheumatology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and clinical professor at the University of Adelaide, talks gout epidemiology, treatment strategies and links to heart risk. She explains urate-lowering approaches, monitoring needs and why asymptomatic high uric acid should not be routinely treated. The conversation also covers acute gout inflammation and its short-term cardiovascular implications.
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Personal Knee Relief From Cycling
- Norman Swan says cycling to work and Pilates dramatically relieves his knee pain.
- He reports that missing exercise for a few days brings knee pain back quickly.
Mixed Exercise Types Weaken Conclusions
- Manuela Ferreira warns the review mixed all exercise types making conclusions unreliable.
- She says we need better targeted trials on specific exercise forms for osteoarthritis.
Tailored Exercise Beats One-Size-Fits-All
- David Hunter says one-size-fits-all exercise gives small average effects.
- He argues tailoring exercise to goals, preferences and ability increases benefit and adherence.