What are some safe strength training exercises I can do being that I have arthritis?

[Heather0512]

Safe strength training exercises?

[gymdandee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eGEUqb-sno

https://youtu.be/qTjDq3_D-FU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P76lkurJC_0

[Lesley_A]

weights bearing is great for arthritis patients.  Just find what weight you can tolerate that is not huge but not so light that it just lets your joints take the strain

[Lesley_A]

http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/exercise/how-to/weight-training-for-beginners.php

[Lesley_A]

Hi Heather ... I have degenerative arthritis ... so it bites everywhere.  I have found that when using weights I have to add enough weight to make the muscle work instead of loading my joints.  Try a lap pull down with light weight. Your elbow will cane!  Now add more weight until you feel the tug on your biceps and deltoid.  You can determine the best weight for you :)  
As for inflammation .... I take Biglan 'Curcurmin' as it shuts down inflammatory pathways.  I hope all goes well in your exercise journey

[Heather0512]

Yeah, sorry I forgot to put that in there. The type of arthritis is my knees and Beritis in the elbows.

[Paxiled]

Did your orthopedist diagnose this?  Did he or she refer you to physical therapy?  Because they can recommend a rehab program and direct you to a program that suits your interests but won't further harm you.  But there's nothing about arthritis that prevents most people from doing what they want, it just limits how hard they can do what they want if they want to recover quickly.  The main thing you want to do is work on reducing inflammation, but if you've had an MRI and X-rays an orthopedist can tell you how badly damaged you are and that will tell you a lot about how much you can do.  Physical therapy can further help you at least get started moving in a beneficial direction and you can take it from there judging the pain.  But doing nothing is likely to make it worse.

[Paxiled]

When you say you have arthritis that doesn't really say what's going on.  We all have some arthritis, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the source of pain.  You also don't say which type of arthritis.  That being said, arthritis is generally made less painful by movement, but doing things that increase inflammation will obviously not be great.  You'll only know by trying, but without more information about what's going on with you specifically, there's nothing you "can't" do with arthritis if it isn't too painful to do.  More important is working on an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, including diet, and any type of exercise that is too stressful might also increase inflammation but again, that just means low weights or low resistance if you're not using weights, it doesn't mean you can't do stuff.