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Move It or Lose It: The Science of Joint Health and Why Motion is Your Best Medicine

Cartilage has no blood supply and requires movement to pump nutrients through synovial fluid, yet most people rest painful joints, accelerating the very degeneration they fear. Regular exercise builds cartilage, reduces inflammation, and prevents osteoarthritis, while immobilization starves joints and causes rapid decline. This blog debunks the exercise-wears-joints myth, explains the science of mechanotransduction and collagen synthesis, and gives you a daily joint mobility routine to keep your knees, hips, and spine healthy and pain-free for decades.