When faced with the diagnosis of any type of arthritis, most patients are asked to make changes in their daily activities that will decrease arthritis symptoms and provide relief to arthritis pain. These changes often include eating habits, losing weight, taking medication regularly and engaging in regular exercise or physical activity. The adoption of one or more of these activities may require commitment on your part to change an old behavior into a new behavior.
The Stages of Change or Transtheoretical Model established by James O. Prochaska, PhD, and Carlo DiClemente, PhD, indicates that people who are successful at adopting new behaviors are those who make changes in stages. Furthermore, each stage has its own unique process of change and approach to achieving the ultimate goal of adopting the new behavior. If you have arthritis and are struggling to adopt new behaviors, this Web site will help you to first identify the stage you are in and then to engage in processes that will help you move to the next stage.
You’ll need to determine what stage you are in. To aid you in this determination, you may use this named tool.
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