American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Abstract: Therapeutic exercise is an invaluable component to a compre-hensive treatment program for patients with osteoarthritis. There are several major components to a complete ther-apeutic exercise program. Compliance with a long-term home exercise pro-gram after discharge from a physical therapy program is a very challenging but extremely important issue. Ideally, therapeutic exercise should be pro-vided under the supervision of a physi-cian who is knowledgeable in the use of exercise as a treatment for musculo-skeletal conditions. Many practitioners of physical medicine and rehabilita-tion (physiatrists) can fi ll this impor-tant role for osteoarthritis patients