![]() ![]() ![]() "As we've become more acquainted with farmers, we saw how difficult it was for some of them to keep working and to stay active longer in their life,? Field said. Purdue Extension, Purdue's Breaking New Ground Resource Center and the Arthritis Foundation, Indiana Chapter, have teamed up to produce "Gaining Ground on Arthritis: Managing Arthritis in the Agricultural Workplace," an educational DVD to help people understand arthritis and to provide practical tips on protecting joints, managing stress and modifying work practices through special tools and other devices. May is National Arthritis Awareness Month, which strives for increased awareness and understanding of arthritis. "It's the kind of thing that prevents them from being comfortable in doing some of the work they would like to do." ![]() "About one-third of all farmers in this country have some form of arthritis that keeps them from doing the daily chores they would like to do because of either stiffness or pain in the joints," said Bill Field, Purdue Extension safety specialist. But according to a Purdue University expert, farming is an occupation that has a lot of repetitive types of activities, which can have an especially disabling effect on farmers and ranchers. Most people look at farming as being a healthy occupation, where farmers are outside and doing a lot of work. * Purdue Breaking New Ground Resource Center Purdue Extension resources help farmers cope with arthritis ![]()
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