70% of adults age 50 and older reported experiencing joint pain – and small actions we take every day might unintentionally be worsening aches, from doomscrolling at night to sitting too long, to wearing flimsy shoes.

“It’s not just the biomechanical load that we put on our knees, our hips, or our shoulders,” said Heidi Prather, DO, sports medicine and hip preservation physiatrist and founder and medical director of the HSS Lifestyle Medicine Program, in an article in Prevention. “It’s also the environment that the joint lives in.”

Fortunately, we can make little changes that can yield big results in easing soreness and improving function.

Read the full article at prevention.com.