European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes battling arthritis dont let it lick you Byjah Ziegler United press International Ray whose liquid legs carried him comically Down the yellow Brick Road As the scarecrow in the wizard of has something in common with Sandra a top professional Golf Money in have something in common with Byron acclaimed a child Prodigy after six months of piano lessons and a renowned keyboard artist for More than 40 All three suffer and have for Many they have arthritis for it really counts Janis in his Haynie in the which she had to twist or Bend with every Golf and Bolger in one of the hips that launched a thousand soft shoe they All continued to play play the piano or even though sandpaper joints complained Ecru their message now is that others can do the Battle dont let it lick lick says who last year had his faulty hip Haynie and Janis said in interviews they were Well aware there Are people whose arthritis is so bad they can barely to whom glowing words of optimism might seem the celebrities said their words arc not intended As they and most medical authorities agree now More strongly than Ever before that it is once you have to keep moving As much As possible to prevent already damaged joints from stiffen ing some would even say movement can help return painful and stiffened joints to Normal pain free fun one developed a water exercise program she claims helped her do exactly although doctors caution it might not be As beneficial for it is also the three celebrities said and those in the health care profession would agree to take charge of yourself and avoid using the disorder As an excuse to quit on i have a feeling that an awful lot of people really choose said As James director of the Stanford arthritis put it in his Book if your arthritis is it May rep resent the greatest Challenge of your meeting the Challenge can be your greatest arthritis affects More than 75 million people and comes in 109 which can be grouped into eight major perhaps the most Well known varieties Are rheumatoid and osteoarthritis is the most common form and an al most inevitable byproduct of most people who have it develop few some May experience pain or enlargement of especially in the it is caused by the wearing Down of the cartilage that separates the surface of Bones in rheumatoid one of the most severe affects about a million it is caused by inflammation of membrane lining the besides joint swelling and the victim May feel an allover illness that includes fatigue and muscle although rheumatoid arthritis is considered the most damaging form of the it can subside after Sev eral medical authorities believe it is important to keep joints functioning through the first years so they will continue to work when remission sets about 50 years ago studies appeared in England showing that rheumatoid arthritis patients benefited from prolonged bed said Barbara a University of Michigan physical therapist and president of the arthritis health professions this May have promoted the idea that inactivity was beneficial for she Many professionals say exercise is Best when joint which comes and a joint is inflamed when it is red and these symptoms May be accompanied by but often the pain remains when inflammation questions such As How How and How far to stretch have not been definitively said Naomi Lynn an arthritis specialist at the National Institute of digestive and kidney at exercise should maintain the joints Range of this can be done with Extension and flexion the rest of the mix the Way we As Rheum apologists use exercise is two fold one is to maintain the in terms of muscle strength and joint Range of in order to prevent them from developing deformity and loss of said Marc an associate professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins school of Medicine in Balti the second Way is to rehabilitate patients who have already lost motion or have developed one catch Treyve never proved exercise decreases Peoples level of Banwell she there Are plenty of people who will Tell if i dont swim or i dont i feel it May be part mental and part but if it who cares1 Dvera Berson is one who found something that a Manhattan department store Model at age she became a fashion consultant and an associate daily in the upholstered wilds of the fashion Over one weekend when she was she was stricken with three kinds of arthritis rheumatoid arthritis and cervical Spondyl Osis a degenerative spinal condition causing neck she became a near invalid and had to Wear an upper Back Brace and surgical she could not hold a newspaper or a Telephone she could barely dress the physical therapy sessions she went to were i was in terrible excruciating and i was she i was very and i was ashamed of the Way i at she swims up to a mile and a half several times a looks like a bathing Beauty and suffers no her secret a system of water exercises she herself after years of drug hospitalizations and traction for Ray arthritis May have been a help As Well As a told Early on by his wife a he would be prone to developing he began to feel his first twinges soon i asked him what i should he said the Only thing besides getting a degree in Medicine was keep on exer especially the places it hurts i have lived by that Rule Ever Sandra is one of the players listed in the ladies professional Golf association Hall of she was named Lyga player of the year in 1970 and in 1974 she became one of Only two golfers to win the Lyga championship and women open in the same Haynie had been struck by a car during a trip to South two vertebrae were but were not diagnosed properly until by she had in great pain every time she swung a Golf she quit Over the next few she played in Only about 15 then made a spectacular return to the pro circuit in the year in which she fired her career Low i did have a lot of she it want until i saw the got on the that i even thought about going Back full its a wonderful i  Trade it for but its i talked to my Golf i had to make changes in my swing to accommodate my i had to talk to a lot of people to figure out if i was going to do she still does a Good Deal of whenever she without even thinking about she plays Racquet Ball and and if the Hurt Doest go she takes an aspirin some Days Are not going to be she but i no matter How bad i feel better if in up and Byron has suffered arthritis in his hands for 12 but he told no one but family and close reviewers didst notice any difference in his or that he was trying hypnosis and a Host of other during these Ive had some of my greatest he i you cant so i went he golfer Sandra Haynie developed arthritis after being struck by a car in