Jennie Garth suffers from early osteoarthritis

When she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, Jennie Garth couldn't believe it.

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had already been feeling pain for several years, in the form of stiffness in the joints of her hands, without knowing what was happening to her.

And the verdict fell three years ago.

"I said to myself 'No, but it's not possible, I'm too young for osteoarthritis' (…) When you hear the word arthritis, you associate it with old people and immobile people who cannot carry on. an active life,” she told Insider.

Still standing

However, Jennie Garth refused to be defeated.

From the outset, she decided to counter the effects of this disease by multiplying the activities: stretching, golf, and even hiking with her dogs in the Los Angeles area.

So many ways to keep moving forward, despite the recurring pain in your joints.

“You have to refuse to say that you are slowing down or that something is preventing you from doing everything you do every day (…) When you know what you have to do physically, there is always a solution.

I let absolutely nothing limit me,” she concluded.

Today, the one who is also a mother of three children does everything possible to raise awareness of early osteoarthritis.

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