Belly dancing is a dance that ensures that your weight is transferred from one leg to another while performing.

This technique and the moves involved help you exercise you legs and your major joints like your knee, hip and ankle joints without any pressure. The dance also strengthen your joints which helps keep illness and injury away.

People are supposed to have overcome arthritis with belly dancing.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr PR Sidhwa says: Belly dancing keeps the joints mobile and keep you fit overall.

As long as your joints are mobile, arthritis can be avoided.

It is important that you carry on with your belly dancing routine for a certain amount of time each day.

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