Knee pain is absolutely unbearable! Orthopedic doctors teach you how to fix knee arthritis.

Knee osteoarthritis is a common chronic degenerative osteoarthropathy, and it is also a chronic aging of joints. Common in middle-aged and elderly people, especially elderly women. Therefore, many elderly people will have different degrees of joint pain, stiffness, swelling, flexion and extension difficulties and other symptoms. And with the increase of age, the probability of illness is also increasing.

What is the cause of knee osteoarthritis?

1, the root cause of knee osteoarthritis is:

Articular cartilage wears off.

With the increase of age and various reasons, the damage, degradation and wear of articular cartilage become more and more serious. Once cartilage is worn, it is difficult to regenerate. Without the protection of cartilage, bones grind bones when walking. The outermost periosteum and synovium around the bone are rich in nerves, so it will feel very painful.

1. Overweight population

The greater the weight, the greater the pressure on the knee joint, and the heavier the burden on the knee, which will lead to premature aging.

2. Women before and after menopause

Before and after menopause, the hormone level decreased and the bone loss was more. The decrease of skeletal muscle strength reduces the stability of knee joint, which leads to the increase of stress in articular cartilage and subchondral bone during exercise, and finally leads to cartilage wear and joint degeneration.

3. People who exercise too much

The cartilage surface and meniscus in the knee joint can bear a limited number of rubs in a lifetime. If you exercise too much, the wear of the knee joint will be more serious.

4. A sedentary person

Sitting for a long time without exercise, the synovial fluid in the joint can't flow fully and can't act as a lubricant, and the muscle tissue around the joint will shrink day by day. Over time, joints lose protection, and the probability of joint injury will naturally increase.

5. People with knee injuries

For example, the meniscus and ligament are damaged, which leads to ligament instability and meniscus unevenness. When walking, the legs will sway and accelerate wear.

6. People with deformed legs

The varus deformity and valgus deformity of knee joint will cause poor articular surface and damage articular cartilage.

How do you know if there is something wrong with your knee joint? The feeling of joints when going up and down stairs is a very important self-test method.

It hurts to go down the stairs, which is a yellow warning from the knee joint;

Going up the stairs will also hurt, which is an orange warning from the knee joint;

Finally, walking flat will hurt, and eventually you will feel leg pain when you sleep at night. This shows that your knee joint problem is serious, and a red alert has been issued.

If you start to have joint pain when you go down the stairs, you must pay attention. It is recommended to seek medical treatment in time, and doctors can adopt different treatment methods according to different degrees of illness.

How to treat knee osteoarthritis?

The treatment principle of knee osteoarthritis is conservative treatment, aiming at relieving pain, protecting cartilage and delaying the development of the disease. Surgical treatment is necessary.

0 1, adjust lifestyle

Stay in bed during acute pain and reduce activities;

It is very important to lose weight and reduce the load on the knee joint.

Exercise moderately. If your joints are uncomfortable during exercise, stop exercising immediately. Swimming, jogging, cycling, etc. It is recommended to avoid weight-bearing sports, such as climbing mountains, climbing stairs and squatting repeatedly.

Avoid sedentary;

02, drug therapy

Oral anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, cartilage protectants, topical drugs, etc. According to the doctor's advice, intra-articular drug injection is also feasible; We introduced it in detail in the last article. For details, please click here: Can knee pain be blocked?

03, physical therapy

It is mostly suitable for the chronic stage of knee osteoarthritis and has a good effect on relieving subacute inflammation. You can choose various forms of physical therapy, including hot compress, electrotherapy, magnetic therapy, infrared ray, hydrotherapy, mineral spring bath, mud therapy, wax therapy and iontophoresis.

04, strengthen the muscle strength around the joints.

The quadriceps femoris is the most important muscle group in human thigh. It is not only responsible for our main strength when walking, going upstairs and downstairs, squatting, etc. It is also for the stability of our knee joint, especially the stability of the patella and knee joint in the anteroposterior direction.

Sit in a chair, straighten your knees and hook your toes at the same time, and keep your whole leg straight and level.

At this time, you will feel the muscles of your thighs exerting strength and feel very hard. Stick to 10 second each time, and then relax 10 second, 30 times a day, 30 times a day.

Surgical therapy

For the introduction of specific surgical methods, please refer to our previous article: "Knee arthritis, is it" knee preservation "or" knee replacement "? 》