What is knee arthritis? Let you understand and learn

Definition

Knee arthritis, also known as knee osteoarthritis, refers to a condition caused by bone hyperplasia and cartilage degeneration or degeneration in the knee joint. A chronic bone and joint disease.

There is no clear cause of knee arthritis, but it is closely related to people’s age, living habits, living environment and other factors.

For example, long-term incorrect walking posture, frequent weight-bearing, excessive obesity, etc. will lead to soft tissue damage of the knee joint. Over time, the soft tissue will undergo degenerative changes, leading to knee arthritis.

Symptoms

Knee arthritis is a slowly developing process.

The onset of the disease is indirect at first, and you may experience slight pain or no obvious feeling when walking on a flat road.

As you walk for a long time or take the stairs, you will feel obvious pain, and you can hear the sound of joint movement.

In the later stage, the patient's knee joint gradually becomes stiff and the pain becomes unbearable. The pain will become continuous, resulting in limited knee joint movement, and some patients will also experience joint swelling.

With long-term development, the joints become deformed, and some patients even sit in wheelchairs.

Treatment

In the early stage, conservative treatment is mainly used, and drug treatment uses non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics to relieve symptoms.

Consider surgical treatment when the pain is severe and conservative treatment is ineffective.

Patients can also adopt the following exercise methods to promote recovery:

1. Those with severe knee joint swelling and pain in the acute stage should rest in bed, brake the knee joint, and avoid overloading activities and Labor, reduce the burden on the knee joint.

2. To reduce the load on the affected joints during the attack, canes, walkers, etc. can be used to assist activities.

3. Joint muscle exercise:

(1) Moderate aerobic exercise such as walking, swimming, cycling, etc. can help maintain joint function.

(2) Perform Tai Chi and Baduanjin exercises moderately.

Obese people should lose weight. Being overweight will increase the burden on joints, so they should maintain a standard weight.

To protect joints, you can wear elastic sleeves to protect joints, such as knee pads; avoid wearing high heels, wear soft, elastic sports shoes, and use suitable insoles.

What are orthopedic insoles? To put it simply, it is a cushion placed in the shoe to correct and adjust the walking posture.

It is designed and developed by foot and ankle medical experts through research on plantar biomechanics and changes in human body's biological force lines caused by foot lesions.

It is suitable for the general population; for some people with foot deformities or foot diseases, professional testing, design, and production will be carried out to adapt to specific individuals.

Orthotic insoles can be worn during all rehabilitation activities involving the foot and lower leg.

· Correct and improve walking gait and posture by supporting the arch of the foot.

· Conservative treatment of some plantar diseases by redistributing plantar pressure.

Correction of bad walking postures such as varus, valgus, inside and outside feet; plantar pads, corns, tarsometatarsal arthritis, and intertarsal arthritis and other foot diseases.

It is safe and non-invasive. Not only foot problems, but also leg and waist patients can choose and purchase with confidence.

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