What are the treatments for degenerative knee arthritis?

Have you ever paid attention to degenerative knee arthritis? Many people are easily affected by it in life. In treatment, we must pay attention to protecting the joints, avoiding mechanical injuries to the joints, and avoiding excessive exercise and weight bearing. Local heat therapy, hydrotherapy or infrared therapy can be performed.

1. General treatment

⑴ Promote disease prevention knowledge and protect joints: First of all, patients should be aware of the disease. Physical exercise should be done step by step to prevent excessive exercise and weight-bearing of joints and avoid mechanical injuries to joints. In severe cases, immobilization or plaster fixation should be used to prevent deformity. Reduce weight and use hand grips or a cane to reduce the load on affected joints. Those who are related to their occupation should change their jobs. Exercises that work on the relevant muscle groups can maintain and improve joint mobility to enhance joint stability.

⑵ Physical therapy: heat therapy, hydrotherapy, infrared, ultrashort wave, electrical stimulation, etc. can enhance local blood circulation, relieve muscle tension, and alleviate pain and other symptoms. Traction therapy is more effective for patients with cervical spondylosis radiculopathy. It can relax muscles, relieve pain, and prevent adhesions between tissues adjacent to the nerve roots. However, it must be performed under the guidance of a specialist.

⑶ Massage and Chinese medicine: Traditional Chinese medicine's massage and acupuncture treatment have obvious effects in alleviating arthritis symptoms. Chinese medicine can promote blood circulation and relieve pain, and sometimes it is also effective

2. Prevention

Degenerative arthritis of the knee is more common in middle-aged and elderly people who bear heavy loads on their joints, so the following should be done for middle-aged and elderly people:

1. Control your weight or lose weight: Obesity is an important cause of this disease, so middle-aged and elderly friends should control their weight and prevent obesity. Once you exceed the standard weight, then there is no doubt that losing weight is the most important thing. Losing weight can prevent or reduce joint damage and reduce the pressure on diseased joints, which helps in the treatment of the disease.

2. Avoid standing for long periods of time and walking long distances: because they will increase joint stress and accelerate joint degeneration.

3. Timely and proper treatment of primary diseases such as joint trauma, infection, metabolic abnormalities, osteoporosis, etc.

4. Supplement calcium.