So painful! This disease afflicts nearly half of the middle-aged and elderly people

"Crack", "Ouch! It hurts so much!" I believe many people have had this experience when climbing stairs, especially middle-aged and elderly people. Knee arthritis is a common disease of the knee joint.

Knee pain is a problem for many people. According to surveys, among people over 40 years old in mainland my country, 46 out of every 100 people suffer from knee pain, and for those over 70 years old, the number is close to 100%. It has to be said that knee pain has seriously affected our normal life and work, and affected the improvement of our quality of life.

How does knee arthritis occur?

The occurrence of knee arthritis is generally caused by factors such as degenerative changes in the knee joint, trauma, and excessive fatigue. It is common in middle-aged and elderly people. In addition, being overweight, incorrect walking posture, squatting for a long time, and cold knee joints are also causes of knee arthritis.

Many middle-aged and elderly people are in so much pain that they can no longer walk, and have to go to the hospital for treatment using crutches or in a wheelchair. Why do patients arrive at the hospital so late? Most patients have this misunderstanding: Many people think that applying a plaster will make the condition better, but this is not true. Sometimes the plaster can relieve the pain, but in most cases the knee hurts again after a few days. When it hurts, they apply the plaster, and it happens again and again. This delays the disease, and by the time they want to go to the hospital for treatment, the condition has become very serious.

For this type of patients, they should go to the pain department as soon as possible and receive comprehensive treatments such as joint ozone injection, micro-needle knife, shock wave, etc. Most patients will experience significant pain relief after treatment.

How to Prevent Knee Arthritis

Of course, prevention of knee arthritis still starts from daily life:

First of all, pay attention to your walking and working posture, and don't twist your body when walking or working. Avoid staying in one posture for a long time, such as squatting for a long time, because the weight on the knee joint when squatting is 3-6 times your body weight. When sitting or standing for a long time, you should also change your posture frequently to prevent the knee joint from being fixed in one posture and exerting too much force;

Secondly, do not wear high heels when walking long distances. Wear thick-soled and flexible soft-soled shoes to reduce the impact on the knee joints, avoid wear and tear of the knee joints, and cause knee osteoarthritis.

Secondly, you should warm up before exercising, gently stretch your knee joints, increase the flexibility and agility of your lower limbs, and allow your knee joints to move freely before participating in exercise. The range of motion should not be too large, and the squatting position should not be too low, so as to prevent the knee joint from being overloaded and injured;

Finally, avoid obesity to prevent adding burden to the knee joints. Once you are overweight, you should actively lose weight and control your weight, which is very beneficial for preventing knee arthritis.

In addition, you should pay attention to preventing cold and dampness, keep warm, try to avoid going up and down stairs as much as possible, and avoid excessive fatigue of the knee joints.