Preventing Osteoarthritis in Winter

Winter is a season when osteoarthritis is prone to occur, so we must do a good job of preventing osteoarthritis. So where should we start to prevent osteoarthritis? First of all, we should have an in-depth understanding of what osteoarthritis is. We need to know the causes of osteoarthritis and the clinical manifestations of osteoarthritis. This will help us prevent and treat osteoarthritis.

To prevent osteoarthritis, we need to pay attention to our weight. Losing weight can play a good role in preventing osteoarthritis. In addition, we must exercise reasonably, which can also play a good role in preventing osteoarthritis.

1. Maintain a normal weight

Obesity can induce the occurrence of degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee. The probability of obese women developing degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee is four times that of women with normal weight.

Therefore, overweight people should develop a weight loss plan to reduce the load on the knee joints.

2. Exercise properly

Exercise mainly aims to enhance the strength and endurance of the muscles around the joints, which is beneficial to the stability of the joints and maintaining the range of motion of the joints.

Many middle-aged and elderly people like to climb mountains two or three times a week or climb stairs, jog and do other exercises every day. In fact, if these activities are excessive, they will be very damaging to the knee joints.

Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people should avoid activities such as weight-bearing, climbing, long-distance travel, squatting, jumping, etc., and choose exercises such as walking, cycling, swimming, and Tai Chi as appropriate.

The above are some preventive measures we should take in winter. I hope netizens will keep them in mind and implement these measures in their daily lives. This is also about being responsible for our own bodies.

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3. Use medication as appropriate

Exercises are mainly to increase the strength and endurance of the muscles around the joints

Drug treatments for osteoarthritis include drugs that quickly relieve symptoms and drugs that improve the condition. There are different ways to use the drug, such as local administration and systemic administration.

However, when the disease progresses to this stage, it is still recommended that you seek help from an orthopedic surgeon, because many drugs require risk assessment before use.

4. Surgical treatment

For patients whose symptoms cannot be controlled by the above methods and whose joints have severe deformities and dysfunctions, artificial joint replacement surgery can be considered.

Joint replacement is not as scary as it sounds. In fact, artificial joints are very similar to the dental filling surgeries we are familiar with.

In recent years, with the continuous improvement of surgical techniques and biomaterials, artificial joint replacement has become a globally recognized effective method for treating advanced bone and joint diseases.

Above, we introduced a disease that is prone to occur in winter - osteoarthritis. We know that osteoarthritis can be effectively prevented, so there is no need to worry too much. There are many aspects we need to pay attention to in preventing osteoarthritis. The above article introduces in detail how to prevent osteoarthritis in winter.