Every day, our knees have to withstand body weight and physical activity.Over the years, the cartilage wears down and changes occur in the joint.This is why older people experience arthrosis of the knee joint.
Osteoarthritis of the knee joint (knee joint) is a degenerative pathology of the joint in which the cartilage is destroyed, the muscles and ligaments are damaged and the bones are deformed.
Treatment of arthrosis of the knee joint at home is a certain set of actions that relieve the patient's condition.
If the treatment is supplemented with competent medical prescriptions, the progression of the disease can be slowed down and sometimes stopped completely.
Arthritis symptoms and causes
The first of the signs that indicate gonoarthrosis of the knee joint is stiffness in the knee and the appearance of pain after slight exertion, sleep and sitting for long hours.If the patient warms up a little, the pain will subside.When you bend the knee, a cracking sound is often heard, and after hypothermia the pain worsens.
Such signs of the disease appear for several years and are sometimes alarming.If the problem is not treated, over time it becomes difficult to walk, the knee joint is deformed and it becomes impossible to move without crutches.
The following can help accelerate the development of the pathology:
- Excess weight of the patient, which triples the rate of progression.
- Regular exercise.
- Meniscal injuries, fractures and knee injuries.
- Defects in bone placement (figure X and O).They deform the cartilage tissue and the joint as a whole.
Stages of development of arthropathy of the knee joint
Stage 1
The legs get very tired, mobility begins to be limited and a feeling of cramping appears.Joint pain also occurs at rest and during prolonged exercise.At this stage of the disease, there is no deformity of the knee and the joint space can only narrow.
Stage 2
Deformative arthropathy of the knee joint, grade 2, requires immediate treatment, as the pain becomes severe and restricts movement.A person cannot move long distances and needs a lot of rest.With a strong stinging and deformity, lameness appears.The bone grows and osteophytes form, fluid accumulates in case of arthritis.
Stage 3
The most difficult stage of the disease.The pain occurs even at rest and the leg becomes almost immobile.The gap of the joint can disappear completely.
Who is at risk?
- overweight people;
- all those who lead a sedentary life.
- patients with knee injuries.
- professional and amateur athletes who put a lot of stress on their knees.
- people with an occupation that puts a lot of pressure on their knees.
- patients with pathologies of cartilage and bone.
- people with infectious diseases and parasitic diseases.
All these reasons accelerate the development of the disease at a young age and lead to a complex course of the disease.
Treatment of arthropathy of the knee joint
At present, doctors do not single out a single treatment regimen, since there is no specific drug that helps patients in the same way.When planning treatment at home, doctors take into account the degree of the problem, the age of the patient, the severity of the pain and the degree of deformity of the joint.
That is why it will take a long time and diligently to treat such a disease, using various methods of affecting the painful knee.
Principles of nutrition
Everyone should understand that it is necessary to start the treatment of arthrosis at home with a diet correction.In this case, increasing the amount of calcium, vitamins "B" and "E" is considered a necessary condition.The body can get these elements from sprouted wheat, dairy products, almonds, whole grains, bread and pasta.
Salt should be limited and increased in vegetarian salads and vegetables after rapid heat treatment.
Anyone planning to treat arthritis to any degree should eliminate acidic fruits such as grapefruit, lemons, oranges, as well as alcohol and coffee from their diet.The amount of meat consumed should be minimized, as should dried fruits and grains.
Jelly made from bone broth is considered a healthy dish, as it is enriched with collagen, which is required for the construction of cartilage and bone matter.It is equally important to use gelatin, which contains the main fat protectors.
Gymnastics
Even in the most advanced degree of arthropathy, treatment involves performing three exercises:
- You need to sit on a high chair or table so that your legs hang freely.Then they begin to fluff them up to 10 cm wide.Severely ill patients are allowed to perform the exercise for 5 minutes every hour, and for other patients - 10 minutes several times a day.
- Sitting in a chair, place your feet on the floor.Resting on the toe, the heel lifts off the floor 12 cm and then falls freely.After 3 seconds, the exercise is repeated.For both sore legs, the exercise is performed alternately.
- Sit in a chair and place your feet on the floor.Then, resting on your heel, relax and slowly tap your toes on the floor, lifting them no more than 12 cm.Take a 3-second break between exercises.
Knee joint massage
At home, you can work independently on the knee joint with arthropathy, using blows on the fingers, palm and slaps.
Under the influence of the wood, the skin activates nerve pathways and causes a rush of blood.With blows to pressed fingers, the impact spreads to the muscles, ligaments, tendons and joint capsule.Thus, blood is forced out of the capillaries more easily without damage.
Treatment should begin with tapping with pressed fingers on painful points.The kneecap is struck from the side.Hitting a very painful joint should be done as carefully as possible, and as it recovers, they should be slightly strengthened.
Damaged tendons should be carefully tapped and then hit with a pressed palm on the right, left, front, on the straightened leg, below the knee and on the bent leg.The session ends with a beating.
Number of procedures required:
- moderate arthropathy - once a week.
- mild stage of arthropathy - once every 23 days.
- severe arthropathy with inflammation and swelling - once every half a month.
Magnetic therapy
This procedure can easily be performed at home and will not further deform the knee.For many years, magnetic therapy has been tested in practice and has always shown excellent results.
A knee joint affected by arthropathy can be treated at home under the influence of a weak magnetic field.This treatment normalizes blood circulation and metabolism.Thus, the outflow of fluids from the tissues is accelerated.
To deal with a problem with a magnet, you do not need to perform complex actions.The process only requires a small magnet.Massage the injured knee area in circular motions for 20 minutes once a day.The duration of such treatment is usually up to three months.There are many reviews of the treatment of 2nd degree knee joint arthrosis with a magnet, and they are all positive.
Thermal treatments
The ability to carry out thermal procedures at home is limited.Instead, you can use wet and dry heat - foot baths and compresses.
Add sea salt (a spoonful per liter) to water heated to 45°C, then pour it into a tall tank so that your knees are completely submerged in it.The warm water helps dilate the blood vessels and the salt removes excess fluid from the peri-articular tissue.
Sand with coarse salt or a mixture of dry herbs is heated in the microwave or in a pan, then wrapped in thick material and cooled to room temperature to be applied to the knee.After such treatment, the compress is not thrown away - it is used for the entire course.
At the end of the thermal process, a gel (ointment) prescribed by the doctor is applied to the knee joint.With enlarged pores, the drug penetrates better and has a stronger analgesic effect.
Drug treatment
At home, the treatment of arthrosis of the knee joint of varying degrees of complexity can be carried out with local drugs with anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, warming and analgesic effects.The advantage of these funds is the possibility of long-term use.The active substance of ointments does not penetrate to such a volume as to cause side effects.Thus, the circle of people for whom treatment is provided is widened if a series of injections or tablets with the active substance is prohibited.This applies to NSAIDs drugs that are prohibited for people with chronic and acute gastrointestinal diseases and other diseases of internal organs.When used topically, they provide pain relief and relieve inflammation in arthritis.
Traditional recipes for the treatment of knee arthritis
Amazing medicinal plants are known in nature that are necessary for the production of collagen and the restoration of cartilage matter.
- Gelatine- a popular treatment for joints.To prepare the medicine, you should take a spoonful of gelatin and pour a quarter glass of water into it in the evening and in the morning, when it is swollen, consume it on an empty stomach.For a full course of treatment you will need 150 g of gelatin.The drug is contraindicated for people with high blood clotting.
- Dandelion– freshly cut flowers are washed well under water and then chewed until they become a pulp.You must eat up to 5 flowers per day.For treatment in winter, it is worth preparing the leaves of the plant.The leaves should be chewed daily, despite the bitter taste.Dry grass is poured with a glass of boiling water and soaked.Dandelion tincture has an excellent effect.You have to rub it on your knees for a month.The pain will subside quickly, but the process must be continued.To prepare the medicine, collect several dandelion heads and fill a bottle with them, then fill it with alcohol or triple cologne.The tincture will be ready in a month.
- Honey and bee products– a unique drug for arthropathy of the knee joint.The honey is heated with a heating pad and then applied to the affected area, rubbing in light circular motions.The procedure is carried out once a day for half a month, and after a break the session is repeated again.
- burdock– a common plant for treating joints.You need to take 6-7 burdock leaves and fold them with the hairy side down.Place a pan of hot water on this stack until it cools.The knee is lubricated with vegetable oil, the leaves are placed on top and wrapped with polyethylene and a towel.
- Awning and awning (dye)– the tick and the roots of the tendril (2:1) are poured with vodka and left to infuse for 20 days.The finished product is taken orally, one spoonful before meals, for a month and then take a break.The combination of herbs relieves swelling, increases joint mobility and eliminates tingling.
- Cabbage juice– this product should be soaked in woolen material and applied to the painful area.The procedure is carried out before going to bed.Ready juice is stored for no more than three days in a dark place.You can make compresses from cabbage leaves.The inside of the leaf is smeared with honey and applied to the painful knee.This is then reinforced with polythene and woolen cloth overnight.The compress is removed in the morning and the remaining honey is removed with warm water.The course of treatment lasts one month.
- Curdled milk compress with chalk– add a fermented milk product to the ground chalk, mix well and apply the mixture to the knee joint.After insulation with film and cloth, the next morning the remains are removed with a paper towel.The chalk compress relieves inflammation and relieves pain.
- Therapeutic bath with pine– Coniferous plants are always used to treat arthritis of the joints and most often in the form of baths.To prepare the medicinal mixture, take pine branches with needles, a couple of finely chopped Jerusalem artichokes, 1 tsp.turpentine, 1 kg of sea salt, 2 tbsp.large.honey You can stay in such a bath for no more than 20 minutes and then wipe your skin with a towel.An iodine mesh is pulled over the painful joint and smeared with honey.A mesh of steamed pork fat is also applied there.The course of treatment for arthropathy is two weeks.
Knee osteoarthritis is a disease that most people often have to deal with.Treatment at home helps to stop the progression of the disease, as well as to fully restore the substance of the joints.In addition, the effectiveness of the methods depends on the patient himself and his desire to recover.