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Source of content: China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Correspondent: Yi Xiaofeng Gao Weida
The second orthopedic surgeon Lei Nanwei, Harbin No. 2 Hospital, Heilongjiang Province, encounters such patients every day, "Doctor, I Why can't I get up when I squat down?" "While walking, my knee joint suddenly hurts. What's the problem?" "I can only walk sideways when climbing the stairs. Can I still run for exercise in the future?" "Behind all these questions is knee osteoarthritis.
Knee osteoarthritis is why it loves to be "demon"
Lei Nanwei introduced that knee osteoarthritis is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. Osteoarthritis is also called degenerative arthritis. It is actually not inflammation, but premature aging of joints, especially the aging of articular cartilage, so it is also called senile arthritis. The knee joint is the largest weight-bearing joint in the human body. There is no bone barrier. It only relies on the soft tissues around the joint to maintain its balance. With the degeneration of the articular cartilage surface and secondary bone hyperplasia, knee joint dysfunction will gradually appear , And even cause deformity and even disability.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, knee arthritis belongs to the categories of Gu Bi, Tong Bi, and Wei Bi in the arthralgia syndrome. Deficiency of qi and blood, disharmony between camp and guard, liver and kidney deficiency, and spleen and stomach are the internal causes; wind cold , damp heat, strain, and trauma are the external causes. Lei Nanwei explained that the main pathogenesis of this disease is the accumulation of qi and blood in the meridian and the mutual accumulation of phlegm and stasis. Deficiency of the body is not solid, feeling the external evils, the evils of wind, cold and dampness invade the human body, block the meridians of the knees, the circulation of qi and blood is not smooth, and the phlegm and blood stasis are mixed together.Causes symptoms such as pain, heavy stress, soreness, or joint flexion and extension, and swelling around the knee joint.
Use traditional Chinese medicine to protect the knee joints
Lei Nanwei warned that when encountering the above-mentioned difficulties, you must seek medical treatment as soon as possible and never buy all kinds of health products online. According to the cause and severity of knee osteoarthritis, different treatment methods, including external application of pain relief plaster and hot compress, should be used to deal with it.
While taking Chinese medicine internally, it can be solved by acupuncture , massage, cupping, external use of Chinese medicine and other traditional Chinese medicine methods. Acupuncture can use "pain as acupuncture" as a point selection method, that is, select the pain point "Ashi" on the leg for acupuncture, and combine the distal point selection method to regulate the deficiency and excess of the viscera and dredge the meridian qi and blood. Acupuncture can also combine nerve segments and nerve trunks to select acupoints. Tuina therapy helps to clear the meridians, smooth the qi and blood, eliminate blood stasis, stagnation, dissipate swelling, and relieve pain. It also enhances local nutrition of the knee joint, prevents leg muscle atrophy is disused and repairs damage. Cupping therapy can expel cold and dampness, and achieve the purpose of alleviating knee joint pain. The external usage of Chinese medicine mainly includes plaster application, Chinese medicinal liquid soaking, Chinese medicine fumigation and other methods to promote blood circulation in the legs, reduce the stimulation of inflammatory substances to nerve roots and surrounding tissues, and then relieve and eliminate clinical symptoms.
Use reasonable exercise to fight osteoarthritis
Lei Nanwei pointed out that for a long time, people have had a misunderstanding: knee osteoarthritis is regarded as an abrasive disease, and it should be taken care of by resting more and walking less. joint. In fact, this is a misconception and should be corrected. Scientific exercise is beneficial to musculoskeletal health, is the cornerstone of comprehensive management of osteoarthritis, and is a real "knee protection" measure. Director Lei suggested that patients with knee osteoarthritis should choose the best way of activity based on their own specific conditions, such as jogging, walking, biking, sitting on a high chair to stretch and flex the knee joint, all of which are beneficial to joint movement and muscle exercise. However, Tai Chi and other forms such as half squat or squat exercises, climbing hills and stairs, etc., are likely to increase the pressure on the joints of the lower limbs and cause them to be injured. Here, Director Lei suggests that everyone do more quadriceps exercises.In order to strengthen the thigh muscles, the method is to straighten the knee joint as much as possible, each time lasting 5 to 10 seconds, repeat this action 10 times within 2 minutes, and then rest for one minute until you feel the thigh muscle fatigue; at the same time, you can also straighten Leg raising exercises, that is, lie flat on the bed, contract the thigh muscles forcefully, and place the knee joint on the bed completely straight, then lift the lower limbs a few inches away from the bed, hold it for 10 seconds, and then slowly lower it. Repeatedly, persevere, very effective. In one sentence, a reasonable exercise method is beneficial to increase the strength of the muscles around the knee joint, prevent muscle atrophy around the knee joint, maintain joint balance, and gradually return to normal activities.
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