58-year-old Aunt Dong was originally an accountant. Since she retired, she has been obsessed with square dancing again. She can always be seen dancing in the community. However, since Aunt Dong has suffered from arthritis for many years, she often experiences joint pain , and sometimes even makes her waist so painful that she can't straighten her back. Therefore, Aunt Dong's daughter does not allow Aunt Dong to exercise excessively, but advises her to pay attention to rest.
However, Aunt Dong disagreed with this. She told her daughter that it is precisely because of her joint pain that she should strengthen exercise and exercise well. During this period, in order to welcome the community activities, the community staff specially rehearsed a dance project, and the enthusiastic Aunt Dong also actively participated, and often rehearsed until midnight to .
Once, Aunt Dong's daughter saw that her mother was so busy that she came back in the middle of the night, so she couldn't help but complain that she didn't know how to care for her body. Aunt Dong was also very aggrieved when she heard this, and the two of them started arguing one by one.
In fact, examples like Aunt Dong are also common in life. Although is for the health of patients, it has different practices, so some differences are inevitable. For middle-aged and elderly people, because they are older, they will inevitably have some minor problems in their bodies, among which the most common one is knee pain. So, for this type of population, what are the causes of knee pain?
1. For middle-aged and elderly people, what are the causes of knee pain?
In fact, when it comes to joint pain, many middle-aged and elderly people hate it. Sometimes you can feel the creaking and creaking friction in your knees when you go up and down the stairs. In severe cases, will also experience persistent pain, which makes many people overwhelmed. However, for middle-aged and elderly people, there are many reasons for knee pain. If you want to treat it properly, you must first determine the cause.
First, The most common cause may be meniscus damage . Meniscus is an important part of the knee joint and is very important for maintaining the normal function of the knee joint and delaying knee joint degeneration. It not only reduces the pressure on the joint cartilage, but also cushions and stabilizes the knee joint. However, since the meniscus is in the semi-flexed part of the human body, its stability is relatively weak, so it has become the most susceptible part of knee joint .
If the human body suddenly experiences rotation or flips inside and outside, it may cause damage to the meniscus, stimulating the peripheral synovial membrane and joint capsule tissue, causing knee pain. As we age, the meniscus in the human body will degenerate, which may increase the risk of meniscus tearing among the middle-aged and elderly people. The complexity of tearing is relatively higher and the degree of knee pain is more serious.
Second, Osteoplasia and osteoporosis may also cause knee pain. Degenerative changes in bones not only increase the risk of meniscus damage, but may also cause bone hyperplasia, which in turn manifests as knee pain. Osteogenesis will form callus in the human body, affecting the normal function of the knee joints, and causing symptoms such as pain and morning stiffness. In addition, osteoporosis can also cause knee pain, cause inconvenience to walk, and may also cause systemic bone aches.
3, Intra-knee cartilage wear and degeneration can also cause pain symptoms . The human body's bone cartilage plays a very important role in reducing the friction between the human knee joints. It not only facilitates the flexion and extension of the knee joints, but also helps the human body bear the mutual pressure between joints.
. For middle-aged and elderly people, as they age, their joint cartilage may experience wear and degenerate , or even cracking, falling off , which will lead to symptoms of knee joint pain.
This shows that there are many reasons for knee pain. It is not only a sign of functional decline, but also a sign of the arrival of disease.So, specifically, what harm does knee joint pain cause to the human body?
2. What harm will knee joint pain cause to the human body?
Knee joint pain is a common symptom in middle-aged and elderly people. It may be caused by deterioration of human functions. However, we should not take it lightly or take it seriously. If not treated in time, it may cause great harm to the human body.
Usually, the pain level of the human body may be mild in the early stages of the disease. Some patients may show more obvious when going up and down stairs. Not only will the sound of creaking , but there may also be persistent pain .
In addition, some elderly patients will also experience obvious pain when the temperature of is largely different or when they are tired of . If you are not vigilant, let the pain develop further. When the condition worsens, it will not only aggravate the damage to the knee joints, causing the patient to be inconvenient to mobility, but also lead to weight gain and abnormal metabolism in the human body.
Due to the decrease in activity and lack of exercise, the cardiopulmonary function of will also decrease , which may cause a series of internal medicine problems. At the same time, due to the reduction in exercise, some patients may also cause excessive blood sugar.
In addition, as the condition further worsens, the patient's knee pain in the patient's knee joint is intensified, which may also cause human joint deformity, such as knee vagus or O-leg , etc., which makes the joint flexion and extension activities of severe patients significantly limited, seriously affecting daily work and life.
At the same time, since the patient's knee joint remains flexed for a long time, symptoms such as muscle atrophy may occur, which will cause certain burden on the patient himself and the family.
Therefore, patients with knee joint pain should pay more attention and diagnose and treat it in time, otherwise it may cause irreversible harm.
However, many people have obvious differences in ways to improve knee pain. Some people think that if there is a problem with your knee, you should rest and rest more to avoid worsening the condition; some people tend to strengthen exercise to improve the symptoms of knee pain.
So, for patients with knee pain, should they rest or exercise?
3. If you want to improve knee pain, should you rest or exercise?
In fact, for patients with knee pain, blind rest or excessive exercise are more extreme methods for , which is not conducive to the repair of the human knee joint. Especially for elderly friends, you should pay more attention to not just lying down if you feel uncomfortable. This practice is not advisable. It will not only make the body lack necessary exercise, reduce the resistance of , but also be unfavorable to the recovery of the disease.
In layman's terms, there are no blood vessels and nerves in the cartilage tissue of the human body. Its main nutrients are supplied by joint fluid . During the exercise, the human body will compress the articular cartilage tissue, thereby promoting the absorption of nutrients by cartilage tissue and speeding up the repair of cartilage tissue.
In addition, the disadvantages of long-term non-exercise are also obvious. It may cause adhesions to the internal tissues of the knee joints in , which is not conducive to physical recovery, but may also lead to muscle atrophy and poor blood circulation in and other diseases.
Of course, excessive exercise in is also not advisable to . Since the patient has already suffered injuries inside the knee joint, if the amount of exercise is increased blindly, it may increase the wear of the meniscus or cartilage inside the knee joint, causing to damage again, which will lead to reactive pain.
In addition, after a lot of exercise, local muscles or tissues of the human body may accumulate metabolite , such as creatine , lactic acid , etc., which will also stimulate local nerves to produce painful symptoms, and over time, damage to the knee joints will occur.
Therefore, if middle-aged and elderly friends want to improve knee pain, they should not just rest, but also avoid excessive exercise.It is best to focus on flexibility and stability sports, such as riding bicycle or swimming in . Not only does the exercise intensity be low, but it is also not easy to hurt the knees of the human body.
In addition, middle-aged and elderly friends can also provide appropriate amount of strength training to promote blood circulation in human , which not only serves the purpose of exercise, but also helps improve knee pain. So, in addition to this, how should we care for our knee joints in daily life?
4. How should knee joints be cared for in daily life?
As mentioned above, for middle-aged and elderly people, if they want to take effective care of their knee joints, they must perform and exercise . For example, you can exercise your knee joints by half-squatting , and the more you squat, the more you squat, the more you squat, the more you will use your body muscles and the better the effect.
However, during the actual exercise, you must not squat over the load. If you experience knee pain, don’t squat down. At the same time, you can also choose the appropriate half-squat amplitude according to your body's condition, and the angle between the legs should not be less than 90°. Because middle-aged and elderly people have relatively weak physical strength, they avoid falling.
Secondly, if you want to protect your knees, its protective measures are also essential. For example, wearing knee pads during exercise can play a certain protective role. In addition, as we grow older, the human body's immunity will also decrease, and it is more likely to be invaded by cold and moisture. Therefore, wearing to care for can not only play a necessary protective role, but also keep the knee warm and promote blood circulation in the knee.
In addition, can also increase the intake of high-calcium foods and high-vitamin C foods , supplement the human trace element , and then nourish the knees. Among them, high-calcification foods can be selected as milk, egg or soy products , etc., which is very helpful for accelerating the proliferation of cartilage in the human body and enhancing the human bones.
However, it should be noted that generally high-calcium foods have a higher protein content. For some elderly people with kidneys, they need to be used with caution. It is recommended to supplement them in moderation under the guidance of professional doctors.
and high vitamin C foods, you can choose green pepper, pineapple, winter dates . The intake of high vitamin C element can not only help middle-aged and elderly friends improve immunity and prevent scurvy, but also maintain hydroxylysine hydroxylase activity and promote chondrocyte synthesis. Therefore, if middle-aged and elderly friends want to protect their knees, they should also pay more attention to their diet.
Conclusion:
As we grow older, knee pain has become a common disease that bothers middle-aged and elderly friends. The reason for this is not only related to the decline in human body functions, but also closely related to external factors.
Therefore, if wants to effectively improve knee pain, you must not only exercise in moderation, but also pay attention to resting in . During the exercise process, it is recommended to focus on aerobic exercise with low exercise intensity. In addition, in daily life, you should also take care of it, pay attention to keeping warm, and supplement calcium in moderation.
References:
[1] Mao Binyao, Liu Hongtao. Research and treatment methods for the relationship between tibial and femoral internal pressure and knee joint pain [J]. Journal of Bone and Joint Injury, 1992.
[2] Yuan Feng. Causes and treatment of 10 knee joint pain [J]. Family Medicine : Selection of medicine for medical treatment, 2017(7):36-37.
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