Did the old cold leg really freeze out?
In fact, osteoarthritis is not frozen, on the contrary, it is mainly because the knee joint is gradually worn out due to aging, weight-bearing, etc., and the joint cartilage undergoes degenerative changes, causing chronic diseases such as joint inconvenience, soreness and pain
If you have knee pain, you should pay attention to the following points:
Warmth Awareness:Not only should the body be warmed, but also the knees should be kept warm, such as wearing autumn pants and adding a blanket to the knees when sitting still. You can also wear knee pads over your knees.
Lose weight:This is a direct way to reduce the stress and wear of the knee joint, mainly for the over-the-top and obese people. The study found that a 10% reduction in body weight halved pain levels in overweight, obese osteoarthritis patients after 18 months.
Proper exercise:With proper exercise, the muscles around the knee joint can be strengthened, thereby reducing the burden on the joint. You can do activity joint activities such as tai chi, swimming, squatting against a wall, or sitting leg raises.
Dietary supplements:In terms of diet, it is necessary to maintain a balanced intake, such as vitamin-rich vegetables and fruits, you can eat more, supplement calcium and collagen, and at the same time, in autumn and winter, you can eat more mutton, beef, ginseng, ginger and other warm foods to warm up the body and nourish the body.
In winter, your knees are still cold and stiff when you wear them normally, teach you 1 trick to make your knees "warm"!
"Hot compress" is a more useful way to protect the knee joint in autumn and winter, whether it is an ordinary person or a patient with osteoarthritis, we can maintain our knee joint through daily hot compress.
Time: Apply a warm compress for 25 minutes every day.
Temperature: about 40 degrees Celsius.
Method: Hot water bottle, knee treasure.
Compared with the hot water bottle, the knee treasure is more portable, it is through infrared laser irradiation to remove knee joint effusion, warm moxibustion and hot compress to the knee, intelligent timing, travel and home are very suitable.
Warm compresses can widen blood vessels, help blood circulation, on the one hand, raise the temperature of the knees, and on the other hand, take away inflammatory substances, thereby soothing the uncomfortable symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Warm compresses are not recommended in the following cases:
If there isVaricose veins, diabetes, thrombophlebitis, wounds on the knees**For those who are waiting, the knees should not be warmed to avoid aggravation.