Treatment of arthrosis of the knee joint at home

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.For this reason, elderly people experience arthrosis of the knee joint.

Osteoarthritis of the knee joint (gonarthrosis) 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 alleviate the patient's condition.

If the therapy is supplemented with competent medical prescriptions, the progression of the disease can be slowed down and sometimes completely stopped.

Symptoms and causes of arthrosis of the joints

The first of the signs indicating gonarthrosis of the knee joint is stiffness in the knee and the appearance of pain after a slight load, sleep and long sitting in place.If the patient warms up a little, the pain will subside.When bending the knee, a crunch is often heard, and after hypothermia, the pain intensifies.

Such signs of the disease appear for several years and are sometimes disturbing.If the problem is not treated, over time it becomes difficult to walk, the knee joint is deformed and movement without crutches becomes impossible.

The following can help accelerate the development of the pathology:

1. The overweight of the patient, which triples the rate of progression.
2. Regular exercises.
3. Meniscus injuries, fractures and knee injuries.
4. Defects in the arrangement of bones (X and O-shaped).They deform the cartilage tissue and the joint as a whole.

Stages of development of arthrosis of the knee joint

Stage 1

The legs become very tired, mobility begins to be limited and a feeling of crunching appears.Joint pain occurs both at rest and during prolonged physical exertion.At this stage of the disease, there is no deformity of the knee and the joint can only narrow.

Stage 2

Deformative arthrosis of the knee joint of the 2nd degree requires immediate treatment, as the pain becomes severe and restricts movement.One is unable to move long distances and needs a lot of rest.With severe crunching and deformation, lameness appears.Bone grows and osteophytes form, fluid accumulates in synovitis.

Stage 3

The most difficult stage of the disease.The pain appears even at rest, and the leg becomes almost immobile.The joint gap may disappear completely.

Who is at risk?

• overweight people;
• all those who lead a sedentary lifestyle;
• patients with knee injuries;
• professional and amateur athletes who put a lot of stress on their knees;
• people with a profession that puts a lot of strain on their knees;
• patients with cartilage and bone pathologies;
• people with infectious and parasitic diseases.

All these reasons accelerate the development of the disease at an early age and lead to a complex course of the disease.

Treatment of arthrosis of the knee joint

Currently, doctors do not single out any treatment regimen because there is no specific drug that helps patients in the same way.When planning treatment at home, doctors take into account the extent of the problem, the patient's age, the strength of the pain and the degree of joint deformation.

That is why the treatment of such a disease will take a lot of time and diligence, using different methods to affect the diseased knee.

Principles of nutrition

Everyone should understand that it is necessary to start treatment of arthrosis at home with diet correction.In this case, increasing the amount of calcium, vitamins "B" and "E" is considered a prerequisite.The body can get these elements from sprouted wheat, dairy products, almonds, whole grains, bread and pasta.

In vegetarian salads and vegetables after quick heat treatment, salt should be limited and increased.

Anyone who plans to treat osteoarthritis to any degree should exclude from their diet acidic fruits such as grapefruit, lemons, oranges, as well as alcohol and coffee.The amount of meat consumed will need to be kept to a minimum, as will dried fruit and grains.

Jellied meat made from bone broth is considered a healthy dish, as it is enriched with collagen, which is necessary for the construction of cartilage and bone matter.It is equally important to use gelatin, which contains the main chondroprotectors.

Gymnastics

Even with the most advanced degree of arthrosis, the treatment includes performing three exercises:

1. You should sit on a high chair or table so that your legs hang freely.Then they begin to chatter them with an amplitude of up to 10 cm. Severely ill patients are allowed to perform the exercise for 5 minutes every hour, and other patients - for 10 minutes several times a day.
2. Sitting in a chair, place your feet on the floor.Leaning on the toe, the heel is raised from the floor by 12 cm and then falls freely.After 3 seconds, the exercise is repeated.For the two sick legs, the exercise is performed consecutively.
3. Sit in a chair and place your feet on the floor.Then, leaning on your heel, relax and slowly tap your toes on the floor, lifting them no more than 12 cm. Rest for 3 seconds between exercises.

Massage of knee joints

At home, you can independently work on the knee joint with arthrosis, using blows through fingers, palm and slaps.

Under the influence of clapping, the skin activates nerve pathways and provokes a rush of blood.By striking through pinched fingers, the impact spreads to the muscles, ligaments, tendons and joint capsule.Thus, the blood is more easily squeezed out of the capillaries without damage.

Treatment should begin with tapping with pressed fingers on painful places.The knee cap hits the side.Hitting a very sore joint should be done as carefully as possible, and while it is recovering, they should be slightly strengthened.

Damaged tendons should be gently patted and then struck with a pressed palm on the right, left, front, on the straight leg, below the knee and on the bent leg.The session ends with applause.

Number of necessary procedures:

• moderate arthrosis - once a week;
• mild degree of arthrosis – once every 23 days;
• severe arthrosis with inflammation and edema - once every six months.

Magnetotherapy

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 always shows excellent results.

A knee joint affected by arthrosis can be treated at home under the influence of a weak magnetic field.This treatment normalizes blood circulation and metabolism.In this way, the outflow of fluids from the tissues is accelerated.

To treat a problem with a magnet, you do not need to perform complex actions.The procedure 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 about the treatment of knee arthrosis of the 2nd degree with a magnet, and all of them are positive.

Thermal treatments

The possibility of conducting 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, and then pour it into a high tank so that your knees are completely submerged there.Warm water helps expand blood vessels, and salt removes excess fluid from the periarticular tissue.

Sand with coarse salt or a mixture of dry herbs is heated in a microwave oven or in a pan, then wrapped in a thick material and cooled to room temperature to apply 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 procedure, 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 means is the possibility of long-term use.The active substance of the ointments does not penetrate in such a volume as to cause side effects.This widens the range of people for whom treatment is available if a course of injections or tablets with the active substance is prohibited.This applies to NSAIDs, which are prohibited for people with chronic and acute gastrointestinal diseases and other diseases of internal organs.When used topically, they relieve pain and relieve inflammation in arthrosis.

Traditional recipes for the treatment of knee arthrosis

In nature, amazing medicinal plants are known, which are necessary for the production of collagen and the restoration of cartilage matter.

1. gelatin- a popular treatment for joints.To prepare the medicine, you need to take a tablespoon of gelatin and pour it in the evening with a quarter of a glass of water, and in the morning, when it is swollen, consume it on an empty stomach.For a full therapeutic course, you will need 150 g of gelatin.The drug is contraindicated in people with high blood clotting.
2. Dandelion- the freshly picked flowers are washed thoroughly under water and then chewed into a paste.You should 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 should rub it on your knees for a month.The pain will disappear quickly, but the procedure must continue.To make a cure, collect lots of dandelion heads and fill a bottle with them, then fill it with alcohol or triple cologne.The tincture will be ready in a month.
3. Honey and bee products- a unique tool for the treatment of arthrosis 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 it is repeated again.
4. burp– a common herb for treating joints.You need to take 6-7 burdock leaves and fold them with the mossy side down.Place a pan of hot water over this stack until it cools.The knee is smeared with vegetable oil, leaves are placed on top and wrapped with polyethylene and a cloth.
5. Fenugreek and St. John's wort (tincture)- cinquefoil and gentian roots (2:1) are poured with vodka and left to infuse for 20 days.The finished product is taken orally, one tablespoon before meals, for a month, after which a break is taken.The combination of herbs relieves swelling, increases joint mobility and eliminates crunch.
6. Cabbage juice– this remedy should be soaked in woolen material and applied to the affected area.The procedure is performed before going to bed.The finished 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 sore knee.It is then reinforced with polyethylene and wool fabric overnight.In the morning, the compress is removed, and the remaining honey is removed with warm water.The course of treatment lasts one month.
7. Compress of curdled milk with chalk– add fermented milk product to ground chalk, mix well and apply the mixture to the knee joint.After insulation with film and cloth, the next morning the residue is removed with a napkin.Compress with chalk relieves inflammation and relieves pain.
8. Medicinal bath with pine– conifers are always used to treat arthrosis of the joints and most often in the form of baths.To prepare the healing mixture, take pine branches with needles, a few chopped Jerusalem artichokes, 1 tsp.turpentine, 1 kg of sea salt, 2 tbsp.l honey You can stay in such a bath for no more than 20 minutes, then wipe your skin with a towel.An iodine net is drawn on the diseased joint and smeared with honey.Steamed net of lard is also applied there.The course of treatment for arthrosis is two weeks.

Osteoarthritis of the knee is a disease that most people often face.Therapy at home helps to stop the progression of the disease, as well as to fully restore the joint material.In addition, the effectiveness of the methods depends on the patient himself and his desire to recover.