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How to help your aching joints?, 4 '12 Subject: Aching Joints help, Viewed by: 77
Sooner or later, our joints begin to "squeak." Someone brings the knee, someone - the shoulder, someone - the elbow. It happens that the arthritis and arthrosis (the official name of disease) affect several joints. Usually these are the joints between the bones, which in life have got more than others.<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
At a skydiver or a saleswoman joints of the feet, the dancers - the finger joints of the foot, a weightlifter - intervertebral discs, the builder - shoulder and elbow. Because cartilage cells recovered with difficulty and only in part, after the professional circuit and injuries on the inner surfaces of the joint are "scars ".
Among the causes leading to their appearance, may be injured, weakened immune system, hypothermia, impaired metabolism. Very often they occur as complications of infection.
There are also psoriatic arthritis, and gout, developing on the background of the disease. Infectious-allergic nature has rheumatoid arthritis, characterized by the most severe.
But no less a role in the development of arthritis, and heredity plays. Who cartilages are weak, the joints have to "fly" faster than before.
In acute arthritis, the disease progresses over several days and is characterized by sharp pain (decreasing while driving), redness in the affected joint, and rise in body temperature are all the signs of inflammation.
With regard to chronic arthritis, it appears not so sharply, reaching a long time, recalling periodic exacerbations. If the arthritis is not treated, it leads to other joint diseases - osteoarthritis. However, the latter often develops without preceding arthritis, especially in the elderly.
At the heart of osteoarthritis is a progressive destruction of our natural shock absorber - articular cartilage aimed at reducing pressure on the movement of articulated bones, and ensure their smooth sliding relative to each other. With age, the cartilage breaks down food; they lose their elasticity and become thinner - in other words wear. In this joint grows, its surface becomes rough and uneven, the edges are formed bony outgrowths. There are first the pain of movement and load, which then often become painful character.
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Is it possible to cure the joint, without resorting to surgery to replace the cartilage implant or installing? It depends on what kind of joints impressed on the cause and stage of disease. In acute arthritis, for example, is usually prescribed drugs, individually tailored for each individual patient, especially anti-inflammatory and ant rheumatic.
In chronic arthritis and arthrosis in addition to drug treatment effect is a good therapeutic massage, physiotherapy, especially magnetic and laser therapy. It is also shown a spa treatment.
But how can the patient help themselves? First of all, exercise. After the joint, devoid of motion ceases to function. However, be aware that excessive load on the patient body can be harmful.
In particular, it is not recommended to jump, crouch, lift weights and even a long time to sit and stand in one position. Best kind of sport in diseases of the musculoskeletal system - swimming.
Here are some exercises that are recommended in the home.
For the knee
1. Lying on his back on the floor, bend one leg up to the limit first in the knee, then hip and push your hands to the body. Hold this position and then, without lifting your back, slowly lower your foot to the floor and straighten the leg. Repeat with other leg also. Exercise is carried out 10-15 times.
2. Exercise is also done while lying on the floor. Lift the leg straightened at 20-30 cm from the floor and hold it for a few seconds. Repeat with the other leg and do this exercise 10-15 times.
3. In severe osteoarthritis of the knee, try sitting on a stool, a little shake down. The amplitude of the motion should be small, so you do not experience pain. Do this exercise three times a day, first for a few minutes, gradually increasing their duration.
For the hip joint
1. Lying on his back on the floor, straighten one leg and raise it as high as possible, then slowly lower. Repeat with the other leg too. Exercise is carried out 10-15 times.
2. Also lying on the floor, make "scissors" straightened legs. If you find this difficult to move in the air, turn one foot, then another. Repeat this exercise 10-15 times.
3. In severe forms of arthritis: sitting on a chair (feet firmly on the floor), try to reduce and raise your knees. The amplitude of the motion shall not exceed a few centimeters and not cause pain. Do these exercise three times a day for a few minutes.
And now that you want to include in your diet. First of all, it's fruit - apples, plums, and berries: Rowan, cranberries, blackberries, in any form. In diseases of the joints are useful soy products, vegetable oil, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, green tea, and asparagus.
Curative effect has the infusion of the root celery. Rub it on a coarse grater, take one tablespoon, pour two cups of boiling water and let stand for four hours in a sealed pot, then strain and take two tablespoons 3-4 times a day 20 minutes before eating. And another tip: when the pain attacks do pack of slurry of fresh onion or garlic.
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