The best treatment for leg pain caused by osteophytes is determined by the severity of the hyperplasia, which can be treated with oral anti-osteoplasia medication, physical therapy, and surgery if necessary.
Leg pain caused by osteophytes, if the pain symptoms are not obvious, the radiograph is a slight hyperplasia, this case of static care, avoid joint weight bearing, pay attention to joint warmth, you can apply anti-osteoplasia drug treatment, such as bone fairy tablets or anti-osteoplasia pill.
If the joint pain caused by osteophytes is obvious, physical therapy can also be taken, such as ultrasonic physical therapy or magnetic therapy.
If the leg pain caused by osteophytes is more serious, and the joint space becomes narrow on radiographs, which affects daily life, surgical methods can be considered in this case, such as minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, knee-protecting HTO surgery or knee replacement surgery.
So leg pain caused by osteophytes depends on the severity of the patient’s hyperplasia.