Sore and clicking joints in the feet and knees may be caused by laxity of joint ligaments, degeneration of joints, and damage to articular cartilage. Treatment mainly includes physical therapy, drug therapy and surgical treatment.
1. Knee ligament laxity: excessive joint activity such as mountain climbing may lead to ligament laxity, causing the above symptoms, the patient needs to reduce the amount of exercise, and at the same time, you can carry out hot towel compresses, local massage, ultrasound and other treatments to relieve the symptoms of the painful parts.
2. Degeneration of joints: Degenerative diseases of the foot and knee may also cause the above symptoms. Patients can participate in sports activities to slow down the degeneration of the joints; they can also take ibuprofen and loxoprofen to reduce the local inflammatory reaction.
3. Articular cartilage injury: Articular cartilage injury may also appear the above symptoms, the damage is relatively light patients can be affected limb braking, with glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and other drugs to nutritional articular cartilage; the damage is more serious patients need to be operated on to restore the joint surface of the flat.
If the patient’s foot and knee joint pain persists and cannot be relieved, he or she should consult a doctor in time for standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor to avoid self-medication.