The main causes of joint pain in the elderly _ how to relieve joint pain in the elderly Many elderly people always have joint pain problems, which brings a lot of inconvenience to the elderly, then these joint pain is what is going on? What are the effects? What should I do? What exactly is joint pain? 1, bone spurs Bone spur type knee pain, the joint for various reasons caused by the wear and tear of cartilage, damage, and contribute to the repair of the bone itself, hardening and proliferation, the formation of bone spurs, which is an important aspect of the cause of knee pain. If you encounter joint pain, the first thing to do is to keep as warm as possible, you can use some hot compresses, and the second thing is to reduce the patient’s exercise, so that the painful joints get proper rest. 2, synovitis due to trauma or overwork and other factors will produce a large amount of synovial fluid, so that the pressure in the joint increased, resulting in joint pain, swelling, pressure pain, and friction sound. For example, when the knee joint is actively and extremely extended, especially when doing knee extension with some resistance, the pain in the lower part of the patella will increase. The pain is also significantly increased during passive extreme flexion. 3, cartilage injury Mainly meniscal injury of the knee joint, when the knee joint is slightly bent, if the knee is suddenly over-extended in internal rotation or external rotation (for example, playing soccer, bending the lower leg to turn and kick the ball), it may cause meniscal tears. Meniscus injury will have a pronounced knee tearing sensation, followed by joint pain, limited movement, walking limp, and a popping sound when the joint moves. 4, arthritis experts say: elderly knee pain is generally common arthritis, due to rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, gouty arthritis and other joint inflammation will have joint pain performance. Their treatment methods are based on different inflammatory diseases to choose different medications. For example, for rheumatoid arthritis, some drugs that dispel rheumatism and warm the meridians are commonly used. Prolonged exposure of the joints to cold and great temperature difference is the cause of knee pain. Especially in autumn, when the cold and warmth alternate, low temperatures or huge temperature differences can lead to muscle and blood vessel contraction, causing joint pain. 5, osteoporosis This disease is mostly caused by increased loss of bone calcium as the patient ages, reduced secretion of sex hormones, insufficient exercise, abuse of hormonal drugs or reduced calcium intake. Bone and joint pain caused by osteoporosis mostly occurs in the thoracic and lumbar spine joints. This is because after people suffer from osteoporosis, the bone trabeculae of their thoracic and lumbar vertebrae will atrophy, resulting in deformation of the vertebrae and vertebral joints, thus causing pain. This pain can spread to the muscles of the low back. How to do about joint pain in the elderly? 1, for the joint “reduce the load” research has proved that the risk of arthritis in both knees is 18 times higher in obese people than in normal weight people, but as long as the normal weight is maintained, the incidence of arthritis can be reduced by a lot. The reason is that in ordinary life, we must pay attention to weight control, for some of the higher fat content of the food should be as little as possible intake. The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of the most popular and popular items. The rheumatoid arthritis patients, although some of the basic control of the disease in the recovery period, often due to fatigue and re-aggravation or relapse, so to combine work and rest, activities and rest to moderate. 3, maintain a normal psychological state Some patients are due to mental stimulation, excessive sadness, depression and other triggers of the disease. After suffering from the disease, emotional fluctuations often aggravate the disease. These suggest that mental (or psychological) factors have some influence on the disease, therefore, it is important to maintain a normal psychological state to maintain the normal immune function of the collective. Knee pain in middle-aged and elderly people mostly belongs to primary osteoarthritis, which is closely related to the aging of the joints themselves, joint overwork and wear and tear, but also to the usual knee activities too little, blood circulation cross, cold and damp, and obesity and other factors. The knee joint is the main weight-bearing joint of the human body. As the body grows older, the function of various organs gradually decreases, the mucus secretion in the joint cavity decreases, the articular cartilage dries, gradually wears out and thins, and the joint bone proliferates, together with the physiological atrophy of the muscles around the joint and the weakening of ligament elasticity, the mobility of the knee joint gradually decreases. With the development of the disease, there may gradually appear pain from movement, weight-bearing pain, pain without activity, pain at night, and pain at rest. The pain may be aggravated by excessive activity or changes in weather. The knee joint may become deformed, or the joint may become swollen due to joint effusion. X-rays may show narrowing of the joint space, unequal width or loss of the inner and outer space, formation of bone spurs at the edge of the intercondylar ridge and inferior patella, and individual intra-articular free bodies. The principles of daily health care for knee pain are timely rest, prevention of overwork, less weight bearing, longer activities, attention to prevent further wear and tear on the knee joint, avoid long and frequent up and down stairs, running, climbing and other sports that are more wear and tear on the knee joint, avoid bruises and sprains; knee joint should be kept warm, avoid stimulation by cold and overtime, those who are too obese should reduce their weight, and if necessary, they can choose to use crutches to help share the Both knees should be weighted. Try to reduce weight bearing on the joint in daily work, practice gentle and mild activities such as tai chi, and avoid semi-squatting positions as much as possible. Functional exercises for the knee, especially for the quadriceps, should be performed without or with less weight on the knee, of course. In addition, if possible, you can often swim, because when swimming the body and the ground is basically parallel, the whole body joint muscles can get a good relaxation in the case of non-weight-bearing, but also to improve cardiorespiratory function, but swimming should pay attention to the water temperature to appropriate, exercise intensity should not exceed the level of the body can bear.