What to do when a gym student’s knee hurts

Different treatments are chosen to relieve knee pain depending on the cause. Specific causes include meniscus injury, cruciate ligament injury, osteoarthritis, etc. Treatments include physical therapy, medication and surgery.
1. Meniscus injury: usually often do overload knee flexion and extension exercise, may cause meniscus injury, which leads to knee pain. If it is a minor injury, reduce the exercise at the same time to carry out hot compress physiotherapy can effectively relieve knee pain, can also take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, to play the role of anti-inflammatory and analgesic. Serious cases need arthroscopic meniscus suture surgery.
2. Cruciate ligament injury: Strenuous exercise or training can cause cruciate ligament injury leading to pain. You can choose to immobilize the brace, hot compresses and physiotherapy. Non-steroidal drugs such as celecoxib can also be used to reduce inflammation and analgesia. If this is not effective, surgery should be considered. Ligament reconstruction surgery.
3. Osteoarthritis: sports growth for a long time for sports and training, may lead to knee cartilage damage and osteoarthritis, knee pain. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen can be used to reduce inflammation and pain. In severe cases, sodium vitrate can be injected into the joint to lubricate the joint and protect the cartilage, or surgery can be performed with the assistance of arthroscopy to eliminate the pain.
Causes of knee pain in physical education students may also be kneecap fractures, bone tumors and soft tissue injuries and other diseases, it is recommended that patients with knee pain in physical education students, go to the hospital in time for examination, follow the doctor’s advice to choose treatment measures.