What is a bone spur? First, it is important to have a scientific understanding of how bone spurs are created. As people age, they tend to develop bone spurs due to ligamentous laxity and ossification caused by chronic fatigue and joint damage. Bone spurs are a normal physiological phenomenon, and almost everyone grows bone spurs at a certain age, usually after the age of 40 for women and 50 for men. Bone spurs generally grow in places where the body exerts force, such as the hands, neck, knees and ankles. More than 70% of these spurs are found in the knee area. Bone spurs tend to stimulate the muscles, making them less elastic, and ligament ossification and laxity can cause joint instability, which in turn can accelerate the growth of bone spurs, thus forming a vicious circle. Who is prone to osteophytes: In addition to age, bone spurs are also related to a person’s weight, location, etc. The increase in weight with age, especially in old age, is also an important cause of bone spurs. If you are overweight, the load will be high, which will aggravate the decline of the locomotor system and produce bone spurs in joints and other parts of the body, so you should try to control your weight and reduce the body load. What to pay attention to in your daily routine after suffering from osteophytes: Don’t have excessive psychological burden after growing bone spurs. If there are no painful symptoms, there is no need to treat them, but you should pay attention to them in your life. For example, you should usually pay attention to maintain an optimistic mood and do more beneficial physical exercises to increase muscle strength and promote blood circulation. The way of physical exercise should be different from person to person, if it is a long bone spur in the heel, you should reduce walking and switch to pedal cycling. In addition, the orthopedic external fumigant developed by Xuzhou City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is effective in improving heel pain caused by heel spurs; if it is the knee joint, climbing mountains or playing tai chi is not suitable; and if it is the waist with bone spurs, you should avoid doing some repeated flexion and extension and twisting movements, fast walking is a good way to exercise. However, if you have severe pain, you should consult a doctor and do some functional rehabilitation activities under his or her guidance. If the bone spur grows near or in the joint and affects the function of the joint, or if it grows near a nerve or in the spinal canal and irritates or compresses the nerve or spinal cord, then active surgery is required. It is worth mentioning that the greatest impact of bone spurs is the destruction of joint cartilage, which tends to cause a decrease in metabolic capacity, deficiency of joint cartilage, and a decrease in thickness. Can osteophytes be avoided: Osteophytes can be considered a normal physiological process of the human organism and cannot be avoided by medicine. However, its development can be delayed and reduced. For example, you can find a fitness hobby that you like and stick to it every day to improve blood circulation, strengthen your muscles and slow down the growth of bone spurs. Long bone spurs are a long-term accumulation process, so from a young age you should avoid strain, do not stay up late too often, have a regular life, try to avoid not doing any harm to your body, and maintain reasonable exercise behavior habits; pay special attention to your diet. Do not be partial diet, the intake of protein, fat, sugar, vitamins, etc. should be reasonable and the ratio should be normal, also pay attention to the intake of fiber, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Medication: 1.Growing muscle cream: This preparation is mainly for acute surgical infections, with blood detoxification, growing muscle and flesh, fast astringent effect, for all infected wounds, hemorrhoids, open fractures, ulcers late growing muscle and flesh, the appropriate amount of ointment applied to skim cotton, put on the affected area with good results. 2.Cervical, shoulder, lumbar and leg pain concoction: This preparation is mainly used to treat cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other causes of neck, shoulder, lumbar and leg pain. It is effective in relieving pain and joints.