Osteoarthritis of the knee, is what we usually call “osteophytes”, “long bone spurs”, it is understood that this chronic joint disease is mainly due to damage or degeneration of the cartilage surface of the joint, inducing osteophytes, resulting in joint pain, inflexibility. In particular, the popularity of fitness in recent years, many people exercise too much and unscientific, so that the knee is overloaded, such as causing ligaments, cartilage sprains do not pay attention to, in the long run, the stability of the knee will be greatly weakened, older people are prone to arthritis. 1, the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee performance for the slow onset, often with a history of strain; knee pain when moving, characterized by pain is initially episodic, then persistent, aggravated by exertion, pain is obvious when going up and down the stairs; knee activity is limited, especially when running, jumping, kneeling and squatting, or even step limp, joint activity can have a popping friction sound, some patients can appear swollen joints, quadriceps atrophy; around the knee joint There is pressure pain around the knee joint, and pain in the joint when moving the patella. Individual patients may have knee inversion or knee valgus; when there is a free body in the joint, interlocking phenomenon may suddenly appear when walking, which may disappear after a little activity. 2, knee osteoarthritis patients how to exercise up and down the stairs or sedentary knee pain, to minimize the number of up and down the stairs, climbing. When you have to go up and down the stairs, you have to master certain skills. When going upstairs, use the leg that is not in pain to step, and the painful leg to follow, avoiding the painful leg to step up first; when going downstairs, on the contrary, the painful leg should go down first. If the pain in both legs is severe, turn sideways to go up and down the stairs to properly reduce the pain. When sitting, try to straighten the legs or take turns to straighten the legs. Patients with knee osteoarthritis can choose exercises with lighter joint loads such as swimming, walking and cycling as appropriate. In addition, try not to get injured or cold, take calcium supplements in moderation, use knee pads in general, wear flat-heeled shoes, and lose weight if you are obese. Once the pain and swelling appear, you should go to the hospital for treatment to relieve the symptoms. 3, playing “closed” to the cartilage synovial membrane is not conducive to special reminders, try to avoid closed treatment, because it will have a negative inhibitory effect on the knee joint cartilage, synovial membrane, is not conducive to osteoarthritis; relatively speaking, sodium glass acid is a safe and effective injection drug, not only anti-inflammatory, pain relief, but also effective protection of cartilage, lubrication. joints. Today, the success rate of surgical treatment is high. In milder cases, arthroscopic surgery can be done to flush and clean the joint, relieving pain and slowing the rate of joint degeneration. In really advanced cases, with severe pain and joint deformity, it is necessary to undergo artificial knee replacement surgery to address the root of the problem.