Our knee joint is a heavily burdened, poorly nourished, functional and rapidly degenerating joint! I have described its degenerative course and pattern above on Oceania.com: The knee joint is not well developed until the age of 15-16 years old, when it starts to perform its functions, and 15-30 years old is the better stage. If we talk about normal exercise, you won’t feel any problems with your knee joint, you won’t feel it. At the age of 30 you should feel it, why? Because it doesn’t feel good anymore, it feels sore in the front of the knee joint. This is a kind of aging. We become chondromalacia patellae. It’s a transient disease and the degree varies from person to person. The main symptoms are pain when walking up and down stairs or flexing the knee with force, and pain when walking long distances. There is nothing else unusual about it. It may be relieved with rest. As you enter the 30s-50s stage, you will feel nothing happening to the patella, but the medial side of the knee will be sore. After a long walk, you will feel uncomfortable and then you want to press it. This is the second stage of degeneration, where the lesion is on the anterolateral part of the medial meniscus. At this time, you should not take it lightly and should take care of it carefully. Method: Massage the painful area and apply topical herbs to invigorate blood and relieve pain, such as soreness oil. After the massage, pat the area vigorously to run the qi and blood. If combined with chondromalacia patellae, you can take oral Vigorix or Glucophage capsules for 5 weeks. After the age of 30, you have to protect and take care of the joint. 30-40 years old is the stage of meniscus degeneration, and this is the time to protect your joint. If you don’t protect it, the cost of this is very serious, the cartilage will degenerate and some subtle fractures will occur. By age 50, the cartilage is worn away layer by layer. At age 50 you have to think of near ways to conserve your joints. One is to take better care of them, and the other is to reduce strenuous exercise. Especially going up and down stairs and climbing hills. But no exercise is not an option, so I suggest they take crutches. Below are the methods of rehabilitation throughout the various stages. Regularly perform moderate amounts of contraction and relaxation exercises for the quadriceps and plantarflexion and dorsiflexion activities for the ankle joint. The method is as follows: with both lower extremities straightened, both ankles are first naturally relaxed and then dorsiflexion is performed to maximum. Then do plantar flexion from the maximum dorsiflexion state, and plantar flexion should also reach the maximum. This is repeated. Straight leg raise is vital. The straight leg raise exercise is performed by lying on the bed with the legs naturally straight, raising 15° in the straight knee state, maintaining the raised 15° position for about 5-10 minutes, and holding on to the tremor for 3 minutes. Rest for 2 minutes and repeat again. Just complete 10-20 times a day. Patting exercises to ensure smooth flow of meridians: After fatigue or each practice, promptly perform patting exercises. Method: Open your hands naturally, pour your attention into the ten fingers and palms of your hands, place your hands on both sides of the knee joints, relax both wrist joints, and pat the joints with force, penetrating the force into the joints. The force should be so strong that the skin feels pain and the joints feel the shock. The frequency and number of times vary from person to person. Eyes closed perception training: two legs apart at the same shoulder width standing position, eyes closed, will slowly transfer the center between the two legs, experience the feeling of the knee joint, adjust muscle strength. If your balance is poor, you can hold the wall to prevent falling. This exercise helps to improve the sensitivity of the knee proprioceptors, increase the coordination of the various knee muscles, and prevent sprains and improper movements. Slowing joint degeneration.