How to protect our knee joints

  The specific rules for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: 1, patients with osteoarthrosis of the knee, in daily life, try to pay attention to less up and down the stairs, less hiking, less hiking, less long standing, less holding children, less lifting heavy objects, to avoid excessive load on the knee joint and aggravate the disease.  2. Maintain a proper weight to prevent obesity and increase the burden on the joints of the lower limbs. Once you are overweight, you should actively lose weight, pay attention to diet regulation and weight control.  3, try to avoid wearing high heels for long walks, high heels will change the force line of the lower limbs. The elderly should prefer thick-soled and flexible soft-soled shoes in their daily activities to reduce the impact on the knee joint and to avoid impact and wear on the knee cartilage.  4. Before participating in outdoor sports (such as Yangtze, Taijiquan, etc.), you should do preparatory activities to gently stretch the knee joint, increase the flexibility and agility of the lower limbs, and let the knee joint move before participating in sports. When practicing leg press, do not lift your legs too high to prevent excessive strain on knee ligaments and muscle tissue; when playing taijiquan, the range of motion should not be too large and the squatting position should not be too low to prevent injury to the knee joint from being overloaded.  5, cycling is a good way to exercise the knee joint under non-weight bearing. However, when riding a bicycle, the height of the seat should be adjusted to sit on the seat with both feet in the pedals, both legs can be straight or slightly bent, the seat is too high, too low or uphill when pedaling hard, the knee joint have adverse effects, should be careful to avoid.  6, when the temperature drops in winter, the knee joint is cold vasoconstriction, blood circulation becomes poor, often making the joint stiff, pain aggravated, so in cold weather should pay attention to keep warm, if necessary, wear a knee brace to prevent the knee joint cold.  7. Pay attention to your body posture when walking, do not twist your waist to work, walk with your legs skimming, and avoid squatting for a long time. Daily squatting movements (such as washing clothes, choosing vegetables, mopping the floor) is best to sit on a small bench instead. Avoid maintaining a posture for a long time, pay attention to often change posture. For example, after standing for a period of time, you can stretch your legs, tie the horse stance, and develop good habits in daily life to protect the joints.  8. For early and mid-stage patients with osteoarthrosis of the knee, it is important to avoid overexertion of the knee joint and to carry out appropriate functional exercises to increase the stability of the knee joint. Exercising the muscles of the legs not only relieves joint pain, but also prevents the progression of the disease. Do not assume that the only way to protect the diseased knee joint is to rest and not be active. According to studies, swimming and walking are the best exercises for patients with osteoarthrosis of the knee, which do not increase the weight on the knee joint but also allow the muscles and ligaments around the knee joint to be exercised. Secondly, supine leg lifts and empty pedal bicycles are the best exercises for patients.  9, diet, should eat more food containing protein, calcium, collagen, isoflavones, such as milk and dairy products, beans and soy products, fish and shrimp, kelp, black fungus, chicken claws, pig’s feet, leg of lamb, hoof tendons, etc. These can not only supplement protein, calcium, prevent osteoporosis, but also nourish cartilage and joint fluid, but also supplement estrogen, so that the bones and joints better metabolize calcium and reduce arthritis symptoms.