Bad habits in life can hurt the knee joint

  1, never control weight degenerative arthritis is common in people over 50 years old, especially obese, osteoporotic, joint injury is more obvious. Due to the different physiological structure of men and women, women have a wider pelvis after childbirth. As a result, the patella is more likely to be displaced and out of alignment. Women’s skeleton is smaller than men’s, and their relative joints bear more force per unit area. If weight is not controlled, arthritis will come earlier.  Suggestions: In addition to maintaining a normal weight, you should also train more thigh quadriceps.  2, often do squatting and kneeling action housewives try not to squat to do housework, older or knee discomfort, exercise do not force squat too low.  Suggestions: usually engage in yoga, cycling and other sports, more training of the front thigh quadriceps, rear thigh biceps, enhance these muscle groups, can increase the stability of the knee joint, slow joint wear.  3, no auxiliary tools Many elderly people like to sit on small benches, sofas to watch TV, after sitting for a long time often can not stand up. At this point, standing on your own without relying on external forces can put considerable pressure on the knee joint.  Suggestion: Use aids such as crutches to extend the life of the knee joint.  4, often carry heavy things climbing stairs climbing stairs, although it helps to enhance cardiorespiratory fitness, calorie consumption, but is a weight-bearing exercise. The joints below the waist to bear the weight of the whole body, especially the knee is the most stressed.  Suggestions: If you must carry heavy things, it is best to climb half a floor to rest once, and to carry heavy things in stages, to 5 kg each time as the upper limit.  5, a pair of shoes to wear in the end usually wear shoes to suit the local conditions.  Suggestions: when walking to wear sneakers or jogging shoes, the soles should not be too soft; climbing, choose a strong grip, thick-soled shoes, to reduce the impact and pressure on the knees.  6, always let the joints suffer from cold The weather turns cold, the mobility of the bones and joints compared to the summer seems slightly tight, and easier to be sore. Muscle ligaments in a tense state, consuming more nutrients, producing more metabolites, and even lactic acid buildup.  Suggestion: Be sure to keep warm at night, cover up, wear long pants or use knee pads.