MBA health: old people is likely to develop osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is one of the most common arthritis, especially upon the elderly. In North America, 70% of osteoarthritis patients older than 65 years old, and in women over the age of 65, 30% of the people have different degrees of osteoarthritis. A joint scar history, obesity and have long-term sitting position of work habits are much more likely to suffer from osteoarthritis. Generally more influence weight joints, such as the lumbar spine and hip, knee joint. Chinese primary hip arthritis less, and the most common primary knee osteoarthritis, so, osteoarthritis generally more refers to the knee osteoarthritis. This good doctor online invited Beijing 301 hospital director of orthopaedic ZhouYongGang to you about the dangers of osteoarthritis and prevention.

The dangers of osteoarthritis have?

Osteoarthritis not only can cause joint pain, when serious cause joint deformation (turn inward or evaginate deformity), buckling contracture, expand function limitation, walk ground lock, instability, wrestling, can't even walk. Because the pain affect walk, the activity level down it would cause obesity, increase cardiopulmonary burden, the whole body health decline. Other still can cause patients to gain weight because of worry constantly having psychological depression.

Osteoarthritis prevention measures have?

Osteoarthritis although cannot be cured, but can prevent or slowed its further development. Reducing weight is very effective prevention, especially for obese patients. Have clear evidence that patients with osteoarthritis weight to the severity of the were positively correlated. Reduce weight not only can reduce the stress of the knee joint tibial shares, but also reduce patellofemoral joint force, to prevent the happening of the disease, reduce the symptoms, slow the disease role.

Adequate exercise for the prevention of the occurrence of osteoarthritis is very important also, from prevention osteoarthritis Angle, swimming is the best exercise, can achieve the need of exercise, and can avoid the knee excessive weight, reduce the wear and tear of articular cartilage. And often climb a mountain, excessive fluctuation building, football, such as excessive force tai chi knee joint exercise is not very suitable sports.

To increase the strength of exercise is very helpful. If increase quadriceps muscle strength exercise, can increase the stability of the knee joint, reduce the knee's abnormal stress, prevent or postpone the development of osteoarthritis. But should pay attention to this kind to exercise don't muscles too tired.

Increase the range of motion of exercise to prevent osteoarthritis is also important, can mitigate the stiff, increase the movements of the joints, and prevent the soft tissue contracture.