Many people complain that they suffer from pain in the knee joint. Unpleasant sensations may occur intermittently, after overload and daily use. Often there are injuries - they can be acquired during sports, in everyday life.
Causes of knee pain
The bones inside the knee joint are covered with cartilage, which acts as a shock absorber. It provides a sliding surface and a bearing impact. Pain occurs due to damage to various structures of the knee.
The patient may be disturbed not only by pain in the knee joint from the inside or outside, but also by joint stiffness, decreased mobility. When the knee is bent, lateral movement is broken, it is impossible to fully bend the leg. External changes may be present: swelling and redness.
Pain and swelling in the knee joint can occur for the following reasons:
- Injuries and damage;
- Dislocations, sprains;
- Rupture of discs and ligaments;
- Knee fracture.
If there is an injury, it is very difficult to make a self-diagnosis. When the pain does not go away, and external changes appear, you should go to the doctor.
The cause of the pain can be overload. Injuries are caused by repetitive movements, prolonged stress on the knee, physical exercise.
Swelling and discomfort may occur after exercise, cycling, jumping, and brisk walking.
Pain in the knee joint from rebooting can occur while walking, and is explained by the following reasons:
- Inflammation of the bag with fluid;
- Rupture or inflammation of the tendon;
- Formation of folds in the ligaments and thickening;
- External inflammation or irritation of fibrous tissue.
Causes of knee pain can be more serious:
- Osteoarthritis;
- Osgood-Spatter disease;
- Baker's cyst;
- subcutaneous infection;
- pinched nerve;
- Osteochondritis.
Knee joint treatment with traditional medicine
Folk remedies will help get rid of swelling and reduce discomfort. Effectively removes salt from the bay leaf body. Pour 25-30 leaves with boiling water (400 ml) and simmer for 5 minutes. Infuse for several hours, strain and sip a little. The entire volume must be taken within 12 hours.
Treatment continues for 3 days. After you need to take a week break and repeat the course again. Before taking the decoction, you must clean the intestines, otherwise allergic discharge may occur.
When the salt begins to actively dissolve, the amount of urination will increase. Such treatment needs to be carried out several times a year.
For pain in the knee joint, there is another effective and tasty folk remedy - aspic. It restores cartilage tissue and synovial fluid, slows down the development of arthrosis. There is a lot of collagen and protein in jelly meat, which is necessary to maintain the integrity of bones, ligaments and cartilage - it is a kind of connective material. For treatment, any dish with gelatin is suitable. It helps restore the musculoskeletal system, prevents joint deformation.
The trace elements and vitamins present in the jelly strengthen the ligaments, maintain muscle tone. To prepare this dish, you can use pork or beef, chicken, turkey. Cover the meat with water and cook on low heat for a few hours until the broth starts to stick to your fingers. Do not add water during the cooking process.
At the end of cooking, the broth needs to be seasoned to give it taste, you can add garlic. Drain the liquid, disassemble the meat, arrange in portions and pour over the broth. The container must be cooled until it hardens. To be effective, this dish must be eaten at least once a day for a month.
Another source of collagen and protein is chicken cartilage. To replenish these substances, include boiled or boiled cartilage in your daily menu.
There are several ways to relieve pain and swelling:
- Grind a tablespoon of cartilage and drink orange juice on an empty stomach;
- Boil the cartilage until completely soft. Add bay leaf, pepper to the broth. Take 50-70 ml daily, diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1;
- Boil the paws and eat two or three things on an empty stomach, making sure to drink some lemon water.
Knee joint treatment with sunflower
Sunflower root, when used properly, effectively removes salt that builds up in the joints. This is especially useful for people who spend a lot of time in a sitting position. The root destroys all insoluble compounds, conglomerates, removing them from the body.
Grind 100 grams of sunflower root in a blender or meat grinder, fill with water (1 liter) and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool, strain and drink water together to quench your thirst.
Knee joint treatment "Golden Mustache"
Scientifically, this plant is called fragrant callisia. It is used not only for pain in the knees, but also for cardiovascular diseases. To speed up the cartilage restoration process, you need to combine it in another way that has a similar effect. You can take a field ponytail.
Mix the juice squeezed from the plant with any cream based on animal fat. The proportions are 3: 1. The composition should be applied to problem areas or applied as a compress.
Compresses from the "golden mustache" tincture will relieve pain. Soak gauze and put on the joints, fixing with a bandage. You can take it off after half an hour.
Treatment of the knee joint "Lecithin"
It cleanses the body of excess cholesterol, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, nervous tissue. Its composition includes acetylcholine - a substance that ensures the transmission of nerve impulses.
Take one tablespoon daily with water. The duration of treatment is one month. To enhance its effect, "Lecithin" should be taken with eggshells - it is a source of calcium. It also contains manganese, sulfur, iron, copper and other beneficial trace elements.
Before removing the shell, the eggs must be thoroughly washed and immersed in boiling water. After that it needs to be crushed and added to the plate. During the period of exacerbation, the dose should be 8 grams, after an exacerbation, 4-5 grams should be taken daily for two weeks.
Recipe for knee pain
Pour rye grains (250 grams) with water (2 liters) and boil for a few minutes. Add honey (kilograms), vodka (500 ml), barberry root (3 teaspoons). Mix everything well and store in a dark place for three weeks. It is necessary to take three tablespoons before eating.
If the joint hurts, cinquefoil tincture helps to relieve swelling and discomfort. It is necessary to wipe the joints several times a day, make lotions. It can be combined with uterine boron infusion. It should be taken in a teaspoon before meals in the acute period of the disease.
Grind one kilogram of horseradish, pour water (4 liters) and boil for 5 minutes, after the product cools, add honey to taste. Drink a glass every day for a month.
In the daily diet you need to include calcined cottage cheese. To prepare it, you will need potassium chloride and milk.
Heat half a liter of milk to a temperature of 50-60 degrees, pour one and a half tablespoons of calcium. After the product has thickened, remove the pan from the heat and transfer the mass to a colander, covering with gauze. In the morning, the curd is ready to eat.
Add 250 grams of chopped horse chestnut to a bottle of vodka. Leave for 14 days, shaking daily.
Painful spots should be rubbed at night.
Exercises and gymnastics to relieve pain in the knee joint are prescribed by a doctor. It takes into account the nature and causes of the breakdown and assigns the load according to its indicators. Incorrectly selected exercises can worsen the situation.
If the discomfort is very strong, there is tension from the inside, swelling, redness, then the treatment of pain in the knee joint can only be prescribed by a specialist after an examination.