Osteoarthritis is a degenerative diseases where there is increase in wear and tear of the joints which leads to pain, most commonly it affects the knee joint.
Causes of osteoarthritis:
Age : it is one of the important factor for causing osteoarthritis, As the age increases the bodily structure gets weakend
Obesity: Nowdays the lifestyle of the people is changing and becoming more sedentary which leads to obesity ,it increases the loading over the joint and causing osteoarthritis
Joints injury:Any major injury of surgical intervention might lead to osteoarthritis
Symptoms
- Pain in the knee
- Tenderness over the joint
- Swelling over the joints
- MmRestricted movemen
- Weakening or thinning of muscles
How to manage osteoarthritis
As the osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition ,the best solution we got is that to modify the lifestyle and doing some exercises which will slow down the process of degeneration.
- Lifestyle modification is an important factor to reduce the symptom’s
- Physiotherapy is the best solution to improve the range of motion,to strengthen the muscle and reduce pain.
Here are some exercises
1) Static quadriceps: Lie down on the back and place a small towel roll under the knee and press the knee over the towel for 5-10 times
2) Static Hamstring: lie down on the back put a small towel roll under the heel and press the heel on the towel roll.
3) Straight leg raise: Lie down on the back and raise the leg straight without bending the knee
4) Abduction in side lying: Lie on the one side and raise the leg straight
5) Vastus medialis oblique strengthening: Lie down on the back place a big towel roll under the knee and straighten the leg
6)knee bending: lie down on the stomach and bend the knee
7) Dynamic quadriceps: Sit on the table or a chair with legs shouldn’t be touching the floor and in the position straighten the knee
-Every exercise should be done twice to thrice per day with each time 10 repition should be done.
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