Treatment of osteoarthritis of the joint. How to prevent the development of osteoarthritis?

Treatment of osteoarthritis of the joints should be started at an early stage, at the first detection of symptoms. Osteoarthritis is difficult to treat, since there are no drugs that would affect the pathogenesis of the process. In the treatment of osteoarthritis, physical exercise is important and key, which consists of exercises to strengthen the muscles, swimming and aerobics.

Methods of treatment of osteoarthritis. Drugs of choice for OA

The drug of choice in symptomatic therapy is paracetamol, in the absence of an effect, NSAIDs are used. In this case, the minimum effective doses are prescribed, it is important to avoid the simultaneous administration of 2 NSAIDs. Local ointments based on non-steroidal drugs are used.

Intra-articular corticosteroids are widely used for the treatment of osteoarthritis, but the duration of their effect does not exceed 3 weeks. The introduction of hyaluronic acid into the diseased joint for 3-5 weeks is more effective than a single injection. In case of refusal or contraindications to the operation, lavage is performed with saline.

Efficiency is achieved against the background of removal of pathological fragments, inflammatory mediators and decay products from the joint. Joint transplantation provides the best results in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Recently, due to the improvement in the quality of prostheses, the frequency of repeated interventions has decreased due to “looseness”; joint.

Prevention and physical methods in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the joint

Installed,  that aerobics and exercises to strengthen the quadriceps femoris relieve pain and significantly improve the function of the knee joint in osteoarthritis, while the effect lasts up to six months. The main criterion for the effectiveness of the treatment of osteoarthritis is the reduction of pain.

The exercises should be done as follows: lying on your back, bend your leg at the knee, and straighten the other leg, bringing its ankle joint to a 90⁰ dorsiflexion position. At the same time, the quadriceps muscle of the thigh of the straightened leg is in tension, the leg is raised to a height of 25-50 cm. You need to hold the leg in this position for 10 seconds, then lower it, relax the muscles. Such exercises for the treatment of osteoarthritis should be repeated at least 10 times for each leg.

How to treat osteoarthritis of the joints with the correct body position?

The knee joints often need treatment for osteoarthritis. Patients need to know some little things that are necessary to slow down the progression of the process. This is the position of the legs and joints when sitting or lying down. So, in a sitting position, the legs cannot be fully bent or fully unbent. You need to keep them half-bent. 

In this position, the joint fluid washes all the structures of the joint, and if the leg is bent to 90⁰, all parts of the joint fit snugly together, trophism is disturbed and the process worsens.

Thus, in the treatment of osteoarthritis, it is necessary to limit, reduce or eliminate provoking & nbsp; factors. That is, to reduce body weight in case of obesity, change working conditions if possible, reduce the load on the joints.