Knee pain
Knee pain is a prevalent condition seen in old-aged people. To be more precise, it is seen more in women above 40 years of age. The most common type is Osteoarthritis. The knee joint is the weight-bearing joint where wear and tear happen with age and causes knee arthritis or osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease usually seen in elderly people where the cartilage tissue of the knee gets damaged and the synovial fluid (joint/ knee fluid) also gets dried up resulting in severe pain in the knee
Symptoms
- Pain while walking
- Pain while Sitting
- Difficulties in climbing stairs
- Pain when standing for a longer duration
Causes
- Trauma
- Genetic cause
- Obesity
Remedies
- Knee exercises, physiotherapy exercises
- Regular walking
What is allowed in arthritis?
- Swimming
- Cycling
- walking allowed
What is not allowed in arthritis?
- Running
- jumping
Treatments
- Medicines
- Knee replacement surgery
- Platelet-rich plasma therapy (Plasma therapy) – The patient’s blood is drawn and centrifuged. The floating above part of blood or plasma is taken and infused into the knee of the patient to create a new cartilage. It has almost no side effects because this procedure is done with one’s own blood. It is beneficial in early to moderate-grade arthritis.
- Radiofrequency ablation- nerves around the knee joint are ablated to break the pain signal to the brain. Thus, it reduces the pain.
- Prolotherapy- is a treatment where an injection is given to reduce pain.
- Viscose supplement- Hyaluronic acid injection is injected inside the joint.
