Arthritis and osteoarthritis are the main causes of pain and inflammation in the knee joint (unless, of course, we are talking about an injury).<1_img_leftxx>Unfortunately, neither chondroprotective drugs, nor NSAID-based drugs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), nor surgical interventions - fluid pumping, scaling, arthroscopy - do not provide the necessary therapeutic effect.
All traditional methods of treating arthritis and arthrosis aim to relieve pain, swelling, but they do not eliminate the root cause of the disease, they do not prevent inflammation and deformation (destruction) of the articular cartilage.
How to Really Cure Arthritis and Arthrosis of the Knee Joint?
Kinesiotherapy for knee arthritis
Knee arthritis is an injury (inflammation) of the soft tissue surrounding the joint, which includes muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Due to soft tissue swelling and knee pain, the joint's range of motion is limited.
Inflammation of the knee joint is associated not only with arthritis but also with diagnoses such as synovitis of the knee, bursitis, chondromalacia patella, damage to the medial meniscus, meniscal horn, ligaments.
To alleviate joint inflammation with all these diaznoses, doctors are increasingly using periarticular bag drainage - pumping fluid from the joint (using a syringe that penetrates the joint space cavity and periarticular bags) and then injecting hormones and antibiotics.
As a result of this "treatment" dystrophic processes develop, which lead to pathological restructuring of the bone and cartilage of the joint, degenerative changes in the joint ligaments! Not to mention the fact that, after the procedure, the person constantly feels dull pain in the knee that hinders movement.
And the most important! Draining the joint only temporarily relieves swelling but does not eliminate the cause of inflammation.
What Causes Joint Inflammation?
The question is: where do joint pain, inflammation come from, if the joint, for example, is intact, there is no infection or injury (we'll talk about injuries a little bit below), but does the knee still hurt and swell?
Inflammation, as a physiological reaction, is a violation of trophism - nutrition of the joint tissues, blood circulation and microcirculation in the joint, as a result of pathological reconstruction of the joint space and narrowing, there is swelling of the joint, leading to limitation of its mobility.
There is only one way to get rid of swelling and the accompanying joint mobility limitation—restoring microcirculation in the joint, that is, removing congestion in the joint's soft tissues: muscles and ligaments.
And this can be done by activating the physiological "pump" of the knee, which feeds the joint. In this case, it's the thigh and leg muscles. By forcing the large muscles of the thigh to work fully, we will be able to establish the outlet of inflammatory fluid from the synovial sac of the joint, restoring the main sources of blood supply to the knee joint.
Thus, it is possible to relieve joint inflammation and swelling without surgery.
Kinesiotherapy for arthritis of the knee can be started even if there is swelling and severe bending pain. The mainstay of treatment is decompression exercises on special medical and rehabilitation equipment to restore lymphatic drainage, blood circulation, and joint microcirculation. At the same time, the principle of consistency and graduality is observed. You need to be patient. Soon you will feel noticeable improvement - the pain, the swelling will go away, the knee will start to bend much better.
Questions and answers
Important issues that can arise in patients with arthritis and arthrosis, who are accustomed to traditional methods of treatment.
Kinesiteraia's motto is: "The right movement cures, the wrong one paralyzes. "The treatment of joints with the kinesiotherapy method is only carried out in a specialized center with the help of special rehabilitation equipment - multifunctional decompression simulators with antigravity action, which allow carrying deep skeletal muscles without axial load on joints and spine. It is a safe technique and practically without contraindications.
For each one, an individual program is developed, a set of motor exercises after consultation with the doctor at the Kinesiotherapy Center - examination, complete functional diagnosis of the state of the musculoskeletal system.
In the beginning, 4 to 6 days, there may be increased knee pain and even increased swelling. But all of this is related to the body's adaptation. You will soon feel a noticeable improvement. The repetitive cycle of muscle tension and relaxation strengthens the ligament tract and improves blood flow to the affected joint.
The kinesiotherapy method allows not only to interrupt the course of the disease, but also in a relatively short period of time to completely restore the working capacity of the diseased joint. And to make the initial process smoother, additional methods of kinesiotherapy are recommended - cryotherapy and autoplasma therapy, which are now the most effective alternative to hormonal drugs and knee surgery.
Knee arthrosis treatment
Arthrosis of the knee joint (gonarthrosis deformants) is a violation of joint integrity, deformation of joint surfaces, depletion and thinning of the joint cartilage.
Osteoarthritis, like arthritis, can be accompanied by inflammation. Arthritis, in turn, in the absence of adequate treatment, leads to arthrosis. Because? In inflammatory arthritis, the synovial membrane of the joint is initially affected—a thin film of connective tissue that lines the joint from the inside. Prolonged inflammation of this membrane can lead to cartilage destruction. And that's osteoarthritis.
The principles of treating osteoarthritis and arthritis are very similar. The similarity is due to the common causes of disease onset - these are two stages in the development of a degenerative process with elements of tissue dystrophy.
Osteoarthritis occurs due to malnutrition of the joint, over time the joint starts to dry out and deform. Joint malnutrition (dystrophy), in turn, occurs due to a sharp drop in microcirculation, that is, the number of capillaries that supply the joint, whose number depends on the number of muscles through which these capillaries pass.
All the nutrients needed for the joint are provided by the blood, which circulates through the vessels. Vessels are located in muscles and ligaments, so muscles, in addition to motor function, also play the role of blood pumps. They pump a lot of blood, providing nutrition to the knee joint and smooth metabolism. If the pump muscles provide adequate blood flow, good microcirculation, the knee joint is healthy. If the microcirculation is disturbed as a result of the deterioration of muscle work due to its atrophy, the joint is on a starvation diet and its slow aging begins.
Thus, the nutrition of the knee joint and articular cartilage, its blood supply and microcirculation depend directly on the work of the muscles, ligaments and tendons of this joint.
Therefore, in the treatment of arthrosis (gonarthrosis deformans), the main task of kinesiotherapy is to make the "pumps" or "pumps" of the knee work: the large muscles of the thigh and leg, which are the sources of blood supply and nutrition. for the knee joint. Muscle loads stimulate the formation of new capillaries in these muscles, increase the adaptive capacity of muscle tissue.
In the treatment of osteoarthritis, special attention is given to the thigh biceps. This is the back of the thigh, which is rarely used in everyday life. But the main neurovascular pathways of the lower extremities pass through it - the sciatic nerve, arteries, veins, lymph vessels. In fact, this group of muscles plays an important role in transporting blood and lymph to the upper part of the body and, therefore, to the joints.
An underdeveloped muscle is short and stiff. It has a weak vascular network due to the small number of muscle fibers and cannot pass a large amount of blood by itself. Strong, elastic and long muscles are essential for maintaining joints and spine.
In one article, it is difficult to reveal all the principles of joint treatment using the kinesiotherapy method; we've just given a few examples for clarity.
Knee injury. Damage to the meniscus and ligaments of the knee. Is it possible to do without surgery?
Knee injuries are common and not limited to athletes. The knee joint is under severe stress in everyday life, no matter what we do. In case of rupture (damage) of the meniscus or ligaments of the knee joint, as a rule, an operation is prescribed - complex and expensive. But there are also alternative ways. These are autoplasma therapy, active rehabilitation with special equipment, exercise therapy, joint gymnastics, physiotherapy and therapeutic massage.
Autoplasma Therapy for the Treatment of Joints
Autoplasma therapy is most effective for inflammatory joint diseases, pain, swelling, arthritis and arthrosis of the knee joint, arthritis of the hands, fingers, joint swelling, rheumatoid arthritis. A modern and safe procedure allows the launching of natural mechanisms for the restoration of cartilage tissue in the joints, synovial fluid, ligaments, tendons, muscle and bone tissue. At the same time, there is an improvement in articular cartilage nutrition and joint strengthening. As a rule, after several sessions, significant changes occur: joint pain, inflammation and swelling disappear and joint mobility is restored.