Effective treatment for knee stiffness at Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital
(Baonghean) - Stiff knee is one of the most common diseases. Many people are subjective and do not treat it promptly, leading to the condition becoming more and more serious. Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital has combined medication and physical therapy to treat it very effectively; many patients have fully recovered after a short period of treatment.
Symptoms of the disease
Stiffness of the knee often occurs after waking up in the morning or early afternoon. The patient will not be able to stand up immediately because the knee joint cannot stretch normally, movement becomes awkward and less flexible.
At the same time, pain in the knee joint also appears, but the pain is at a normal level, not too severe. Some patients will experience slight knee swelling, some will feel hot and red, possibly accompanied by a slight fever, and fatigue. The patient will sit and rest and massage the knee joint, depending on the condition of each person, the time of knee stiffness will be about 15 - 30 minutes or longer. Depending on the cause, knee stiffness can appear on one or both legs.
“At first, when I woke up, my legs and arms could not move, especially in the cold winter, most of my joints were swollen, red, causing pain and discomfort, greatly affecting my daily activities and work. After 1 week of treatment at Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital, my joints were softer, no longer stiff in the morning. My legs and arms moved more easily.”
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| Examination and diagnosis of knee stiffness in patients. Photo: Duc Anh |
“After the motorbike accident, I had to put a cast on my leg for more than 2 months. After removing the cast, my toe joints could not move at all due to the long-term cast. To recover, I chose Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital for physical therapy treatment. After only a short time, my toes and leg joints were able to move normally.”
Stiffness of the knee is a symptom of certain diseases and external injuries. Specifically, people who regularly put pressure on the knee joint and exercise vigorously (obese people, people who do heavy manual labor, athletes, high jumpers, long jumpers, tennis, badminton). People who are lazy to exercise, often fix a position, a posture, typically office workers. People with inadequate nutrition, calcium deficiency, or women in menopause may also absorb calcium much less well. This causes stiffness to come early and have strong symptoms. Or after accidents such as broken bones, dislocated knees that cause the knee joint to be immobilized in a cast for a long time, the leg will not be able to move during that time. After the cast is removed, most patients suffer from stiff knees and muscle atrophy. Legs and joints that are immobile for too long cause ligaments and soft tissues to become fibrotic and lose elasticity. At the same time, bone and joint injuries caused by accidents also cause blood clots in the joints, which thickens the fibrous tissue around the joints, causing stiffness in the knee. This is a very common phenomenon. Most patients gradually recover and can walk normally after a period of rehabilitation training.
Treatment methods
At Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital, the number of patients hospitalized due to stiff knees is increasing, especially in winter or when the weather changes.
Talking with Professor Dr. Cao Minh Chau - Head of the Department of Rehabilitation, Hanoi Medical University - Director of the Rehabilitation Center of Bach Mai Hospital, Vice President of the Vietnam Rehabilitation Association - who directly supports the transfer of techniques to Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital, it is known that: There are 3 treatment directions and combinations, but in general, patients need to combine medication and physical therapy rehabilitation exercises to be the most effective in treating knee stiffness.
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| Patients with stiff joints are treated with different methods at Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital. Photo: Duc Anh |
In addition, the patient will be given hot or cold compresses depending on the cause of the disease. Massage softens the tissues and increases blood circulation, combined with gentle knee exercises and gradually increasing the intensity and duration of exercise such as going up and down stairs, cycling, standing up and sitting down in place...
For more effective treatment, patients will use physical therapy methods. This is almost mandatory in the treatment of knee stiffness. Daily exercise and physical therapy will speed up the recovery of the joint, restore elasticity to the ligaments and increase flexibility of the cartilage.
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| Exercising on a machine is also one of the methods to make the knee joint more mobile. Photo: Duc Anh |
To support treatment, patients need to have a healthy lifestyle: proper rest, appropriate exercise, and proper diet to control weight well.
In particular, you should supplement foods rich in calcium, vitamin D, collagen (a component of cartilage) to help strengthen the skeleton and make the joints more flexible. If meals do not provide enough nutrients for the body, the elderly can supplement 2-3 glasses of milk per day, paying attention to choosing milk in the formula that contains a balanced amount of the above nutrients.
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| Treatment for patients with stiff knees at Nghe An Rehabilitation Hospital. Photo: Duc Anh |
Stiff joints seem to be a common disease, however, this symptom should not be ignored because it can lead to joint destruction and make the patient disabled for life if not treated properly and promptly.
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