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 for very effective treatment; 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 swelling of the knee, 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 each person's condition, the time of stiffness in the knee joint will be about 15 - 30 minutes or longer. Depending on the cause, stiffness in the knee joint can appear on one or both legs.
“At first, when I woke up, my legs and arms could not move, especially in the winter when it was cold. Almost all my joints were swollen and 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 and no longer stiff in the morning. My legs and arms moved more easily.”
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| Examination and diagnosis of knee stiffness for patients. Photo: Duc Anh |
“After the motorbike accident, I had to wear a cast on my leg for more than 2 months. After the cast was removed, 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.”
Stiff knees are a symptom of certain diseases and external injuries. Specifically, people who regularly put pressure on their knees and exercise vigorously (obese people, people who do heavy manual labor, athletes, high jumpers, long jumpers, tennis, badminton players). 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 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
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 stiff knees.
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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 joint exercises and gradually increasing the intensity and duration of the exercise such as walking up and down stairs, cycling, standing up and sitting down in place...
For more effective treatment, patients will use physical therapy methods. This is an almost mandatory method in the treatment of stiff knees. 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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