Now the best time to take care of treatment and prevention to prevent autumn aggravation of arthritis and arthrosis.
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Blame overweight and heels
Damage to the articular cartilage may be damaged for several reasons:
Age and hormonal changes. For example, most women in the period of Klimaks overtakes the mass of problems with the musculoskeletal system - and osteoporosis, and arthrosis.- Overweight. When we go, on our supporting legs of the legs and the spine lies the load of as well as 4 masses of our body! The more the person weighs, the faster the depreciation properties of his joints come into disrepair.
- Injuries (these are often sining with lovers of extreme sports). There is a crack or a fracture of the cartilage tissue, which over time leads to the destruction of cartilage.
- Wearing noncomfortable shoes. The most dangerous options: a narrow sock, deforming the foot, excessively high heel - stud or unstable platform.
X-ray diagnosis will help
If you are offered universal means for the treatment of joints - do not believe. These diseases are divided into two large groups:
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Arthritis - associated with the inflammation of the joints;
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Arthrosis - caused by the destruction of cartilage tissue.
They require fundamentally different approaches in treatment and prevention.
To find out exactly what happens with your joints, you need to first do a general blood test (for inflammation) and x-ray. Even the most initial changes in the joint are visible on the radiograph.
Medical practice shows that the end of spring - the beginning of summer for people with a sick musculoskeletal system - the time is very calm, exacerbations are usually beginning in autumn (especially from arthrrowes who are pretty exploited their already unhealthy joints in country work). So now it's time to do prevention.
Where to fix health
With arthrosis
Very time will have a trip to a sanatorium, where there are radon and hydrogen sodges (for example, in Belokurich, White Church, Pyatigorsk, Sochi).
Good swimming in the sea and all procedures with sea water.
Magnificent prevention I «recharging» For the next year, mud baths, wraps. Mineral mud, useful in arthrosis, is in Evpatoria, Odessa, Saka, Pyatigorsk, on the Sea of Azov.
Under Arthritis
Trips to the terrain with a hot climate are not recommended! Falling sun and general stress for the body associated with acclimatization can only increase inflammation.
According to the experience of our consultant, after traveling to Egypt or Turkey, 90% of patients begins to serious aggravation of arthritis.
Sunbathe «Warming up» hot sand is also harmful.
For the prevention and treatment of arthritis, the sanatoriums are best suited in a temperate climatic zone or a trip to black, Azov, Dead Sea to the velvet season.
In arthrites, physiotherapy (magnetic therapy, phonophoresis and others), as well as swimming and SPA procedures - during the remission period. Fitting against contraindicated.
Spring menu for problem legs
More fresh vegetables and fruits. Especially beneficial on the state of the joints affect tomatoes, parsley, spinach, sweet pepper, garlic.
Vegetable salads are not charged with mayonnaise, but olive or corn oil, fruit - honey or low-fat yogurt.
If possible, limit meat (especially red) and canned food - it is believed that they contribute to the inflammation of the joints.
From berries very useful blueberries, black currant, cherry.
Make chambers and teas with a beast, chamomile, lone lingonberry.
It is noted that natural soybeans are well acting on sore joints and... Avocado (Eat 1 piece of medium size during the week). All vegetable oils, seeds - pumpkin, sesame, sunflower are also useful.
Gymnastics from fatigue
In order not to give the joints to fly, sitting do 3-4 times a day. Such exercises:
- Strain and relax the muscles of the thighs, bending and blending the legs in the knees (5 times).
- Make a long breath, pulling the stomach, exhale, pulling the belly (3-4 times).
- Slowly raise your hands up - breathe, lower - exhale (3-4 times).
- Bend and break your feet toes - 10 times at a slow pace.
- Sitting on a chair, put a leg on foot and make circular movements of relaxed feet to the right, then left. Repeat 10-12 times each foot.
- It is very useful to roll up the ordinary wooden rolling pin for the dough - from the heel sock and back. And you can buy a special simulator-foot massager. It looks like a rolling pin only with tubercles-protrusions. With this exercise, blood circulation is improved in the legs and muscle condition and ligaments.
Do gymnastics need naturally throwing shoes.
What to put in the country aid kit
The most frequent «Country» Problems with joints and backs are stretching muscles, spondylizes and attacks of the radiculitis - from zeal. So the first aid kit is better replenished in advance and put in it:
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Package and anti-inflammatory means based on butadion, diclofenac (voltaren), combined analgesics;
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Mazi with heparin - from edema. Put them on sore joints better than the evening. Fatigue is well removed by ointment with horse chestnut and green tea extract;
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Dissolving ointments and drone type gels.
It is advisable to always have ice in the freezer. With pains to apply a heap or a package with ice for 20 minutes, wrapped the sick joint with a towel.
