Osteoarthritis of the Knee Questions

Yes with physical therapy you can strengthen your leg muscles and reduce wear and tear in knee joint but use of Osteoarthritis knee brace added to this will helps more to reduce pain and correct the pathology. For more guidance on this you can consult me.

Hi dear,
To know whether knee replacement would be successful or not for your mother, you need to get some set of physical tests done for her by a good Physiotherapists.
There are no of conditions responsible for final outcome of knee replacement-
1- Muscular strength of legs before surgery
2- Clinical condition of joint
3- Metabolic disorders of patient
4- Post operative care and Strengthning of the replaced joint as well as entire limb
Whether other alternative trea...more

Mr. lybrate-user, I have gone through the query, and understand your concer.
One major difficulty is he is obese with a grade 2 obesity (BMI 35.23 kgs/M2). This is the major reason for osteoarthritis and diabetes. But due to pain in the knees he is unlikely to do any worthwhile exercise. In such a situation one of the best option is to look for total knee replacement (if affordable). Because post that he may be able to walk a considerable distance and work on reducing weight. At his age idea...more

You should take Acupressure therapy and take Biochemic Calc flour 200x +Mag phos 200x 4 tab each thrice a day with warm water and take it 5 days than consult private online .

1. Start with Physiotherapy treatment.
2. Also searched for Prolotherapy.
3. Wear knee braces.
4. Don't sit on floor.
5. Learn knee exercises.
6. Wear sports shoes.
7. Do hot fermentation twice a day.
8. Apply volini cream before sleeping.
9. TAKE CALCIUM(after breakfast), VITAMIN D 3, Glucosamine(After lunch) and Methylcobalmine(after dinner) supplement for 2 month minimum.

Hello apply prasarini oil or pranacharya restopain oil on your affected part and give hot water fomentation .take yograj guggul and agni tundi vati after lunch and dinner with warm water. Take maha rasnadi kwath 2-2 tsf twice a day. Take pranacharya vatari capsule and syrup twice a day. Avoid fermented food. Junk food.

Its always good to have milk for bones. But if knee is poorly affected get it replaced, that can give you a much better quality of life. The more you exercise and have dairy products the healthier your bones will be. For adequate exercise it might be good to consider getting your knee replaced.

Some Dietary recommendation that will help you in reducing weight and also in osteoarthritis:
1Take green tea instead of regular tea and coffee.
2.Avoid milk and milk products like curd/paneer/cheese/icecreams etc.
3.Use omega-3 rich oil like ricebran oil or olive oil.
4.Use multigrain atta.
5.take more of green leafy veges and salad veges.
6.More intake of protein like dals,pulses etc.
7.Avoid bakery products.
8.eat small and frequent meals

Dear Mr. lybrate-user, since you are young and only 47, its too early to have TKR, you can try alternate Chondro protective therapy.

Hello. I would not suggest steroids for longer duration for knee pain. They would decrease the pain but on longer duration will lead to myriad of problems including osteoporosis and other systemic multi organ problems. We need to look at the x rays and select a long term treatment which can decrease her pain but without side effects.