Osteoarthritis of the Knee Questions

Hello Mr. lybrate-user, Apart from taking medicines do proper exercises for your knees. Exercises like strenght training of your quadriceps especially VMO, stretching for hamstring, calf,TFl, proprioceptive training, apply ice 3 times a day if it is swelled too much, you can also apply hinged knee brace if you feel pain during walking in your knees. Consult a good qualified Physiotherapist for proper care further.

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u do some precautions as u can't sit on floor,use Western toilet,
For pain relief u take hot water Fermentation on both knee for 15 minutes.
Now u do exercises.
1. Bend ur knee with heel slide as possible without pain then hold for second then straight it. do 10 times with both knee.
2 . Take a towel roll and place under knee and press it downward hold for 5 second and relax it.
do 10 time with both knee.

A type of arthritis that occurs when flexible tissue at the ends of bones wears down.
The wearing down of the protective tissue at the ends of bones (cartilage) occurs gradually and worsens over time.
Joint pain in the hands, neck, lower back, knees or hips is the most common symptom.
Osteoarthritis treatment: homeopathy helps to slow down the process of joint pain (osteoarthritis) &
also gives a long term relief in pain without side effects.

This is a general strain due to excessive walking or standing and for this you can follow these measures: one keep a pillow right under the knee while sleeping, next is you can keep ice in the painful area for about 5--10 minutes. One time you can do hot water fermentation that would help to reduce the muscle strain. Ice therapy would definitely help to reduce the inflammation. We also advise you to use knee cap which would help to prevent the knee from damaging further and also to maintain the ...more

She needs to lose weight and get her hypertension, diabetes under control. With weight loss of atleast 10% of her body weight, her parameters will come under normal range and with weight loss, poressure on knees will decrease. She maynot require surgery if her mobulity increases.

You have to do following precautions you have to do hot fermentation for 15 to 20 min, practice some light stretching exercises for knee joint. You can use a number of different stretching methods. If unsure, consult an expert.
Rest the affected area as much as possible.

Uniflexin and collagen supplements, help delay your osteoarthritis to advance. But along with them you need to do regular exercise, reduce weight, avoid cross legged sitting, avoid stair climbing. There is nothing to cure osteoarthritis, these measures will help delay advancement of oa.

If your knee completely damage then do surgery its safe other physiotherapy treatment best to maintain your problem.

If arthritis is advanced, then none of treatment is helpful, except knee replacement. Physiotherapy also helps a lot to reduce pain n stiffness.

I don't have any knowledge about homeopathy but you can go for it. Crux of the treatment lies in physiotherapy. Do it regularly.