Osteoarthritis of the Knee Health Feed

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.

Osteoarthritis is an irreversible process. Long term medication is not advised. Life style modification (avoiding squatting, cross leg sitting, stair climbing) and use of cane helps. Give here paracetamol for pain and start vitamin d therapy. Hope this helps.

You re doing the best exercise for osteoarthritis. Increase the time. Swimming, static quads, ankle pump. Active straight leg raises. Hip abduction and abdominal strenghtening exercises. You can refer a physio for same. Exercise is the only thing thats gonna help. Medicines are temprory.

In my opinion radio frequency should be reserved for old patients who are not fit for surgery. It works by ablating the nerves which although will give pain relief, has a potential of aggravating the arthritic process (neuropathic joint). Lubricant injection, on the other hand is a safer option.