In arthrosis, cartilage tissue becomes thinner, covered with a mesh of small cracks and quickly wears out, exposing bones. Sharp pains occur, which reduce the mobility of the knee joint. The disease develops due to deposits of calcium salts in muscles and ligaments.
At risk are professional athletes, people with overweight and knee injuries. Osteoarthritis is treated with diets, folk and medication, which trigger the restoration of cartilage.
Nutrition
Calcium salts enter the human body with the wrong foods and unfiltered water. A balanced diet stimulates the cleansing of the body from harmful deposits and stops bone deformation. The diet is also recommended for overweight patients. Extra pounds is an additional burden on sore knees.
Nutrition for arthrosis has two functions: it restores cartilage tissue and normalizes body weight. A person will have to adhere to several rules:
- Eat low-calorie foods.
- Never skip breakfast.
- Snack when hungry.
- Divide food into small portions.
- Food is not fried. Only boiled, baked and steamed.
- Hard diets and medical fasting are prohibited.
- Don't go to bed with a full stomach.
- Eat 4 to 7 times a day.
- Drink water, jelly and decoctions.
The main task of the arthrosis diet is to normalize weight. Pork and beef can be eaten twice a week. Cutlets, meatballs and other meat dishes are prepared from chicken breast or turkey; a rabbit is also suitable. Sausages, lard, ham and smoked meats are banned, as is butter with sour cream.
Make poultry jelly or jelly weekly. Legs, wings, breast are used. Meat is stripped of fat and skin to reduce its calorie content. A little gelatin is added to the dish. The additive belongs to chondroprotectors. Substances start the renewal of cartilage tissue and stop bone deformation.
Joint function is improved by the use of fatty fish such as mackerel, salmon and trout. Seafood is prepared twice a week.
Calcium sources are useful for a patient with arthrosis:
- lettuce leaves;
- parsley root and stems;
- cottage cheese;
- yoghurts without sweeteners or flavors;
- fermented baked milk;
- dill;
- kefir;
- whey.
Foods containing B vitamins stop bone deformation. These include black and grain bread, egg yolk, seafood and peas, hard cheese, bananas and baked potatoes.
The body needs tocopherol. Vitamin E removes inflammation, increases the elasticity of cartilage and increases joint mobility. The disease is slowed down by sprouted wheat, walnuts and pine nuts, hazelnuts and linseed oil.
A patient with knee arthrosis is advised to include fresh fruits and vegetables in the diet. Allowed use:
- zucchini;
- pineapples;
- carrots and Chinese cabbage;
- broccoli, pumpkin and apples;
- grenades;
- lentils, beans;
- raspberries, black and red currants.
Metabolic processes in the body are restored with cereals. Only polished rice and semolina are banned. Vegetable oils are useful, but more than 1 tbsp. l. in a day. It is advised to drink a decoction of rose hips, raspberry twigs and leaves, as well as green tea.
Cartilage is restored with cottage cheese and dried fruit desserts, seasoned with yogurt. Only gelatin is necessarily added to the dish.
With arthrosis and excess weight, you should refrain from semi-finished products, pickles, white cabbage, chips and crackers, buns and cakes. Marshmallow and halva, canned meat and fish, pates, offal dishes are contraindicated.
You can't get carried away with hot spices: mustard, paprika, black pepper and chili. The amount of salt is reduced to 5 g per day. Seasoning is added to dishes after cooking, not during.
Burdock, honey and juices
Osteoarthritis begins with circulatory disorders in small vessels located near the knee cartilage. For pain and destruction of bone tissue, massage is recommended. One of the most common is honey.
Muscles and cartilaginous tissue are heated with salt or heating pad for 10 minutes. Apply some liquid honey to the skin and rub the bee product with stroking and patting movements. The procedure takes 20 minutes. The remains of the sweet product are washed off with warm water, and a compress is applied to the sore knee.
The blood circulation in the cartilage is restored with burdock leaves. Take 5-7 fresh specimens, put them in a stack and put a kettle of hot water on top. The skin is treated with vegetable oil such as sunflower or olive oil. Badger or bear fat is also suitable. Warm leaves are applied to the sore leg, wrapped with cling film and elastic bandage. Cover with a woolen shawl.
Burdock can be washed and kneaded rather than warmed up. When juice comes out, apply triple cologne to the fluffy side. Attach to the deformed joint and fix with a plastic bag, on top - a warm scarf. On the second day, the leaf is smeared with honey and then cologne. On the third day, the bee product is replaced with garlic gruel. On the fourth day, ointment is used instead of honey and cologne. Compresses alternate for 2 months. Break - 4-6 weeks. Burdock leaves restore mobility to joints, reduce swelling and discomfort.
Treat arthrosis with tincture of black radish, cranberry and beetroot. 500 g of berries and root vegetables are passed through a meat grinder and the mass is poured into a bottle. Pour 0. 5 liters of brandy, insist in a closed container for 10 days. The medicine is drunk in the morning before breakfast. Take 30 ml of liquid. The break between courses is 2-3 months.
Severe knee pain and swelling are treated with celery. The whole plant, along with the stems and roots, is washed and crushed. Squeeze the juice out of the mass, store in a glass jar. Drink 60 ml three times a day. Food is consumed after 40 minutes. The cake is applied to the knee at night. Before the procedure, the skin is moistened with vegetable oil.
A medicine for arthrosis is prepared from celery root. The workpiece is cleaned and washed, crushed. Measure 1 kg of mass and mix with 1 liter of vodka. The jar with the blank is removed to a dark place for 10 days. The filtered celery product is stored in a bottle. The cake is left in a jar, 1 liter of water is poured. The resulting aqueous infusion is mixed in equal proportions with vodka. They drink 60 ml of medicine half an hour before eating. The course lasts from 5 to 6 months. Celery infusion stops the destruction of cartilaginous tissue and removes pain.
Eggs, horseradish and dandelions
Joint mobility will be restored if the patient rub protein into the skin daily. The egg is broken, the contents are poured into a bowl. The transparent mucus remaining on the walls is taken with a finger and applied to the sore knee.
Beaten chicken egg remedy relieves severe pain. Take half of the protein and the same amount of yolk, beat with a fork. Add 10 ml of turpentine and 1 tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar. Massage the workpiece into the inflamed knee, cover it with a cotton cloth and a plastic bag. The procedure is repeated 4 times a week until the symptoms disappear.
Apply horseradish compresses to the deformed joints. Fresh product is rubbed and boiled in water. The mass should simmer over low heat. It is impossible for the workpiece to boil. The warm product is spread on cheesecloth and tied to the sore knee. The compress is prepared from fresh and dried roots. The course of treatment lasts until the discomfort disappears completely.
Calcium salts are removed from muscles and ligaments by dandelions. Pour 300-400 g of fresh flowers into the bottle, fill the container with vodka. Triple cologne is also fine. Grinding is insisted for a month. While the medicine is being prepared, fresh dandelion flowers are consumed inside. Pick 5 pieces daily, wash and chew slowly. The plant has a bitter taste, but you can't eat or drink. In winter, fresh flowers are replaced with dried leaves. The billet is first soaked in hot water, and the swollen pieces are eaten before breakfast or lunch.
This dandelion grind is applied to the knees after warming up. The medicine is rubbed into the joints with gentle and gentle movements. The sore leg is wrapped with a film and a handkerchief, the compress is left until morning.
Clay, berries and elecampane
Cabbage leaf draws calcium salts from muscles and ligaments as well as burdock. The product is dipped in boiling water, beaten with a hammer, and then soaked in honey. The knee is wrapped with a blank, the compress is wrapped with a woolen scarf.
Apply blue or red clay to the inflamed cartilage. The agent removes accumulated fluid, reducing swelling and pain. The powder is diluted with cool water, stirred with a wooden spoon. The creamy paste is applied to a clean and dry knee in a thick layer. Secure with cotton cloth and bandages. The leg is wrapped in a scarf for 4-5 hours. The remains of clay are removed with wet wipes or cotton swabs, ointment is rubbed into the knee. The treatment lasts 5 days.
In the period of exacerbation of arthrosis, elecampane helps. The crushed root is bought at the pharmacy. Mix 25 g of raw materials with a glass of vodka, insist in a dark place for 14 days. Rub in with severe pain and stiffness.
Inside with exacerbation of arthrosis, take a gelatin tincture. In the evening, soak 5 g of powder in 100 ml of boiled water. In the morning, jelly is made from thick pasta. Dilute with water in a ratio of 1 to 1 and add 1 tsp. honey. The taste of the medicine is improved with lemon or any other juice.
Joint inflammation mass is boiled from gelatin and milk. For 5 g of dry ingredient 120 ml of liquid base. Bring the pasta to a boil, sweeten with sugar. Store in the refrigerator, eat 2-3 tbsp daily. l. milk jelly.
The destruction of cartilage tissue is stopped with lotions. The tool includes:
- iodine;
- medical bile;
- 10% ammonia;
- glycerin;
- honey.
The products are mixed in equal proportions and poured into a jar. Used after 14 days. The composition is impregnated with gauze or cotton cloth, applied to the knee for 4–6 hours. The compress is tied to the joint with a bandage or cling film, and a scarf is tied on top.
Lingonberry leaves cleanse the body of calcium salts and prevent the formation of thorns. Powder from dried raw materials is mixed with water, boiled for 15 minutes. The broth is drunk instead of water when a feeling of thirst appears.
Lingonberry tea helps with arthrosis. Berries are brewed with boiling water: 2 tbsp. l. fruits 1 liter of hot water. The drink is divided into 4 servings in an hour and drunk per day. Lingonberry infusion is taken 30-40 minutes before meals.
Gymnastics
Blood circulation in the inflamed knee is restored with moderate physical exertion. Light exercise relieves painful sensations, reduces swelling and slows down the aging of the joint.
Patients with advanced disease are advised to start with regular walks. You need to take 3000 steps per day. The distance is increased gradually so as not to overload the legs.
Gymnastics can be done at home:
- Sit on a chair or chair so that your heels do not reach the floor. Straighten your back, put your hands on the armrests or hips. Swing the bottom of the affected leg back and forth.
- Get on all fours, rest your hands on the floor. The inflamed knee only touches a hard surface, but the main load falls on the upper limbs. Stays in this position for 5 to 10 minutes. Gradually, the load on the sore knee increases, but it is impossible that painful sensations arise in the joints.
- The patient walks slowly around the room on all fours. The floor must be covered with a soft carpet or mat. A hard surface injures inflamed soft tissue.
- Sit on a chair, put your feet on the floor. Rest your toes on the floor, lift your heels off the ground. Count to three and return to starting position. Do 20 to 50 reps.
- Stay on the chair. Rest your heels on the floor, and lift your socks up. Reach for the ceiling for 3 seconds, return to the original position.
A patient for whom simple exercises do not cause discomfort in the knee can squat 10–20 times a day. Do not lower the pelvis too low so as not to overload the damaged cartilage. Ascend smoothly and without sudden jerks.
Preparations for arthrosis
Folk remedies remove calcium salts from muscles, slowing down the destruction of cartilaginous tissue, but decoctions and compresses are best combined with pharmaceutical preparations. Patients with arthrosis are prescribed non-hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs and chondroprotectors.
Non-steroidal drugs have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Thanks to tablets and gels, edema decreases, deformation of bone tissue slows down. Non-steroidal drugs affect the functioning of the digestive organs, liver and kidneys, so medications should be selected together with a doctor. The drugs relieve symptoms, but do not restore the structure of the cartilage.
Chondroprotectors normalize blood circulation in the knee joints. Means eliminate the cause of the disease and start the renewal of cartilage tissue.
Cartilage repair triggers collagen. They produce tablets for internal use, ointments for external use and injections. Injections are one of the most effective treatments for arthrosis. The medicine is injected directly into the joint, so it is better absorbed. Collagen is prescribed during remission, when the patient is not worried about pain and swelling.
Arthrosis is treated with hyaluronic acid. Preparations with hyaluronic acid are recommended to be injected directly into the joint. The product covers the bones with a protective film that prevents friction and wear of the cartilage.
The medicine for arthrosis is combined with vitamin complexes containing tocopherol, ascorbic acid and beta-carotene, as well as magnesium, boron, calcium, copper and zinc. The components increase the level of collagen in the body, stop the inflammatory process and normalize blood circulation in soft tissues.
Arthrosis is one of the most common diseases. Young and elderly patients are faced with the destruction of cartilage. At the first symptoms of joint deformation, folk remedies, vitamin complexes and pharmaceutical preparations should be used to stop the inflammatory process and slow down the aging of the knee.