Different ages of "love" of the knee

Knee joint is the most complicated human structure of large joints, bones by three groups, four groups of ligaments and two washers, only common collaboration may maintain the stability of the knee, any error in the "parts", will affect the person's normal operations.

It is precisely because of the structure of the complex and body burden, knee injury in all ages have occurred from time to time.

Jiaotong sixth people's Hospital orthopedics Professor Zhao, love-knee should be based on the characteristics of different ages.

Adolescent stage: motion before warm-up

Adolescence of knee cartilage, ligaments, meniscus are gold status, improper exercise is the main cause of knee injury.

The sixth people's Hospital orthopedic Zhao-Professor told reporters that relative to professional athletes, the General hobby sport youth more likely to occur before the knee injury, one of the most common anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

In order to protect the knee, young people especially cannot ignore the warm-up exercises before exercise.

Knee stability depends on the integrity of the ligament and muscle coordination. Once is not enough, you need to warm up the muscles and ligaments of the knee joint to cooperative conservation, muscle response is not in place, can not be timely to provide protection, anterior cruciate ligament is vulnerable to damage caused by excessive force.

In addition to the lack of awareness is not enough to warm up, do not understand the protection awareness, to protect the knee techniques is also the main cause of knee injuries.

Anterior cruciate ligament injury in most prone to the take-off ground and whirled, the correct approach is to keep the front of the foot, knee, hip flexion at the same time.

Like sports youth nature, if suffering from a congenital anomaly of development, you may not be appropriate for a particular campaign.

Such as the knee bone unstable patients not fit half squat exerting force of movement; meniscus spare deformity patients is not suitable for long time loading of labor; patients with congenital ligament relaxation is not appropriate to engage in the necessary emergency stop, whirling motion movement. Therefore, for the young people who like sports, it is necessary to first understand their own physical condition, medical consultation.

Middle-aged phase: campaigns don't impulse

Middle age, are often even more emphasis on fitness.

Zhao-Professor outpatient frequently encountered a movement think knee pain patients, they are mostly due to long-term exercise horse stance squat squat, crotch or one-time excessive exercise caused due to knee injuries.

Middle of articular cartilage and meniscus has a degree of degeneration.

Anterior cruciate ligament not only degeneration, also from the neighbouring parts of hyperplasia osteophyte of friction. Inappropriate exercise, even recreational sport or may cause injury, contrary to their wishes. Therefore, the middle-aged man in sports should note the following:

First, does not advocate for bodybuilders class training.

Fitness class training is specific to certain muscle blocks of training, training on the body as a whole and not much help, but will end and the cartilage and tendon injuries.

Secondly, it is best not to squatting and climbing class training.

Because of knee squat in half, particularly single knee bearing half squat, patellar joint to bear three times the weight of stress, doing more squatting activities, patellar joint degeneration faster. In addition, the up and down stairs, climbing on the downhill, patella cartilage will withstand excessive stress. Those stairs to climb a mountain or as a movement of people tend to lose, if it appears difficult to climb and climb the stairs.

Furthermore, the middle-aged man of movement must be very gradual.

Perennial not exercise, exercise a sudden impulse, results in a few hours but cause joint pain for several months or even years of human minds. Middle-age appropriate joint training of small loads, such as seat of knee flexion activities, biking, swimming, etc.

Old stage: you do not have to deliberately "spur" mill

Some older people the existence of such errors, find games accelerated aging of the knee.

In fact, older, degenerative knee naturally occur, but moderate reasonable exercise effectively delay the joint degeneration speed, especially the articular cartilage only in the movement to get from the synovial fluid.

And "no campaign" opposite should of is "the excessive movement".

Knee pain is common in the elderly, spur is habitually think is causing the pain of the "culprit", to "wear off" spur, some older people would deliberately strengthening exercises. Zhao-Professor stressed due to bone Spurs is not aging knee pain, having to "grind". Joint pain caused by aging is mainly due to the wear of the articular cartilage, a large number of motion caused by not only the "mill" not spur rather than exacerbate residues cartilage wear.

Each old status of articular cartilage, appropriate exercise and strength.

Therefore, the appropriate medical examination and consultation is necessary. In order to retard the aging, relieve joint joints aging symptoms of the elderly for some sitting knee flexion exercise, cycling, swimming, but not for long hours of walking and running. Elderly taboos do knee flexion patella (hip) after about rock the joint exercise, this exercise will increase the wear of the articular cartilage, sudden exacerbation caused by pain.

"Love knee" required reading

First, avoid excessive fatigue, reduce weight, avoid prolonged frequent stairs, running, climbing, etc. on the knee and wear larger movement, avoid dieda sprain.

II, long walks without high-heeled shoes, wear thick and elastic soft soled shoes, to reduce the impact of the knee.

III. physical training to prepare activities for mitigation to stretch the knee to knee full activities open later participate in strenuous exercise.

4. When you want to ride a bike

The height of the saddle adjusting well to sit in the saddle on two pedals on the pedal, the legs can be straight or slightly bent to it, the car seat is too high, too low or cycling uphill push pedalled for knee has adversely affected.

5. knee joint to be precautionary and avoid the cold, damp stimulation, especially young women, it is best to avoid wearing short skirts in autumn and winter season.

6. the body too obese individuals should lose weight, or else would have the effect of increasing the burden on the knee.

(Edit: Justin Lin, internships)