How to remedy cold knees

Nowadays, many people who love beauty often wear single pants or skirts in the cold winter or autumn. This can easily cause the knees to get cold. In recent years, the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis is getting higher and higher, and the disease is getting younger and younger. Generally speaking, if the knees get cold, you will feel pain. So how to remedy the cold knees?

What to do if your knee hurts due to cold

Avoid wind, cold and dampness

To prevent cold, rain and moisture, pay attention to keeping the joints warm, do not wear wet clothes, wet shoes, wet socks, etc. In the hot summer, don't seek coolness or drink too much cold drinks. The climate in autumn is dry, but the wind is refreshing and the weather is getting cooler, so we should prevent ourselves from getting cold. The winter wind is biting cold, so keeping warm is the most important thing.

Pay attention to the combination of work and rest

Eating in moderation, having regular daily routine, and combining work and rest are the main measures to strengthen your body and maintain your health. Clinically, although the condition of some rheumatoid arthritis patients is basically under control and they are in the recovery period, their condition often worsens or relapses due to fatigue. Therefore, they need to combine work and rest, and maintain moderate activity and rest.

Strengthen exercise and improve physical fitness

Regular physical exercise, such as health gymnastics, qigong, tai chi, radio gymnastics, walking, etc., is very beneficial. People who insist on physical exercise will have a strong body, strong disease resistance, and rarely get sick. Their ability to resist the invasion of wind, cold and dampness is much stronger than that of those who do not exercise.

Maintain a normal mental state

Some patients develop this disease due to mental stimulation, excessive sadness, depression, etc.; and after suffering from this disease, emotional fluctuations often make the condition worse. These all suggest that mental (or psychological) factors have a certain impact on this disease. Therefore, maintaining a normal mental state is important for maintaining the body's normal immune function.

Infection Prevention and Control

Some cases of rheumatoid arthritis develop after suffering from infectious diseases such as pharyngitis, sinusitis, chronic cholecystitis, and dental caries. It is believed that this disease is caused by the body's immune response to the pathogens of these infections. Therefore, it is also important to prevent infection and control infectious lesions in the body.

Choose the right physical activity

Choosing appropriate physical exercise can promote the body's metabolism, increase bone toughness and bone growth, reduce the load on the knee joint and enhance muscle strength. You can choose walking, swimming and other exercises. When doing outdoor sports, wear comfortable sports shoes (sports shoes have a certain shock-absorbing effect). However, it is not suitable to do sports such as mountain climbing, going up and down stairs, etc.

Causes of knee pain

1. Knee joint pain caused by strain and bad posture

For knee pain, patients can also use physical therapy methods such as heat therapy, hydrotherapy, ultrasound, acupuncture, etc. to relieve pain during acute attacks. You can also use Chinese patent medicines whose main function is to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis to relieve pain.

2. Knee pain caused by sports injuries

If we experience knee pain during exercise, we should stop exercising immediately to effectively avoid serious damage, and apply key cold compresses in time within 24 hours.

Avoid hot compresses, massage, acupressure or medication. After 24 hours, apply the topical analgesic Voltaren emulsion to relieve pain and inflammation, and use massage to relax muscles and promote blood circulation, warm the meridians and dredge the collaterals.

3. Knee pain caused by osteoarthritis

Physical therapy can be used to gently but effectively relieve pain and stiffness in the knee. Conventional physical therapy methods include ultrashort wave, microwave, iontophoresis, red light irradiation, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, etc.

4. Knee pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis

You can also use hot irons and hot compresses, physical therapy such as manipulation and massage to relieve pain. At the same time, in addition to traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine and physical therapy, patients with rheumatoid arthritis can also use diet therapy to speed up the recovery process.