What causes leg joint pain?

Discomfort and pain in the leg joints are generally most commonly caused by problems with the knee joints, such as osteoarthritis of the knee. This disease is most commonly caused by meniscus injuries in the elderly. If young people have knee pain, most of the time it is caused by synovitis. In fact, no matter what causes the disease, it must be treated in time. Early diseases are faster to treat and recover.

What causes leg joint pain?

Patellar tendinitis

1. Pain location

The most common cause of knee pain is patellar tendonitis. The pain point is located below the kneecap. If you straighten your knee and press the lower edge of the knee with your fingers, you will feel pain. Patients often find themselves unable to stand up after squatting down!

2. Cause

Standing for a long time or doing heavy work, often running and jumping

3. Treatment methods

Pay more attention to rest, and give rehabilitation exercises, plaster treatment, shock wave therapy, wireless radio frequency and other treatments according to the condition. Surgery is required when necessary. If this situation is mistaken for degenerative arthritis, symptomatic treatment will not be effective.

Knee synovitis

The synovium is one of the main structures of the knee joint. It covers the inner side of the joint capsule and contains rich vascular connective tissue. Since synovial cells can secrete synovial fluid, they can keep the articular cartilage lubricated, thereby increasing the range of motion of the joint.

1. Pain location

The knee joint will not only experience swelling, pain and fluid accumulation, but the range of motion will also be reduced due to adhesion, so the knee cannot be fully straightened, bent or squatted. The most common pain is tenderness at the medial femoral condyle of the patellofemoral joint, and occasionally a friction sound can be "felt".

2. Cause

Excessive labor or improper use may cause acute inflammation of the synovium, which will cause a large amount of fluid to accumulate in the joint and the synovium to thicken, making the fibers hard and lose their elasticity. This can be treated with a plaster.

Anserine tendinitis

1. Pain location

Anserine tendinitis often occurs with degenerative arthritis, but it may also exist alone. The location of the pain is different from patellar tendinitis. It is on the inside of the knee joint and above the tibia, and pain will be felt when pressing with the fingers.

2. Cause

Jogging, running downhill, excessive walking and exercise are all causes of anserine tendinitis. However, there are also cases where the anserinus muscle is injured due to improper long-term sitting and improper stretching.

3. Treatment methods

Many patients with degenerative arthritis experience relief from stiffness and pain after receiving hyaluronic acid injections, but they still feel pain on the upper inner side of the tibia. This is caused by combined anserine tendinitis. The treatment of anserine tendonitis usually only requires a small dose of steroid injection at the painful area to improve the condition. The dose of local steroid injection is very low and the side effects are very small, so there is no need to worry too much. If you want to be safe, you can use Chinese medicine plasters. If you want to privately chat with the author Junma Ye, I can recommend a special plaster that is very effective for all types of knee pain.

Myofascial pain syndrome

1. Pain location

The clinical symptoms of myofascial pain syndrome include pain and tightness in the front or lower side of the knee, combined with limited range of motion of the knee joint, and stiffness when bending and straightening the knee when squatting, standing up, etc.

2. Cause

Many muscles from the thigh are connected to the knee joint by tendons. Once the muscles are used improperly, pulled or injured, the mobility of the knee will be affected and pain will occur.

3. Treatment methods

Treatment requires identifying the trigger points and administering acupuncture or local trigger point injections, followed by correct muscle stretching and strengthening exercises, which can lead to significant improvements. In addition, electrical stimulation and interference waves in physical therapy in the rehabilitation department also have good therapeutic effects.

gout

1. Pain location

Once gout strikes, the most common symptoms are redness, swelling, heat and pain in the big toe, ankle and knee joints.

2. Cause

The onset of gout is mainly caused by excessive uric acid in the body. Uric acid accumulates throughout the body with the blood. Due to the low temperature of the joints, it will form crystals. When the amount of crystals increases, it is easy to fall into the joint cavity. The immune cells that originally resist foreign substances will think that the falling crystals are foreign substances, and thus launch an attack, causing joint inflammation and then pain.

Rheumatoid arthritis

1. Pain location

It can affect any joint in the body or multiple joints at the same time, causing joint pain, swelling and stiffness. If one knee or hand has rheumatoid arthritis, the other knee and hand will usually also be affected. Severe rheumatoid arthritis can cause serious joint damage and distortion, affecting normal life functions.

2. Cause

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that damages the joints. The detailed pathogenic mechanism is still unclear, but it is generally believed to be related to the autoimmune system.

The best way to treat knee arthritis with synovitis is to choose traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine not only has no side effects and is harmless to the human body, but can also solve the problem of knee arthritis.