What are the effective treatments for knee bone spurs?

When we reach a certain age, the various functions and systems of the body are gradually declining, and the bones will also degenerate, so many middle-aged and elderly people will develop bone spurs on their knees. The knees are an important part of our body. When there is a problem with the knees, it will directly affect our walking and will also cause great pain to the patients. When bone spurs grow in the knees, timely treatment is required.

1. Plaster treatment

Plaster is a unique flower in traditional Chinese medicine. There are ancient sayings such as "The principle of external treatment is the principle of internal treatment, and the medicine for external treatment is the medicine for internal treatment. The only difference is the method", "Plaster can cure diseases, just like decoction. If used properly, it will work immediately". Because the plaster has a high consistency, it has a series of advantages such as high content of effective ingredients, slow precipitation rate, long-lasting effect, and effective local efficacy.

If arthritis Qufengkang plaster is applied externally in time for bone hyperplasia and hip osteoarthritis, its active ingredients can penetrate into the skin in time to produce effects such as promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, removing blood stasis, unblocking meridians and collaterals, opening up the orifices and penetrating bones, and dispelling wind and cold. It can also regulate the body's yin and yang balance through the drug's meridian function, penetrate the epidermis, stimulate nerve endings, promote local blood microcirculation, strengthen the body, improve physical fitness, and fundamentally and comprehensively target the pathological characteristics of bone hyperplasia to exert therapeutic effects, improve the nutrition of tissues around the lesion, play a role in repairing bone disease tissues, and ultimately achieve the treatment goal.

2. Direct current drug ion introduction

This treatment method can fully exert the effect of the drug. However, because the introduced drug is liquid, it is easy to evaporate and the effect cannot last long.

3. Ultraviolet light therapy

Its therapeutic effects mainly include sterilization, anti-inflammation, analgesia, promotion of wound healing, desensitization, promotion of the formation of vitamin D3, and regulation of the body's immune function.

4. Massage and traction

Suitable for cervical and lumbar vertebrae bone hyperplasia and hip osteoarthritis. Massage and traction completely rely on the action of external force, only treating local parts but ignoring the overall regulation of the human body. Therefore, they can only have a temporary analgesic effect but cannot achieve the purpose of treatment.

5. Acupuncture

Acupuncture can promote blood circulation and relieve pain. It can eliminate local edema and inflammation, but for bone hyperplasia, acupuncture can only play an auxiliary role.

6. Western medicine treatment

If you feel pain, you can take some antipyretic and analgesic drugs; if you feel numbness, you can choose B vitamins; if you have swollen joints and effusion, you can give local extraction of the effusion or local blockade and other treatments. However, practice has shown that these treatments are not ideal. They only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and the disease is prone to relapse.

7. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the most common methods for treating knee spurs. Its main advantage is that it can treat knee spurs fundamentally.

8. Surgery

Surgery is not the first choice for treatment of bone hyperplasia. When conservative treatment is ineffective and the condition is severe and seriously affects the patient's life, surgical treatment may be considered.