How to treat bone spurs?

When many people reach old age, the hidden diseases they had when they were young will show up, such as osteoporosis, cold legs, bone spurs, etc., among which bone spurs are a very common phenomenon. Bone spurs are a type of proliferative bone disease. There are many causes of this disease, including an increase in one's own weight, which causes excessive gravity on the bones; strenuous exercise; long-term improper sitting posture, etc. The treatment of bone spurs should start from life. Pay attention to diet, exercise actively, try not to do long-term strenuous exercise and eat more high-calcium foods. The following is a detailed introduction on how to treat bone spurs.

6 reasons why bone spurs form

1. Physical factors

Weight gain adds heavy load to already worn and degenerate joints, making them more easily damaged. Therefore, bone hyperplasia often occurs in areas with heavier loads such as the hip, knee, calcaneus, and lumbar vertebrae. In addition, due to joint pain, patients unconsciously limit their activities and gain weight, and the mutual influence aggravates joint disease. A research document published in the United States pointed out that by tracking and observing 1,178 men aged 30 to 46, it was found that those who were 20 pounds above the standard weight were 3.5 times more likely to develop osteoarthritis than those with normal weight. The most common sites of occurrence are the hip and knee joints. This is the main cause of bone spurs.

2. Racial genetic factors

It is also one of the main causes of bone spurs. The incidence rate is higher in the British and lower in West Africans. The incidence rate is higher in whites than in blacks. Women with osteoarthritis with Heber den nodes have 2 to 3 times more mothers and sisters with the disease than the general population. In addition, the detection rates of HLA-A1 and HLA-B8 are increased in patients with osteoarthritis.

3. Poor posture

The incidence of cervical bone hyperplasia is particularly high among people who work at a desk for a long time, have poor sleeping posture, or use an inappropriate pillow. This is due to the imbalance of the paravertebral muscles, ligaments and joints. The side with greater tension is prone to varying degrees of strain, and because some muscles of the cervical spine are in a state of continuous tension, these muscles will suffer static damage over time, causing degenerative changes in the cervical spine and causing bone hyperplasia. It is also related to the long-term uneven force on the cervical vertebrae joints, which causes the pressure (stress) to be concentrated at a certain point in the joint, causing excessive stress and damaging the joint. This is one of the more important causes of bone spurs.

4. Vigorous exercise

Long-term excessive and strenuous exercise can also cause bone spurs. For weight-bearing joints (such as the knee and hip joints), excessive exercise increases the stress on the joint surface and intensifies wear. Long-term strenuous exercise can also cause excessive stress and traction on the bones and surrounding soft tissues, causing local soft tissue damage and uneven stress on the iliac bones, leading to bone spurs.

5. Occupation

Many occupations require sitting or standing for long periods of time. Maintaining the same posture for a long time can easily cause premature spinal degeneration and induce bone spurs.

6. Obesity

For many obese patients, due to weight gain, the already worn-out degenerative joints are more easily damaged by the added heavy load. Therefore, bone hyperplasia often occurs in the hip, knee, calcaneus, lumbar spine and other parts of the body that bear greater weight. In addition, due to joint pain, patients unconsciously limit their activities and gain weight, and the mutual influence aggravates joint disease.

Bone spurs are a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people, bringing many inconveniences to patients' lives. This is actually because people have not taken good precautions against bone spurs, which makes this disease easily occur in life. Therefore, we need to understand some knowledge about bone spur prevention in order to live a healthy life.

Treatment guidelines for bone spurs:

General treatment

Physical therapy and appropriate exercises can be done to maintain the range of motion of the joints. If necessary, splints, braces, and canes can be used to help control acute symptoms.

Drug treatment

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can relieve symptoms, but they should not be taken for a long time. Chondroprotective agents such as glucosamine sulfate have the effect of relieving symptoms and improving function, and long-term use can delay the structural progression of the disease.

Surgery

For advanced cases, if the patient's general condition can tolerate the surgery, artificial joint replacement is a recognized effective method to eliminate pain, correct deformity, and improve function, which can improve the patient's quality of life.

Diet

It is advisable to eat more high-calcium and antioxidant foods, such as milk, dairy products, dried shrimps, kelp, sesame paste, soy products, papaya, melon, grapes, oranges, etc.

How to get rid of the harm of heel spur?

1. Pay attention to diet

Pay attention to your daily diet and try to balance the nutritional needs of the human body. For example, eat more foods high in calcium, such as milk, dairy products, dried shrimps, kelp, sesame paste, and soy products are also rich in calcium. Eating them regularly is also beneficial for calcium supplementation. Pay attention to the nutritional structure.

2. Exercise

Physical exercise is the main measure to prevent bone spurs. Appropriate physical exercise can increase the pressure within the joint cavity, which is beneficial to the penetration of synovial fluid into the cartilage area, thereby reducing and delaying the degenerative lesions of the articular cartilage tissue and preventing bone spurs.

3. Avoid long-term strenuous exercise

There is no doubt that trauma is an important factor in the body's ability to defend and regenerate itself. When a human body is injured, the cartilage tissue at the site of the injury will also be damaged and may lead to cartilage lesions or necrosis. The main reason is that the bone ends are exposed and proliferate. This is also a preventive measure for bone spurs.

4. Eat high-calcium foods

Being overweight is one of the main causes of bone spurs in the spine and joints. Experts believe that being overweight will accelerate the wear of articular cartilage, causing uneven pressure on the surface of articular cartilage and causing bone spurs. Therefore, proper weight loss is also one of the ways to prevent bone spurs.

5. Adopt the correct working and learning posture

The arrangement of the human skeleton is consistent with the stress it bears. When people adopt incorrect postures for a long time when working or studying, such as bending down too much to read, or bending over to pick up things, the stress on the bones will be uneven for a long time. These methods of preventing bone spurs are relatively effective.