In arthrosis, cartilage tissue thins, is covered with a network of tiny cracks, and wears out quickly, revealing bones. There are sharp pains that reduce the mobility of the knee joint. The disease is caused by the deposition of calcium salts in the muscles and ligaments.
Professional athletes, overweight and knee injuries are at risk. Osteoarthritis is treated with diets, folk and medication that trigger cartilage restoration.
Nutrition
Calcium salts get into the human body through inappropriate food and unfiltered water. A balanced diet stimulates the body to clear itself of harmful deposits and stops bone deformation. The diet is also recommended for overweight patients. Extra pounds - additional load on sore knees.
The diet for arthrosis has two functions: it restores cartilage tissue and normalizes body weight. A person must follow several rules:
- Eat low calorie foods.
- Never miss breakfast.
- Snack when you're hungry.
- Divide the food into small portions.
- The food is not fried. Just cooked, fried and steamed.
- Hard diets and medical fasting are prohibited.
- Do not lie on your stomach.
- Eat 4-7 times a day.
- Drink water, jellies and decoctions.
The main function of the arthrosis diet is to normalize weight. Pork and beef can be eaten twice a week. Slices, meatballs and other meat dishes are made from chicken breast or turkey, rabbit is also suitable. Sausages, lard, ham and smoked meats as well as sour cream butter are prohibited.
Make a poultry ring or jelly weekly. Legs, wings, side are used. Meat is deprived of fat and skin to reduce its caloric content. Add a little gelatin to the dish. The additive belongs to the chondroprotectors. The materials begin to regenerate cartilage tissue and stop bone deformation.
Fatty fish such as mackerel, salmon and trout improve joint function. Seafood is prepared twice a week.
Calcium sources are useful for patients with arthrosis:
- lettuce leaves;
- parsley root and stem;
- cottage cheese;
- yoghurts without sweeteners and flavors;
- fermented fried milk;
- dill;
- kefir;
- whey.
Foods containing B vitamins stop bone deformation, and include black bread and cereal bread, egg yolk, seafood and peas, hard cheese, bananas, and baked potatoes.
The body needs tocopherol. Vitamin E removes inflammation, increases cartilage elasticity and increases joint mobility. The disease is slowed by sprouted wheat, walnuts and pine nuts, hazelnuts and flaxseed oil.
Patients with knee arthrosis are advised to include fresh fruits and vegetables in their diet. Permitted use:
- zucchini;
- pineapple;
- carrots and Chinese cabbage;
- broccoli, pumpkin and apples;
- grenades;
- lentils, beans;
- raspberries, black and red currants.
Metabolic processes are restored in the body with cereals. Only polished rice and semolina may not be used. Vegetable oils are useful, but more than 1 tablespoon. l. in a day. Decoctions of rosehips, raspberry twigs and leaves, as well as green tea, are worth eating.
Cartilage is restored with cottage cheese and dried fruit desserts flavored with yogurt. Only gelatin is necessarily added to the vessel.
In case of arthrosis and overweight, you should refrain from semi-finished products, pickles, white cabbage, chips and biscuits, buns and cakes. Mallow and halva, canned meat and fish, pulps, offal are contraindicated.
Don’t get caught with hot spices: mustard, peppers, black pepper and chili. The amount of salt is reduced to 5 g per day. Spices are added to dishes after cooking, not in the meantime.
burdock, honey and fruit juices
Osteoarthritis begins with circulatory disorders in small blood vessels near the cartilage of the knee. Massage is recommended for pain and destruction of bone tissue. One of the most common is honey.
Muscles and cartilage are heated with salt or a heating pad for 10 minutes. Apply a little liquid honey to the skin and rub the beekeeping product with caressing and caressing movements. The procedure takes 20 minutes. The remnants of the sweet product are washed off with warm water and a compress is placed on the sore knee.
Cartilage of cartilage is restored with burdock leaves. Take 5-7 fresh samples, place them in a pile, and place a kettle with hot water on top. The skin is treated with a vegetable oil such as sunflower or olive oil. Badger or bear color is also appropriate. Apply warm leaves to the sore foot, wrapped in foil and elastic bandage. Cover with a woolen cloth.
Burdock can be washed and kneaded rather than warmed up. When the juice comes out, spread triple cologne on the fluffy side. Attach to the deformed joint and secure with a plastic bag on top - a warm scarf. On the second day, the leaf is smeared with honey and then cologne. On the third day, the apiculture product is replaced with garlic crumbs. On the fourth day, ointment is used instead of honey and cologne. The compresses take turns for 2 months. Break - 4-6 weeks. Burdock leaves restore joint mobility, reducing swelling and discomfort.
Treat arthrosis with black radish, blueberry and beet tincture. 500 g of berries and root vegetables are passed through a meat grinder and the mass is poured into a bottle. Pour 0, 5 liters of brandy, insist in a closed container for 10 days. The drug is drunk in the morning before breakfast. Take 30 ml of liquid. The break between courses is 2-3 months.
Severe knee pain and swelling are treated with celery. The whole plant, together with the stems and roots, is washed and crushed. Squeeze the juice out of the mass, store in a glass jar. Drink 60 ml three times a day. The food is eaten after 40 minutes. Spread the cake on your knees at night. Before the procedure, the skin is moistened with vegetable oil.
The medicine for arthritis is made from celery root. The workpiece is cleaned, washed, crushed. Weigh 1 kg and mix with 1 liter of vodka. The bottle is placed in the dark with the cavity for 10 days. The filtered celery product is stored in a bottle. Leave the cake in a bottle, pour 1 liter of water. The resulting aqueous infusion is mixed in equal proportions with the vodka. They drink 60 ml of medicine half an hour before eating. The course lasts 5-6 months. An infusion of celery stops the destruction of cartilage tissue and removes pain.
Eggs, horseradish and dandelions
Joint mobility is restored when the patient rubs protein into the skin daily. The egg is broken, its contents are poured into a bowl. The transparent mucus remaining on the walls is taken with a finger and applied to the sore knee.
The beaten chicken egg relieves severe pain. Take half the protein and the same amount of yolk, beat with a fork. Add 10 ml of turpentine and 1 tbsp. l. Apple vinegar. Massage the workpiece into the inflamed knee, cover with a cotton swab and plastic bag. The procedure is repeated 4 times a week until the symptoms disappear.
Apply horseradish compress to deformed joints. The fresh product is rubbed and boiled in water. The crowd should simmer. It is impossible for the workpiece to boil. The warm product is spread over the cheesecloth and tied to the sore knee. The compress is made from fresh and dried roots. The cure lasts until the discomfort disappears completely.
Calcium salts are removed from muscles and ligaments by dandelions. Pour 300-400 g of fresh flowers into the bottle, fill the container with vodka. The triple cologne is also fine. Grind for a month. While the medicine is being prepared, fresh dandelion flowers are consumed inside. Choose 5 pieces daily, wash and chew slowly. The plant tastes bitter, but cannot be eaten or drunk. In winter, fresh flowers are replaced with dried leaves. The stump is first soaked in hot water and the swollen pieces are eaten before breakfast or lunch.
Place this piece of dandelion on your knees after heating. The medicine is rubbed into the joints with gentle and gentle movements. The sore leg is wrapped in foil and a handkerchief and the compress is left until morning.
Clay, berries and elecampane
Cabbage leaf draws calcium salts from muscles and ligaments as well as burdock. The product is dipped in boiling water, beaten with a hammer and then soaked in honey. The knee is wrapped in an empty fabric and the compress is wrapped in a woolen scarf.
Apply blue or red clay to the inflamed cartilage. The product removes accumulated fluid, reducing swelling and pain. The powder is diluted with cool water and mixed with a wooden spoon. Apply a thick layer of creamy paste to clean and dry knees. Secure with a cotton cloth and bandages. The foot is wrapped in a scarf for 4-5 hours. Remains of clay are removed with a damp cloth or cotton swab, and ointment is rubbed into the knee. The treatment lasts for 5 days.
Elecampane helps with the worsening of arthrosis. The crushed root is purchased at the pharmacy. Mix 25 g of raw material with a glass of vodka, stick in a dark place for 14 days. Rub in with severe pain and stiffness.
If your arthrosis gets worse, take a gelatin tincture. In the evening, soak 5 g of powder in 100 ml of boiled water. In the morning, the jelly is made from thick dough. Dilute with water 1: 1 and add 1 tsp. Honey. The taste of the medicine is enhanced with lemon or any other juice.
The mass of arthritis is boiled from gelatin and milk. To 5 g of dry ingredient was added 120 ml of liquid base. Bring the dough to a boil, sweeten with sugar. Store in the refrigerator for 2-3 tablespoons daily. l. milk gel.
Cartilage tissue destruction is stopped with body lotions. The tool includes
- iodine;
- medical bile;
- 10% ammonia; glycerol;
- Honey.
Mix the products in equal proportions and pour into bottles. Use after 14 days. The composition is impregnated with gauze or cotton cloth and applied to the knee for 4-6 hours. The compress is tied to the joint with a bandage or foil and a scarf is tied to the top.
Blueberry leaves cleanse the body of calcium salts and prevent thorn formation. The powder of the dried raw materials is stirred with water and boiled for 15 minutes. The broth is drunk instead of water when you feel thirsty.
Cranberry tea helps with arthrosis. Brew berries in boiling water: 2 tbsp. l. fruit 1 liter of hot water. The drink is divided into 4 servings in one hour and is drunk daily. The blueberry infusion should be taken 30 to 40 minutes before a meal.
Tournament
Blood circulation in the inflamed knee is restored with moderate physical exertion. Light exercise relieves painful feelings, reduces swelling and slows down the aging of the joint.
Patients with advanced disease are advised to start with regular walks. You need to take 3, 000 steps a day. The distance gradually increases so as not to overload the legs.
The tournament can be done at home:
- Sit on a chair or chair so that its corners do not touch the floor. Straighten your back, put your hands on your armrests or hips. Pull the bottom of the affected leg back and forth.
- Stand on all fours, rest your hands on the ground. An inflamed knee only touches a hard surface, but the main load falls on the upper limbs. Stay in this position for 5-10 minutes. The load on the sore knee gradually increases, but it is impossible for painful feelings to appear in the joints.
- The patient slowly walks around the room on all fours. The floor should be covered with a soft rug or rug. A hard surface damages the inflamed soft tissue.
- Sit in a chair, put your feet on the floor. Rest your toes on the floor, lift your heels off the ground. Count to three and return to the starting position. Perform 20-50 repetitions.
- Stay in the chair. Rest your heels on the floor and lift your socks. Reach the ceiling for 3 seconds, return to its original position.
A patient whose simple exercises do not cause discomfort in the knee can squat 10 to 20 times a day. Do not lower the pool too low to avoid overloading the damaged cartilage. Get up smoothly and without sudden jerks.
Arthrosis preparations
Folk remedies remove calcium salts from muscles, slowing the destruction of cartilage tissue, but decoctions and compresses are best combined with pharmaceuticals. Non-hormonal anti-inflammatory and chondroprotectants are prescribed to patients with arthrosis.
NSAIDs have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Thanks to the tablets and gels, the edema is reduced and the deformation of the bone tissue is slowed down. Non-steroidal drugs affect the functioning of the digestive system, liver and kidneys, so drugs should be selected with a doctor. Medications relieve symptoms but do not restore cartilage structure.
Chondroprotectors normalize blood circulation in the knee joints. It means eliminating the cause of the disease and starting to regenerate cartilage tissue.
Cartilage repair triggers collagen. They manufacture tablets for internal use, ointments for external use and injections. Injections are one of the most effective treatments for osteoarthritis. The medicine is injected directly into the joint, so it is better absorbed. Collagen is prescribed during remission when the patient is not worried about pain and swelling.
Osteoarthritis is treated with hyaluronic acid. It is recommended that formulations containing hyaluronic acid be administered directly into the joint. The product covers the bones with a protective film that prevents the cartilage from rubbing and wearing.
Anti-arthrosis drug in combination with vitamin complexes containing tocopherol, ascorbic acid and beta-carotene, as well as magnesium, boron, calcium, copper and zinc. The components increase the level of collagen in the body, stop the inflammatory process and normalize the blood circulation in the soft tissues.
Arthrosis is one of the most common diseases. Young and elderly patients face cartilage destruction. For the first symptoms of joint deformity, folk remedies, vitamin complexes and medications should be used to stop the inflammatory process and slow down the aging of the knee.