However, long-term excessive exercise can not only achieve the effect of fitness, but also cause strain and greatly increase the incidence of trauma, hyperosteogeny, rheumatism and other diseases. Once suffering from these diseases, combined with the reaction of synovium, it will cause joint effusion, which is the symptom of synovitis.
Synovitis mainly occurs in joints, especially the knee joint, which leads to joint pain, congestion and swelling, difficulty in squatting and limited function. Let's first look at how traumatic synovitis is produced.
In fact, what we call synovitis in clinic is only the manifestation of a certain disease on synovium. Generally speaking, synovium itself will not get sick, but it will become inflamed after being "infected" by other diseases. Mainly divided into the following categories:
Cartilage injury
The articular cartilage of the kneecap is not innervated, so it does not cause pain by itself. However, if it is in the case of excessive exercise strain, it will wear out and form slag. The slag can only exist in bone joints, which will stimulate the surrounding synovium and eventually form inflammation. This is synovitis and the most direct cause of synovitis.
Half-moon injury
Long-term exercise causes meniscus degeneration or meniscus tear, thus forming synovitis; Moreover, ligament injury may also form synovitis, but it is generally difficult to damage ligament unless it is caused by external force or severe sprain.
Patients with synovitis can take exercise therapy to improve local blood circulation, and the effect is good, but different methods should be adopted according to different people. If elderly friends are generally caused by cartilage degeneration or hyperosteogeny, walking slowly can improve the impact of human knee joint bone surface, avoid synovitis, maintain a good mood and achieve better curative effect.
Commonly used exercise therapy and fitness methods include:
1. Walking slowly: Walking slowly is very suitable for synovitis patients. When people walk slowly, they can avoid the impact of the bone surface of the knee joint, and this kind of exercise can also prevent the illness from getting worse, help patients improve their immunity, enhance the toughness of joint parts, and reduce the impact of the bone surface of the knee joint, thus avoiding the occurrence of synovitis. In addition, patients walking slowly is still conducive to maintaining a good mood. It is recommended to walk slowly for about half an hour every day.
2. Swimming: Swimming is a sport suitable for synovitis. When swimming, the human body is in a parallel state with the ground, which means that the human body is in a state of no load. In this no-load state, muscle and joint activities, especially long-term swimming, can exercise joint flexibility, help prevent synovitis and exercise the treatment of synovitis.
3. Cycling: Cycling is also a good exercise for patients with synovitis. It should be noted that the riding speed should be slow and the riding time should be short, otherwise the exercise effect will not be achieved, and you need to ride in a wide place for about half an hour every day. Persisting in exercise for a long time has a good effect on relieving symptoms.
For western medicine, there is no specific method for synovitis. Comparatively speaking, Chinese medicine has obvious advantages in theory and treatment. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the pathology of synovitis joint effusion is "damp-heat blocking collaterals, water-dampness stagnation", which can consume qi and blood for a long time and cause debilitating symptoms, and trauma can also lead to blood stasis. Therefore, from the point of view of Chinese medicine, the external application of Shi Sheng Knee Plaster boiled with wormwood can generally achieve the desired effect.