Two signals, knees calling for help.
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It doesn't hurt if you don't press it, but it hurts if you press it
Press and squeeze the patella and surrounding skin at the knee joint with five fingers.
If there is no abnormal feeling, it proves that the joints are normal and function well.
If there is slight pain, and it becomes heavier with the increase of finger strength, it means that the cartilage is slightly diseased, and it cannot be decompressed and rebounded well, and the buffering and protecting functions of the patella are reduced.
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Unexplained pain upstairs or downstairs?
Walking on a flat road, the knees bend less and the load is lighter, so there is no pain.
When going up and down stairs, the knee joint moves at a large angle and bends and stretches repeatedly, and the load on the patella will increase obviously, which will be transferred to the cartilage on the articular surface, and the nerve endings at the lower end will be painful due to frequent friction and stimulation.
Squat down on one leg and check the joints.
The specific method of squatting on one leg: standing on one leg with slightly bent knees without any load and external force; The other leg is bent, and the toes are slightly higher than the ground, maintaining this overall trend; Then squat down as much as possible, take your time in the process and try to keep your body balanced; After a few seconds, stand again and return to the initial position.
Normal situation:
1. It's normal that some people can't finish the whole action coherently because of their poor balance ability.
2. It's also very common to feel sore due to insufficient muscle strength exercise, excessive squat pressure and short-term intolerance on weekdays.
Abnormal situation:
Does the knee joint feel pain during the squat? Only pain means abnormality.
Reminder: Once the test is abnormal, you should seek medical attention in time, make further diagnosis and evaluation through physical examination and X-ray film, and do MRI vibration, gait analysis and isokinetic muscle strength measurement if necessary.
Small knowledge
Arthritis, and "weather forecast"?
Once many people have joint pain, especially when the weather changes, they judge that they are "rheumatism" and think that the pain will naturally disappear when the weather improves.
As we all know, many patients with osteoarthritis, before rainy days and cold waves come, their joints will be aggravated by changes in temperature, air pressure and air humidity, rather than really being able to "predict the weather".
Therefore, don't judge the symptoms from yourself according to "it hurts when the weather changes", so as not to lose the best treatment opportunity.