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Suggest Treatment For Stiffness In Knees
Question: M suffering from acute & chronic pivd cum mayopathy for the last 20 yrs. My knees do not bend due to stiffness. Is there any treatment for knees ? Pls advise treatment medicine for it.
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
It looks from your details that you are suffering from pain and stiffness at your knee.Most common reason for knee pain and stiffness at advanced age is arthritis knee.This can be confirmed by some features which are present in radio-graph or x ray of knee.
To have relief ,you should do following-
-Start doing exercises for quadriceps muscles.You may learn this from your physiotherapist.
-Start doing warm fomentation with rubber bag over knee for at least 3 times a day.
-Take a good analgesic like advil or aleeve.
-There are some dietary substances like glucosamine ,chondroitin sulfate,MSM which can be taken OTC.These substances help in repairing of damaged cartilage of knee in early stages.
-Avoid squatting movements at knee.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Description below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
It looks from your details that you are suffering from pain and stiffness at your knee.Most common reason for knee pain and stiffness at advanced age is arthritis knee.This can be confirmed by some features which are present in radio-graph or x ray of knee.
To have relief ,you should do following-
-Start doing exercises for quadriceps muscles.You may learn this from your physiotherapist.
-Start doing warm fomentation with rubber bag over knee for at least 3 times a day.
-Take a good analgesic like advil or aleeve.
-There are some dietary substances like glucosamine ,chondroitin sulfate,MSM which can be taken OTC.These substances help in repairing of damaged cartilage of knee in early stages.
-Avoid squatting movements at knee.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2004
Answered : 5930 Questions
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