The knees are the joints that suffer the most harm throughout the life of a human being. It is said that along with backache, knee pain is one of the worst ailments that a person can suffer. Not allowing them to continue with any kind of task in their routine, coming up next you will know some basic advice to prevent ailments to this fundamental part of the body.
The orthopedist Marcos Nazzoure affirms that knee surgeries are one of the most common surgeries done in traumatology, because this is the largest joint that the body has, because of the great amount of structures that make it up and support on it. “In fact, there is no practical activity that involves displacement in which we don’t use this joint”.
The fundamental basis that exists in knee problems arises in the excessive load of pressure exerted over it, thus ailments in the knees are a general problem, and they can happen to anybody, from athletic people to overweight ones.
“In contact sports like soccer, basketball and rugby, the biomechanical demands on the knee are very large. In the same way, physical exercises that employ bodily movements with displacement like the ones done in aerobics, are a factor to take into account, even something as simple as going up or down a stairway involves damage to this joint”.
Regarding the prevention of counterproductive situations to maintain healthy knees, Nazzoure explains that there are some basic and practical advices to slow down the natural wear of this great joint and prevent the premature appearance of injuries that diminish the quality of life.
First of all, you must control your weight. The specialist explains that “the knee is exposed to bearing a greater load the greater the person’s weight is. The tissues of each individual are constituted to support a determined amount. When there is excess weight, the physiological loads are exceeded, and thus they can be affected and suffer damages that are sometimes unrepairable.”
The second advice is to not abuse slopes or stairways. These kind of structures tend to force an excessive work on this joint, leaving it vulnerable to numerous problems, specifically in the area of the ball joint. “When discomfort appears in the anterior face of the joint, a doctor must be consulted for possible alterations to be detected on time”.
If in your daily routine you practice sports, you must procure to have adequate preparation. Be it at home, open air, or at a gym, have in mind the minimum requirements for certain exercises, and that not all modalities are adapted to the physical conditions of people in general. For that, consult a specialist in the practice to be done, or also a specialist medic. Prevention will always be better than lamenting.
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