When it rains, arthritis will get sick. Is there any way to alleviate it?

We often hear people with arthritis poking fun at themselves like this: they can accurately predict rainy days or temperature drops, because when the weather gets cold, people with arthritis will inevitably have knee pain. Arthritis is what we usually call old cold legs. Patients have a common problem: too much air conditioning, temperature drop, high air humidity, ankle and knee pain. So how can we alleviate this pain? First of all, we must understand the reasons for the formation of old cold legs.

First, the cause of the formation of old cold legs The medical name for old cold legs is knee osteoarthritis, which is a non-inflammatory degenerative disease. The main reason is the local neurovascular and soft tissue dysfunction caused by cold and humid environment or some diseases. In the view of Chinese medicine, this is the pain caused by wind, cold, evil and dampness entering the human body, which makes the veins impassable. Suffering from old cold legs for a long time will not only affect the athletic ability of legs and feet, but may even cause leverage of ligaments, bones and muscles and cause secondary injuries if it is not taken seriously. If it is serious, it will make the whole leg and foot lose their mobility. If you want to avoid this terrible old cold leg, you must get rid of the following habits.

Second, the habit of causing old cold legs. First of all, many people will make a mistake, that is, they put on their clothes directly before they are dry. Some people may wear them when they are in a hurry or have no clothes to wear. In fact, this kind of practice is particularly easy to catch old cold legs, especially in the south where the air humidity is particularly high, like the knee joint. Without the protection of muscle fat, it will grow if the heat is not enough. Improper exercise can also cause old cold legs. For example, mountain climbing is the most typical exercise, which is particularly harmful to the knee joint. Therefore, people with weak constitution should try not to choose mountain climbing, which is a more intense exercise. If you want to climb a mountain, you must also protect your knees and warm up before going up the mountain. Also, for girls, wearing short skirts, bare knees and high heels is also easy to cause old cold legs.

Third, how to protect the knee joint In addition to avoiding these habits mentioned above, we should also focus on protecting our knee joint. The first and most important thing is to keep your knees warm, especially in rainy or humid weather. In addition, if you get caught in the rain, you should change your wet clothes in time. In addition, proper exercise can prevent muscle atrophy and enhance blood circulation in the legs. If you have leg cold, you can choose Chinese medicine fumigation and moxibustion to adjust according to your own situation.