What about joint pain? Treatment of knee arthritis with four acupuncture methods.

Treatment of knee arthritis with four acupuncture methods

Knee arthritis is a common disease of knee joint. The main features of osteoarthritis include cartilage degeneration and the formation of osteophyte at the joint edge. Take part in physical exercise properly to strengthen your bones and muscles, but avoid joint injury caused by excessive exercise. Proper exercise can promote bones to absorb nutrients better, delay the aging of bones and avoid joint injury. At the same time, it should be noted that it is best for the elderly not to climb stairs and mountains, which may easily cause joint and soft tissue injuries.

(1) acupuncture therapy

Take Yanglingquan, Yinlingquan, Heding, below the knee (in the middle of tarsal ligament), Liang Qiu, Xue Hai and Zusanli. Use a 2-inch needle to puncture from Yanglingquan to Yinlingquan, use a 1.5-inch needle to stab people 0.30.5-inch below the knee and at the top of the crane, and use a 1.5-inch needle to puncture other acupoints about 1 inch. All patients were treated with the method of flat reinforcing and purging, and the needle was kept for 30 minutes, once a day, 1 0 times was 1 course of treatment.

(2) moxibustion therapy

Take Zusanli, Inner Knee Eye, Yangguan, Yangling Spring and Yinling Spring. Moxibustion with moxa sticks, 23 acupoints are selected at a time, and each acupoint is treated for 2030 minutes. The degree is that the local skin is red and the patient feels comfortable. 1 time per day, 1 time is1course of treatment.

(3) Ear acupuncture therapy

(4) acupoint injection therapy

Introduction of daily nursing points of knee arthritis

(1) Rest in time, avoid overwork, reduce the load, pay attention to prevent further wear and tear on the knee joint, avoid long-term frequent movements such as going upstairs and downstairs, running and climbing mountains, and avoid falling and spraining.

(2) Pay attention to the posture of walking and working, and don't twist your body to walk and work. Avoid squatting for a long time, because when squatting, the weight of the knee joint is 3 ~ 6 times its own weight. When sitting and standing for a long time, you should always change your posture to prevent your knee from fixing a posture and exerting too much force.

(3) When taking part in physical exercise, you should be prepared for the exercise, gently stretch the knee joint, and then take part in strenuous exercise after the knee joint is fully active.