In the early spring, all things come to life. More and more people are going out for a walk or participating in fitness activities. Recently, the number of patients with joint pain in the Orthopedic Outpatient Department of North Jiangsu People’s Hospital has increased significantly.
Most climbing causes osteoarthritis to worsen
In the past two days, Aunt Chen (pseudonym), a citizen in her 50s, went to the hospital for knee pain due to mountain climbing. It turned out that, seeing the temperature getting warmer, Aunt Chen invited a friend to go hiking in the mountains. Unexpectedly, when I got home, my knee started to hurt that night. Fei Wenyong, director of the Sports Medicine Department of the North Jiangsu People’s Hospital, introduced that Aunt Chen’s leg pain for many years is an old problem. After she went out to climb the mountain, the pain in her knee became much worse, and it was unbearable to walk. She was diagnosed with “osteoarthritis”.
Xiao Zhang, who was in his 20s, was also injured and had surgery due to sports. Xiao Zhang told reporters that he was lazy in winter and did not exercise, but he increased the amount of exercise when spring arrived. A few days ago, he accidentally sprained his knee when he went out to exercise. When I went to the hospital for a check, it was actually a meniscus injury that required surgery.
“We performed day surgery on the patient, and the meniscus was repaired with minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery. After the surgery, he was able to get out of bed and be discharged the next day.” Fei Wenyong introduced that day surgery saves money This new model is welcomed by patients, reducing the hospitalization time of patients and reducing bed costs and nursing costs.
Experts’ tips for spring sports
“As the weather warms up during this period, citizens have more opportunities to choose to go out for exercise. When choosing sports, you must You should make a reasonable choice according to your physical condition.” Fei Wenyong reminded that there are not a few patients like Aunt Chen who cause knee, hip, ankle and other damage. Because the state of not exercising for a long time in winter suddenly switches to strenuous exercise, it is easy to cause joint damage.
Experts remind that the first point of spring sports is to warm up before exercising, and only after a certain amount of warm up can start normal exercise. The second point is to control the amount of exercise. The third is that time selection is very important. If you exercise at night, it is recommended not to exercise too much. The joints are prone to soreness, which affects sleep and causes limited activities the next day. “Pay attention to keeping the joints warm during exercise.” Fei Wenyong said that the weather is now hot and cold, and sweating after exercise is also easy to catch cold, causing joint pain.
It is worth reminding that people with poor knee joints should try not to choose mountain climbing. Experts said that mountain climbing has certain damage to the knee joint, which varies from person to person. It is not recommended for middle-aged and elderly people to often climb mountains, especially those with osteoarthritis and gout. Compared with walking on flat ground, the pressure of the human body on the knee joint increases by four to five times during mountain climbing, and the frictional stress of the articular cartilage surface and the meniscus increases, which is easy to cause joint damage. Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, osteoporosis is inevitable due to the increase of age. Once the wear and tear increases, it is almost impossible to recover. In addition, hypertensive patients and diabetic patients are not suitable for frequent mountain climbing. Excessive exercise may aggravate circulatory disorders, resulting in corresponding complications.
Correspondent Su Xuan Reporter Wang Shiyun