Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that sometimes results in severe joint pain, among other things. As these pains are particularly disabling, it is essential to know what can be done to relieve osteoarthritis and the various solutions.
Indeed, today there are means to treat osteoarthritis. However, the treatments are mainly symptomatic; that is to say, they mainly help alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms (joint pain and stiffness). They, therefore, do not cure this pathology. Among the main therapeutic approaches are:
- drug treatments (analgesics, anti-inflammatories, local treatments, and slow-acting anti-arthritis drugs which relieve some people and also delay the deterioration of cartilage),
- the infiltrations (corticosteroid injections or hyaluronic acid and joint lavage at the knee),
- surgery (reconstructive surgery, placement of prostheses),
- the rehabilitation (with a physiotherapist)
- equipment (orthotics, orthopedic insoles),
- the Hydrotherapy (spa) for combining baths, massages, physiotherapy, diet and rest,
- various alternative medicine (osteopathy, mesotherapy, herbal medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic) or approaches (tai chi chuan, qi gong, yoga, etc.).
To relieve osteoarthritis in a more lasting way, it is necessary in particular to take care of its diet and to exercise (for muscle strengthening and weight loss in case of overweight). compress against osteoarthritis It is also possible to occasionally relieve osteoarthritis pain by applying heat to the painful area (hot water bottle or hot towel for example), or, on the contrary, cold in the event of inflammation (cold glove, thermo-compresses, ice pack with linen interposed between the two). Search for robotic surgery osteoarthritis (หุ่น ยนต์ ช่วย ผ่าตัด which is the term in Thai)
Treatment Of Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis can be treated without medication, with medication, or with surgery. Most often, non-drug measures and drugs are associated. The non-drug measures are as effective as drugs. The most active are (in order):
- reduction of possible overweight (overweight or obesity) by appropriate dietary measures;
- maintaining sufficient physical activity (at least three times a week); this activity is done in endurance, in load (walking), or discharge (bicycle), and it is interrupted during acute painful attacks;
- joint economy advice (avoid carrying heavy loads and walking in rough terrain)
- the maintenance of the painful joint by restraints (knee brace, finger splint) and the wearing of orthopedic insoles in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip.
