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Living in Zhejiang, Wang is 36 years old, 2 years ago was diagnosed with meniscus damage in the right knee, and carried out a meniscectomy, but after the operation will often have to go up the stairs when the knee is soft.
At first, he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just an after-effect of the surgery. It was only when he began to experience discomfort and pain in his knee joints half a year ago, which even affected his normal walking, that he realized something was wrong.
To the city's more famous orthopedic hospital examination, he was diagnosed as "patellar chondromalacia", fortunately, the condition is not serious, the doctor gave him timely surgery, the day after the operation, he can get out of bed and walk normally.
It's not uncommon for people to walk with a weak knee, so what's wrong with a weak knee for a good reason?
A sudden weakness in the knee while walking, what happened?
Sometimes when you go up a staircase or walk on the ground, your knees get weak for no reason. This may be a sign of chondromalacia patella.
The patella is the bone in front of the lower end of the femur, wide and pointed, behind the articular surface, connected to the patellar surface of the femur, can protect the knee joint, to help the knee joint better extension and flexion activities. And chondromalacia patella is a relatively common joint lesion, is due to the patellar cartilage surface after chronic injury, triggered by the phenomenon of cartilage swelling, crushing, detachment and so on.
Chondromalacia patella is generally associated with sports injuries, ageing, internal and external rotation of the knee joint and other reasons, early detection must be actively treated, to attract sufficient attention.
If the early control is not good it is easy to secondary cartilage damage peeling, synovitis, the emergence of free body and other joint problems, chondromalacia patella may appear the following symptoms.
Two, walking if there are six postures, or signs of disease
Normally, everyone walks in different postures, but if you usually walk in the following kinds of unusual situations, be careful may be the possibility of disease.
1, two hands do not swing naturally
Walking hands will not swing naturally, the body leaned forward, a small broken step style, also known as the "penguin step", may be "Parkinson's disease" in the work. This penguin step is very easy to increase the risk of falling, triggering fractures, the elderly fall may also cause disability and death.
2, walking step inconsistency
Walking two legs of the step inconsistency, generally a leg out, the other leg is unable to drag to keep up. This symptom may be due to lumbar disc herniation, mainly due to nerve compression triggered by the limp phenomenon.
The inconsistency in walking steps over time may lead to intermittent claudication, and the person becomes less social, affecting the quality of personal life.
3, can not walk straight
Walking the body to one side, can not walk in a straight line, is likely to be cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage and other cerebral vascular abnormalities, it is best to timely examination.
4, always stumbling
Walking on the ground is always stumbling, it may be motor nerve damage, be alert to cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction caused by cerebellar dysfunction and nerve damage.
5, walking on the road with a "sense of cotton"
Walking with a sense of cotton may be spinal cord cervical spondylosis. With age, the cervical spine muscle strength decline, coupled with poor posture and other factors, may be compressed to the spinal cord, triggered by spinal cord ischemia, the lower limbs may be walking unsteady and other symptoms.
6, walking like a drunk
He Jianghong, chief physician of neurosurgery at the Seventh Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, pointed out that the cerebellum is able to maintain the balance of the body, and cerebellar lesions can lead to limb softness, walking like a drunk.
So walk up like drunkenness, be alert to cerebellar atrophy, cerebellar atrophy is mostly due to functional deterioration, the elderly if this symptom, it is best to check as soon as possible.
Three, after the age of 60 years old to insist on walking, what will happen in the end?
Is it good to insist on exercising after cancer or to keep recuperating after cancer is a topic of controversy for many people, so what will happen in the end if you insist on walking after 60 years old?
The Lancet: Public Health analyzed 15 studies from four major states and found that walking reduces the risk of death -- people over 60 years old have the lowest risk of premature death at 6,000-8,000 steps per day; people under 60 years old have the greatest health benefits at 8,000-10,000 steps per day.
Walking has many benefits for the human body, and can play a role in losing weight, reducing joint pain, preventing bone fractures, promoting heart health, slowing down brain aging, relieving anxiety, improving sexual function, improving digestion, and many other effects.
After the age of 60, the physical quality are not as good as before, it is recommended that we do not fight with the number of steps, do the following things have been very good.
1, 4-5 p.m. walk the best
4-5 p.m. exercise light and vision are good, and in line with the body's biological clock.
2, step by step, do not over-pursuing the pace
Workout should be gradual, from slow to fast, do not just fast, according to their own age and physical strength to choose, so as not to cause discomfort symptoms.
3, plastic road walk better
Walking as much as possible to choose the whole plastic runway, which helps to ease the impact, but also can play the effect of exercise.
After 60 years of age, we should also insist on exercise, walking is a good choice, but it is recommended to gradually, avoid a fast. In addition, walking some of the abnormal posture, but also may be a signal of certain diseases, usually can pay more attention, found abnormal as soon as possible check.
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