What should I do if my mother has bone spurs on her knees?

The human body's bones will degenerate, and some older people are more likely to develop bone spurs. Conditions such as bone spurs can cause pain in the affected area. Many people become very worried after discovering that they have bone spurs. In fact, this is related to the patient's incorrect understanding of bone spurs. Conditions like bone spurs cannot be treated blindly. Let me help you understand bone spurs better.

First of all, we must correctly understand bone spurs.

Don't have too much psychological burden if you have bone spurs. If there are no pain symptoms, there is no need for treatment. You should pay attention to maintaining an optimistic mood, do more beneficial physical exercises, increase muscle strength and promote blood circulation. However, physical exercise should not be done randomly. It should vary from person to person. If you have bone spurs on your heels, you should reduce walking and ride a bicycle instead; if it is on your knee joints, climbing is not suitable; and if you have bone spurs on your waist, you should avoid doing repetitive flexion, extension and twisting movements.

However, if severe pain symptoms occur, you should go to the hospital to consult a doctor and do some functional rehabilitation activities under the doctor's guidance. If the bone spur affects the joint nerves and function, surgical treatment is required. The greatest harm of bone spurs is actually the damage to articular cartilage, which can easily lead to reduced metabolic capacity, defects in articular cartilage, and reduced thickness.

There are ways to prevent bone spurs.

In addition to being related to age, the number of bone spurs is closely related to weight and location.

When people get older, weight gain is also an important cause of bone spurs. Being overweight means a heavy load, which will aggravate the decline of the locomotor system. Therefore, you should try to control your weight and reduce the load on your body. You should do more physical exercise in your daily life to improve blood circulation, increase muscle strength and delay the growth of bone spurs.

Generally, bone spurs do not appear all at once, but are the result of a long-term accumulation process. Paying more attention to some things in daily life can be very helpful in preventing the occurrence of bone spurs. Try to lead a regular life in your daily life and avoid doing things that are harmful to your bones. In addition, you need to pay attention to your diet and take some calcium supplements appropriately.