A person receives a very heavy load throughout the day, namely on the legs and spine, and this causes various diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Many people are tormented by the question of why their knees hurt. And the reasons are many.
Causes of pain
There is more than one disease that causes knee pain. All of them can be divided into several groups.
arthritis and bursitis
When a person has arthritis, his knees become larger, a crunch is heard when bending the leg. Often with such a pathology, the patient feels bad, sometimes the body temperature can rise. But with bursitis, a lot of fluid is deposited in the knee joint, so the knee becomes rounded. Both diseases are inflammatory and occur due to the fact that the infection enters the joint.
Arthrosis
After this disease, the bone tissue is destroyed, growths appear. The joint recovers during treatment, but when a person continues to put stress on it, it collapses again. Knees hurt when bent and also when walking. You should not start the disease, because in the future it will be difficult to go down and up the stairs, and your knees will hurt even at rest.
Various injuries
In this case, there is a mandatory visit to the doctor, as he must make a diagnosis and then decide what measures to take for treatment.
Why do pregnant women's knees hurt?
Often, pregnant women have pain in their legs, and all this is due to the fact that the body receives a large load due to the fetus it carries. In addition, the weight of the fluid that is close to it is added to its weight and the uterus becomes larger. During the last months of pregnancy, many women gain weight, from which the legs receive a load, and the knee joints cease to function normally.
In addition, at the end of pregnancy, the body produces substances in particular abundance that can soften the ligaments near the joints. With their help, the first affected by this substance are the pelvic ligaments, but it also affects other joints. Does not go around the knee.
A pregnant woman can feel pain even at night when she sleeps, despite the fact that the joints are in a calm state. But when the birth happens, the young mother loses weight, and excess water also comes out, which contributes to the normalization of the knee joints, the legs no longer hurt.
Causes of pain during sports
There are sports where there is a great load on the legs. For example these:
- football;
- volleyball;
- tennis and others.
All people who engage in such sports constantly put a load on the knee joint. To function normally, a special liquid is produced. But when there is a heavy load, then its quantity is no longer enough. After that, the surface of the joints begins to rub against each other.
Thus, people who engage in such sports are constantly putting their joints at risk. Knee joints gradually lose their elasticity. You should do sports, but it is worth reconsidering what kind of load falls on the legs. Athletes often feel sore after running. In this case, you should contact a specialist, as there may be some damage as well as complications.
Especially often, the legs can hurt after running, and there are many reasons for this. namely:
- with a sharp movement, as well as an incorrect position of the leg;
- after dislocations;
- after tearing the ligaments, the legs also hurt, and the tear can occur while running;
- after a violation of the normal functioning of the vessels, this problem of adolescents is especially often affected;
- with various pathologies.
Causes of pain in children
Most often, the child has problems with the joints due to the fact that they are very active, they get frequent injuries. After that, the child immediately develops swelling, as well as scratches and hematomas.
Sometimes a child, after having angina, bronchitis or another bacterial disease, has pain in the knees, which means that it may be infectious arthritis, from which a fever may appear, and also a slight fatigue is felt.
There is also rheumatoid arthritis, which also affects the condition of the knee in a child. It also affects the elbows and fingers, which start to become inflamed one by one.
Treatment and prevention of the disease
There are many reasons for leg pain. Sometimes there is pain above the knee, which also indicates other pathologies. Therefore, as soon as there are at least any complaints, you should seek help from a specialist. With the help of diagnostics, he will be able to determine the reason why the legs hurt. Treatment should eliminate the inflammation. A person with knee pain is recommended to:
- reducing the load on the joint;
- it is best for a woman to refuse heels, because because of them the body weight increases the pressure on certain joints;
- sometimes it is better to use a cast to keep the joint immobile;
- apply drugs (they can be both tablets and ointments) that contain chondroprotectors that help improve joints;
- it is worth taking painkillers so that the pain subsides;
- anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs will be useful;
- there are a number of different procedures that help with joint problems;
- you need to do therapeutic exercises, the "bicycle" exercise is considered particularly useful;
- there is also surgery, which is only used when conventional treatment fails.
There are also various folk remedies that help fight knee pain.
So knee pain can occur at any time. There are many reasons that can affect this. The most important thing is to start the treatment on time, as well as to correctly determine the cause of the pain. A specialist can help with this, so you should contact him immediately.