Can elderly patients with osteoarthritis go hiking?

Daily precautions for osteoarthritis.

1. Physical**: Giving a hot bath or other simple hyperthermia to the affected joints can help reduce pain. However, if it is bone and joint pain caused by trauma, do not rush to use hyperthermia, otherwise it will cause joint bleeding and more swelling and pain.

2. Proper exercise and exercise of bones and joints: The problem of exercise should be divided into two parts, and correct and appropriate exercise can prevent, delay and slow down the process of osteoarthritis. --新 泰 洪% 强 yǒ yǒ -- Beneficial exercises include swimming, walking, cycling, supine straight-leg raises or resistance training, and flexion and extension of non-weight-bearing joints.

Incorrect over-exercise can include activities such as climbing, climbing stairs, or squatting and standing up.

3. Diet and weight: Osteoarthritis and overweight often occur at the same time. Therefore, it is important to maintain a reasonable diet and increase calcium intake to prevent excess weight.

4. Lifestyle: Some people's special lifestyle can produce special strains on certain joints, causing or aggravating osteoarthritis, such as liking to sleep on soft beds, pillows, squatting to eat or work. If this is the case, then you have to change your lifestyle.

As can be seen from the above precautions, for elderly osteoarthritis, climbing is a contraindicated item, because excessive joint force and joint wear will aggravate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, I hope it can help you.

In this case, it is better not to climb, this is a more dangerous activity, what to do in case the elderly fall. People are old and don't dare to toss anymore!

Can middle-aged and elderly people with osteoarthritis still ascend? Middle-aged and elderly people are reminded that they should never climb at will, carry weights and do any large-scale exercise that puts force on the knee joint. Osteoarthritis disease occurs in the fading changes of the joints, that is, natural aging, once the disease is diseased, the gap between the joints is easy to narrow, bone spurs are produced, and the density of the joint surface increases or decreases.

Because the disease can be diagnosed by X-rays, a group of patients who do not feel pain, it is not easy for these patients to be detected early. Weight-bearing, climbing, and prolonged walking will undoubtedly worsen the condition of the already damaged joints. In addition, if the patient is caused by excessive wear and tear of the joints, improper exercise can only aggravate the damage and pain of the joints and accelerate the growth of bone spurs.

Moreover, knee injury due to heavy exercise is not the patent of the elderly, and patellomalacia is most likely to occur in people in their thirties and forties, and patellomalacia is an early manifestation of knee osteoarthritis. To avoid osteoarthritis caused by heavy exercise, it is also important to adjust bad habits in work and life, which is very important to maintain. If you feel uncomfortable in the knee joint, you should avoid sitting or standing for a long time, and the painful joint should be fully rested, such as avoiding repeated squatting and reducing the number of times you go up and down the stairs; Do not do strenuous exercises such as long-distance running and mountain climbing; Practice thigh muscle tensing; Prevent obesity.

If the pain obviously affects work and life, you can take some painkillers or Chinese patent medicines, such as glucosamine orally, under the guidance of a doctor, which will be effective in cartilage repair. It is important to seek medical attention in a timely manner.

So what are the appropriate things for the elderly to exercise: 1) Joint range of motion exercise: This refers to the daily exercise of the joints in various directions, and strive to make the joints as open as possible and move to the maximum limit.

It is very important that daily activities do not replace range of motion exercises. Of course, if you have joint pain or swelling, you need to exercise gently within the range of pain tolerance. 2) Muscle Building:

Strong, powerful muscles keep joints stable and make movement more comfortable. 3) Endurance exercise: Endurance exercise is not only good for the joints, but more importantly, good for the heart and lungs, and can improve the mental state.

Among the various endurance exercises, walking, water sports, and cycling are the most commonly used.