A person receives a very large load during the day precisely 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 there are many reasons.
Causes of pain
There is more than one disease that causes knee pain. Everyone can be divided into several groups.
arthritis and bursitis
When a person has arthritis, his knees become larger, a trauma is heard when the leg is bent. Often with such a pathology, the patient feels unwell, and sometimes the body temperature can rise. But with bursitis, too much fluid builds up in the knee joint, so the knee becomes rounded. Both diseases are inflammatory and occur due to the fact that an infection enters the joint.
Arthritis
After this disease, bone tissue is destroyed, growths appear. The joint recovers during healing, but when a person continues to load it, it collapses again. The knees hurt when they are bent but also when they walk. 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 pregnancy knees hurt?
Often, pregnant women have pain in the 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 liquid near it adds to its weight, and the matrix becomes larger. In the last months of pregnancy many women gain weight, from which it is the legs that receive the load and the knee joints stop working normally.
In addition, at the end of pregnancy, the body produces substances in particular abundance, which can soften the ligaments near the joints. With their help, the first to be affected by this substance are the pelvic ligaments, but it also affects other joints. It does not bypass the knee.
A pregnant woman may feel pain even at night when she sleeps, despite the fact that the joints are in a calm state. But, when childbirth takes place, the young mother loses weight and also excess water 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 large load on the legs. For example, these:
- football;
- volleyball;
- tennis and more.
All people who play such sports are constantly straining the knee joint. In order to function normally, a special fluid is produced. But when there is a strong load, then its quantity is no longer enough. After that, the surface of the joints begins to rub against each other.
Thus, people who play such sports are constantly putting their joints at risk. Knee joints gradually lose their elasticity. You need to go in for sports, but it is worth reconsidering what kind of load falls on the feet. Athletes often feel sore after running. In this case, you need to 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 sudden movement, as well as the wrong position of the leg.
- after dislocations;
- after the ligaments are torn, the legs also hurt, and the tear can happen while running.
- after a violation of the normal functioning of vessels, such a problem of adolescents is particularly often affected.
- with various pathologies.
Causes of pain in children
Most often, the child has joint problems due to the fact that he is very active, he gets frequent injuries. After that, the child immediately develops swelling, as well as scratches and bruises.
Sometimes a child, after having a sore throat, bronchitis or another bacterial disease, has pain in the knee, which means that it may be infectious arthritis, from which a temperature may appear, but also a slight fatigue.
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 are pains above the knee, which indicates other pathologies. Therefore, as soon as there are at least some 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 remove the inflammation. A person who has knee pain is advised to:
- reduce the load on the joint.
- it is better for a woman to refuse heels, because because of them, body weight increases the pressure on certain joints.
- Sometimes it is best to use a cast to keep the joint immobile.
- apply drugs (it can be both tablets and ointments) containing chondroprotectors that help improve joints.
- it is worth taking painkillers so that the pain subsides.
- anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs will be helpful.
- there are many 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 used only when conventional treatment cannot cope.
There are also various folk remedies that help fight knee pain.
Thus, knee pain can occur at any time. There are many reasons that can affect this. The most important thing is to start treatment in time, as well as correctly determine the cause of the pain. A specialist can help with this, so you should contact him immediately.