A person receives a very large load throughout 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. 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 the leg is bent. Often with such a pathology, the patient feels unwell, and sometimes the body temperature may rise. But with bursitis, a lot of fluid is deposited in the knee joint, so the knee becomes rounded. Both diseases are inflammatory, and they appear due to the fact that an infection enters the joint.
Arthrosis
After this disease, bone tissue is destroyed, growths appear. The joint is restored during treatment, but when a person continues to load it, it collapses again. The knees hurt when they are 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 knees hurt?
Often, pregnant women have sore legs, and all due to the fact that the body receives a large load due to the fetus that she bears. In addition, the weight of the fluid that is near him is added to his weight, and the uterus 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 cease to function 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 the childbirth takes place, the young mother loses weight, and also excess water comes out, which contributes to the normalization of the joints in the knee, the legs no longer hurt.
Causes of pain during sports
There are sports where there is a big load on the legs. For example, these:
- football;
- volleyball;
- tennis and others.
All people who play such sports constantly get a lot of stress on the knee joint. In order for it 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. The 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 legs. 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 a lot of reasons for this. Namely:
- with a sharp movement, as well as the wrong position of the foot;
- after dislocations;
- after a rupture of the ligaments, the legs also hurt, and the rupture can happen during the run;
- after a violation of the normal functioning of the vessels, such a problem of adolescents is especially often affected;
- with various pathologies.
Causes of pain in children
Most often, the child has any problems with the joints due to the fact that they are very active, get frequent injuries. After that, the child immediately develops swelling, as well as scratches and hematomas.
Sometimes a child, after having had a sore throat, bronchitis or another bacterial disease, has knee pain, which means that it may be infectious arthritis, from which a temperature may appear, and a slight fatigue is also 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 begin to become inflamed one by one.
Treatment and prevention of the disease
There are many reasons for the appearance of pain in the legs. Sometimes there are pains above the knee, which also 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 pain in the knees is recommended:
- reduce the load on the joint;
- it is best for a woman to refuse heels, because because of them, body weight increases pressure on specific joints;
- sometimes it is better to use a cast to keep the joint immobile;
- apply medications (it 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 medicines will be useful;
- there are a number of different procedures that help with problems in the joints;
- you need to do therapeutic exercises, the "bicycle" exercise is considered especially 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.
So, knee pain can occur at any time. There are many reasons that may affect this. The most important thing is to start treatment on time, as well as to correctly determine the cause of pain. A specialist can help with this, so you should immediately contact him.