A person receives a huge load on his legs and spine during the day, which 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 can cause knee pain. All of them can be divided into several groups.
arthritis and bursitis
When a person has arthritis, their knees become enlarged, and a creaking sound is heard when the leg is bent. Often with such a pathology, the patient feels bad, sometimes the body temperature may rise. But with bursitis, a lot of fluid accumulates in the knee joint, so the knee becomes rounded. Both diseases are inflammatory and appear due to a joint infection.
Arthrosis
After this disease, bone tissue is destroyed, growths appear. During treatment, the joint recovers, but collapses again when the person continues to load it. The knees hurt when bending and also when walking. You should not start the disease, because in the future it will be difficult to go up and down the stairs, and your knees will hurt even at rest.
Various injuries
In this case, there is a mandatory visit to the doctor, because he must make a diagnosis and then decide what measures to take for treatment.
Why pregnant knees hurt?
Often, pregnant women's legs hurt, and this is because the body receives a large load due to the fetus it carries. In addition, the weight of the fluid with it is added to its weight and the uterus grows. In the last months of pregnancy, many women gain weight, the burden is taken by the legs, and the knee joints stop functioning normally.
In addition, at the end of pregnancy, the body produces especially abundant substances, which can soften the ligaments near the joints. With their help, the pelvic ligaments are the first to be affected by this substance, but it also affects other joints. It does not bypass the knee.
A pregnant woman may feel pain even when sleeping at night, despite the fact that the joints are in a calm state. But when childbirth occurs, the young mother loses weight, and excess water also comes out, which helps to normalize the joints in the knee, and her legs no longer hurt.
Causes of pain during exercise
There are sports with a big load on the legs. For example, these are:
- soccer;
- volleyball;
- tennis etc.
All people who do this kind of sport constantly put a lot of stress on the knee joint. A special liquid is produced for its normal operation. But when there is a strong load, its amount is no longer enough. After that, the surfaces of the joints begin to rub against each other.
So, people who engage in such sports are constantly putting their joints at risk. Knee joints gradually lose flexibility. It is necessary to do sports, but it is worth reconsidering what load falls on the legs. Athletes often experience pain after running. In this case, you should contact a specialist, as there may be some damage as well as complications.
Feet can hurt especially after running often, and there are many reasons for this. Namely:
- with a sharp movement, as well as with the wrong position of the leg;
- after dislocation;
- legs also hurt after ligament rupture, and the rupture can occur during running;
- after a violation of the normal functioning of the vessels, such a problem of teenagers is especially often affected;
- with various pathologies.
Causes of pain in children
Often, the child has any problem with the joints due to the fact that he is very active and often gets injured. After that, the child immediately develops swelling, as well as scratches and hematomas.
Sometimes a child has a knee pain after having a sore throat, bronchitis or another bacterial disease, that is, it can be infectious arthritis, a temperature can appear and a slight fatigue is also felt.
One child also has rheumatoid arthritis, which also affects the condition of the knee. It also affects the elbows and fingers, which start to become inflamed one by one.
Disease treatment and prevention
There are many reasons why pain appears in the legs. Sometimes there is pain 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 why the legs hurt. Treatment should eliminate inflammation. A person with knee pain is recommended to:
- reduce the load on the joint;
- it is best for a woman to give up heels, because because of them, body weight increases the pressure on special joints;
- sometimes it is better to use plaster to keep the joint immobile;
- apply drugs containing chondroprotectors that help improve joints (can be both tablets and ointments);
- it is worth taking painkillers to reduce pain;
- 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 especially useful;
- there is also surgery, which is used only when conventional treatment fails.
There are also various folk remedies that help fight knee pain.
So, knee pain can happen 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 correctly identify the cause of the pain. A specialist can help with this, so you should contact him immediately.