Knee joints have a high chance of degenerating from overuse and pressure, forming bone spurs, distortions, and causing pain and stiffness, leading to significant impact on mobility. 1% of those above 30 experience this, while 10% of those above 40, 40% of those above 50, 50% of those above 60 and 70% of those above 70 experience the same. Females have a greater likelihood of this than males.

Possible Causes

1.Physical harm: hurting your knee joints, breaking bones, or pulling ligaments may increase chances of this happening.

2.Imbalance: Bad posture or loss in muscle strength.

3.Hard manual labour: Long-time heavy-lifting or walking and standing.

4.Elders, menopausal women, and obese people also are more prone.

Clinical Symptoms

1.Swollen or painful joints, especially when overuse or when climbing stairs and after a long period of sitting.

2.Stiffness in the mornings that goes away after a while, but returns at night.

3.Cracks when using knee joints.

4.Knee joints distorting ex: O shaped legs, inability to straighten.

5.Pain causing thigh muscle pain.

6.X ray checks: joints showing up as distorted, spurs forming, cartilage hardening and degenerative cysts forming.

Treatment for degenerative joint disease

1.Decrease the frequency of joint use

2.Constant exercise and weight control

3.Medicine

4.Rehabilitation therapy

5.Surgery correction 

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