Difficulty squatting

Introduction Knee dysphagia is a common manifestation of knee joint disease in the elderly. Knee squat difficulty is essentially a chronic soft tissue disease due to long-term congestion, edema, exudation, tissue degeneration, necrosis, hyperplasia and Hypertrophy, there is a clear soft tissue change area around the knee joint. Through acupuncture and cutting, it can eliminate the adhesion of local soft tissue, relieve pain and promote the recovery of knee joint motor function.

Cause

The Chinese medicine orthopedics science believes that the pathogenesis of squatting is caused by the disorder of blood and blood operation. Western medicine believes that it is a chronic soft tissue disease caused by long-term congestion, edema, exudation, tissue degeneration, necrosis, hyperplasia and hypertrophy. There is a clear soft tissue change around the knee joint. It is a common manifestation of knee joint disease in the elderly.

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Bone and joint MRI

The clinical manifestations are knee pain and difficulty in squatting. The physical examination revealed local muscle tension in the pain area around the knee joint, a clear tender point, and some patients could touch the induration.

X-ray examination, CT examination, and MRI examination of the effusion of the knee joint are subject to strict orthopaedic examination and screening, excluding organic damage of bone and joint, congenital malformation, skeletal dysplasia, acute inflammation, tumor, etc. disease.

Differential diagnosis

It is necessary to undergo strict Orthopaedic examination and screening to exclude organic damage of bones and joints, congenital malformations, skeletal dysplasia, acute inflammation, and tumors.

Naturally, there are difficulties in squatting, which may be related to your body structure. In addition to the factors that exclude physical diseases, it is mainly caused by heredity. The normal squat of the human body depends on three joints: the ankle joint, the knee joint, and the hip joint, and the joint has a certain range of motion. If the movement range of one of the three joints is too small, it will cause difficulty in squatting. For example, the ankle joint, some people have a small range of activities, it is necessary to put the heel on the squat, otherwise it will not be able to squat.

Too much obesity can affect the balance of the center of gravity when people are squatting, and some people may have difficulty squatting because their stomach is too big.

The clinical manifestations are knee pain and difficulty in squatting. The physical examination revealed local muscle tension in the pain area around the knee joint, a clear tender point, and some patients could touch the induration.

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