Question:
I feel soreness of both knees yesterday and today they are very sore and stiff. Do you know of any relief I can get, from home remedy?
Answer:
Can you tell me your age? Is there any fever associated with knee pains? Are they inflamed and red?
Sore and stiff knee can occur in young patients as well as elderly individuals, only the cause can differ.
Soreness of knee joint is very common in recent times affecting many individuals.
Young individuals can suffer due to excessive strain to the knee joints as in athletes, or persons who have strenuous work, or due to trauma or if the person is obese who has to bear the extra body weight on the knee joints.
In elderly it can be the result of osteoporosis of the bone or due to arthritis.
Symptoms of Sore Knee
Symptoms of sore and painful knee joints being
- Pain in knee
- Difficult movement
- Swelling of the knee joint
Sore Knee Remedies
Home remedies for sore and stiff knees:
- Rest : Give rest to the knees by keeping the legs straight, without much bending. Do not strain your legs by doing strenuous work. If you take rest, the muscle and the ligaments surrounding the knees will get rest, and they will relax from the strain you have placed on them.
- If the sore knees are the result of any injury, cold compresses will be beneficial to alleviate the symptoms.You can apply cold compresses two to three times in a day.
- Knee braces can be useful, more commonly used by athletes to give extra support to the knee joint.
- If you are elderly person and the cause is due to osteoarthritis, physiotherapy exercise will be useful to control the soreness and stiffness in along run. Do the physiotherapy exercise under the guidance of a trained physiotherapist
- Short wave diathermy is also useful in person suffering from osteoarthritis or osteoporosis of the knee joint.
- Eat calcium rich food in case of osteoarthritis as there is low calcium level in this patients. Milk is one of the rich sources of calcium. Drink 1 glass of milk twice in a day.
- Vitamin D is also beneficial in osteoporosis; sunlight is good source of manufacturing vitamin D in our body.
- Apply a paste made up of wheat, castor and turmeric mixed in goat’s milk on the affected area.
Investigations advised are X-ray of knee joints.
As the symptoms are of recent origin you can try these home remedies, if the symptoms still persist, take an opinion of orthopedic doctor to ascertain the cause of sore knee.
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