Crunching knees when bending, squatting, extension, walking steadily. Why joints crunch, what to do, than to cure, folk remedies, drugs

Most often, knees crackle when bending in people of retirement age, but sometimes the problem occurs in younger patients. Clicks in the knees can occur for physiological reasons and then no treatment is required.

Sometimes creaking knees - it's a symptom of a serious disease that requires immediate diagnosis and treatment of medication or surgery.

knee anatomy

Knee located approximately in the middle lower part of the limb between the femur and tibia. Allocate the knee, as well as the front of the knee and the back.

The main components of the knee may include:

• large bones that form the knee area;
• blood vessels, nerve endings, which confer sensitivity portion;
• menisci help find joint mobility;
• cartilages are designed to protect the bones from the constant rubbing against each other;
  
• ligaments act as the connection of muscles and bones.

Physiology and pathology crunch

Clicking in the knees or "crackling" (a term in medicine) appears due to an explosion in the synovial fluid of air bubbles. This problem is most likely to occur due to the low mobility of the person (sedentary work, ignoring the physical load).

When the manifestation of pathology occurs friction joints against each other. Sometimes the problem occurs only pain in the joint, but can also be swelling and limited mobility.

Causes of the crunch in the knee

Crunching knees when bending is most often for the following reasons:

1. Excessive load, such as weight lifting. Athletes are very often subject to the emergence of problems with his knees, as they often lift weights and overexert when performing heavy exercise, in which the legs are involved.
   
2. Wearing uncomfortable shoes. Heels hurt not only the foot, but the knees, moving the center of gravity on them. In this case, the joint work with a vengeance.
3. Obesity. People with obesity often suffer from clicks in your lap and the subsequent pain and can not move fully and quickly get tired. After some time, the joint begins to collapse due to the increased pressure on it.
4. Absence of food products containing calcium.
5. Malnutrition, excessive salt content in processed foods.
6. Poor production of hormones. Crunch arises from the abrasion of cartilage tissue and the loss of its functions.
7. Knee joint diseases: arthritis, bursitis, arthritis, tendon and ligament damage, damage to the meniscus. In these diseases is not only audible clicks in the knees, but also causes pain, swelling and limited mobility.
8. The resulting lower limb injury.
9. Pathology knee structure, for example, congenital leg length difference, the presence of flat feet.
10. Passive way of life, sedentary work, the complete lack of sport in life.
11. Osteoporosis. If a person has the disease, he knows that his bones fragile and porous. This disease usually occurs in older people.
12. Professional sport. Almost every sport involving feet, the maximum load on that. Constant training will eventually wear knee and then crunching knees.
13. Age features. over time, the amount of the synovial fluid decreases, the joint wears out and loses mobility.

Crackle when bending the knees as a child:

1. Age features. Children under one year are not yet fully formed connective and muscular tissue. Once the child learns to walk, the symptom will disappear. Treatment in this case is not required.
2. Heredity. Often, joint problems are transmitted from parents to children
3. The occurrence of arthritis. The child becomes a tearful, restless, and in the area of ​​knee swells and hurts. In this case, the medical care need to address as soon as possible.
   
4. Hip dysplasia. This pathological reason that occurs from birth. It is expressed in a different leg length, the asymmetry of the inguinal folds and points. Therapeutic measures you need to take as soon as possible.

Disease and injury, the joints at which the crackle

Cracking in the knees occurs due to the following diseases:

1. Osteoarthritis. Characterized cartilage wear and subsequent joint deformity. Often resulting in disability. More common in women.
2. Rheumatoid arthritis. It is expressed as chronic inflammation of the knee joint, and synovial lesion. The disease is triggered by excessive physical exertion, frequent knee injuries, hypothermia.
3. Chondromatosis. Most often suffer from one knee. Sometimes the disease can degenerate into a malignant tumor, but very rarely.
4. Bursitis. This disease comes from a knee injury, resulting in the inflammation of the bursa. Bursitis manifests itself after a knee injury. Excessive exercise can also be a cause of the disease.
5. Osteochondritis. Gradually exfoliate cartilage plate that protects the bone. The disease is detected at the age of 20-40 years, mostly in men.
6. hypermobility syndrome. The problem lies in the excessive activity of joint mobility and flexibility.

Crackle when bending your knees, not only because of the disease, but also because of injuries:

1. Damage to the menisci. This problem is most likely to occur after unsuccessful jumps, sharp turns of the tibia, as well as a sharp extension of the knee.
2. Sprains. Violation of the joint functionality leads to clicks, which indicate the displacement of the articular surfaces.
   
3. Fractures. Due to a hip injury, tibia and patella appear clicks in the knee area.
4. Ligament injury or a sprain. Arise from undue stress on the joints. Anatomy of a joint is broken, so there is a click when driving.

Cracking in the knees, as a variant of the norm

Clicking in the knee joint can be rules for this. If this does not occur redness, does not feel pain and swelling does not appear, it is likely that a knee joint that's all right. Crunch it may due to the fact that the tendon or ligament and bones hurt as a result, there is a click.

In addition, there are a few safety reasons, due to which there is creaking at the knees:

• loose ligaments contribute to increased flexibility of the joints;
• explosion of gas bubbles in the synovial fluid.

Varieties knee crunch

Crunching knees when bending due to the following reasons:

• bursa becomes inflamed;
• deformed cartilaginous tissue,
• knee bones rub against each other;
• It does not retain moisture.

When squatting clicks occur when:

• Abuse salty, fatty, sweet and spicy food;
• constant friction of the bones;
• the gradual destruction of cartilage;
• inflammation of the bursa.

When straightening the knees creak can arise from:

• increasing the number of bubbles in the synovial fluid;
• appearing bubbles explode;
• increasing pressure on the joint.

When walking, the crunch can occur due to:

• any inflammation in the knee joint;
• salt deposits;
• abrasion of cartilage;
• kidney disease (failure);
• injury.

characteristic symptoms

Cracking in the knees - not the only symptom of many diseases.

Together with him there may be other symptoms, which are expressed in the form:

• swelling of the entire leg or only the knee;
• pain aching or sharp;
• redness of the skin in the area of ​​pain;
• creaking knees when you change position;
• burning sensation;
• numbness of the skin around the knee.

Sometimes there are no associated symptoms or they are mild. In some cases, they can manifest in part, depending on the disease that caused the crunch.

To which the doctor ask if the knee crunches

If there is a crunch in the knee, then find the problem and fix it can be the following doctors:

1. Traumatologist. To it is necessary to contact if a problem has arisen because of any injury.
   
2. Neurologist. This doctor will cope with the disease if the patient pinched nerve, there is a pulsation or backache.
3. Nutritionist. To it is necessary to address, if the pain and the crunch in the knee arise due to obesity.
4. Osteopath. It helps to relax muscles and relieve pain.
5. Orthopedist. If the crunch - a consequence of dysplasia, flat feet or other congenital problems, orthopedic help to cope with them and eliminate them.
6. Surgeon. If you crunch the knees prevents to live normally and is a symptom of a serious disease, the patient may need surgery.
7. Chiropractor. He is invoked, if the treatment of the knees, if appointed massage.

Diagnosing the cause of a crunch in the knee

Diagnose the cause of knee crunch can only be after the whole complex surveys, which include:

• blood analysis;
• ultrasound diagnosis of the knee;
• X-rays;
• Analysis of urine;
• study of synovial fluid;
• scintigraphy;
• MRI and CT scans of the knee;
• joint examination by a doctor.

When you visit the doctor, the patient expresses his complaint. After that the doctor carefully examines the skin of the knee and palpates it.

On examination, it can reveal:

• the presence of a hematoma under the skin;
• sores and lesions on the skin;
• swelling and redness;
• change the structure of the joint (deformation due to injuries and some diseases);
• pathological changes of character.

A urinalysis will help to know the level of uric acid. If it is raised, it can indirectly speak of gouty arthritis. A blood test lets you know if there is in the body inflammation and infection.

US knee is the most accurate method of diagnosis. With it you can detect inflammation of the bursa, meniscus lesion, ligament tears, cartilage thinning, the presence of cysts Becker.

CT joint reveals:

• bone injury, including their fracture;
• the presence of bursa inflammation;
• presence arthritis or osteoarthritis;
• pathology in the joint;
• penetration of a foreign body in the joint cavity.

MRI is highly informative and help diagnose:

• sprain;
• knee-injury chastik;
• bursitis;
• Baker's cyst;
• hemarthrosis;
• tissue edema.

Methods of treating crunch

To creak at the joints do not bother, you must first diagnose and then begin treatment. Get rid of the unpleasant symptoms will help medicines and folk remedies.

In addition, to speed up the solution to the problem may be with the help of:

• Use compresses and ointments;
• mud baths;
• dieting;
• reducing the activity;
• swimming;
• physiotherapy;
• massage;
• vitamin supplementation that will enhance the strength of the joints;
• physical therapy;
  
• surgical operations if they are shown with the disease.

Drug treatment crunch in the knee

can be cured crunch in the knee, only if properly diagnosed because the treatment depends on it directly.

To return performance joints and relieve pain, most often prescribe the following drugs:

1. Anti-inflammatory. Help fight inflammation and pain. These often include ibuprofen, nimesulide, diclofenac and others.
2. Ointment with a warming effect: Voltaren, Finalgon.
3. corticosteroids: Hydrocortisone, prednisolone. They are assigned only in the most serious cases, as the hormonal preparations.
4. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory effect with ointment: Ketoprofen, Nise. They both relieve pain and relieve severe inflammation.
5. Preparations for the resumption of the cartilage function: Chondroxide, rumalon.
6. vitamins. It is best to take vitamin complex, which includes calcium, vitamin D3, phosphorus. It is these beneficial ingredients to help restore the bone and cartilage that make up the knee joint.

Surgical treatment of a crunch in the knee

Operation at crunch the knees shall be appointed only if the problem can not be solved with the help of medical intervention.

The patient can be assigned:

• arthrotomy of the knee;
• arthroplasty;
• puncture to detect disease and therapeutic purposes;
• tenosuture;
• meniscectomy;
  
• arthroscopy;
• synovectomy;
• osteosynthesis.

Most often surgery is used for the following problems:

• presence of a foreign body in the joint;
• for fractures;
• If it becomes necessary to replace the knee joint with an artificial one;
• at break ligaments;
• in lesions of menisci;
• rheumatoid arthritis, if it can not be cured with medication;
• in case of problems with the healing of bruises, to remove an abnormal content.

The reductive treatment at the knee crunch

The need to be addressed as a regenerative treatment for problems with the knees:

1. physical therapy. Start doing it only after the exercise will be allowed. Too early start training can damage joints and exacerbate the situation.
2. swimming. When taking a swim in the knee is no strong load, allowing to gradually restore motor activity of the joints.

   

3. Physiotherapy. It includes massage, thermal procedures, and more. In combination with other methods of recovery, it has a beneficial effect on the knee joint.

The advantages of reducing treatment are:

• small load on sore knee;
• rapid recovery operations;
• the ability to completely restore the mobility of the knee.

The disadvantages of this method are:

• possibility of damage to the ligaments;
• Disease progression knees at untimely early rehabilitation.

Physiotherapy

Therapeutic exercise prevents the knee strain, helps to maintain muscle tone. Making it necessary only if permitted stress on the joints, because otherwise you can cause more damage to the knee more.

Therapeutic load includes a set of exercises:

1. pandiculation. Lying in bed to stretch his arms and legs.
2. knee-bend. Lie on your back and bend alternately one thing after the other knee, keeping the foot on the surface.
3. Bicycle. Perform on the back, at a slow pace.
4. Rotations. Lean on a chair with both hands and knees alternately rotated 10 times in each direction.
5. squats. Relying on the back do 10 sit-ups.

You must perform the exercises slowly, at a slow pace so as not to damage the knee. If the exercise feels a sharp pain, swelling appears, the physical education should be excluded for some time.

Massage

Massage will help to establish the blood circulation and improve the mobility of the knee joint. Doing it yourself can be, as well as specialists.

When you perform a massage on their own, you need to adhere to the following rules:

• use salves, e.g., based on bee venom;
• massage movements should be light and cautious, without the use of force;
  
• squeeze a little ointment on one knee and start to rub it in neat circular motion;
• apply the ointment must be front and back of the knee;
• preferably after massaging roll up the knee elastic bandage;
• The procedure is best done before bedtime to limb warmed up and was for a long time alone.

Treatment crunch the knees folk remedies

Knees crackle in extension and flexion, for various reasons.

The following folk remedies can be used to alleviate the condition:

1. parsley Broth. In a bowl mix the parsley root and celery. Pour ½ liter. boiling water and boiled for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, allow to cool completely and filtered. The strained infusion add 2 tbsp honey and the juice of 1 lemon. Drink sips of 5 a day for a month. Then take a break and repeat the treatment if necessary.
2. orange wrap. Mix 100 ml. vegetable oil and juice of 1 orange. A piece of gauze soaked in the resulting mixture and it is applied to the affected knee for 30 minutes and then removed. Make the procedure every day for 14 days.
3. Compress oatmeal. 3 tsp flakes poured 2 tbsp. boiling water and insist on low heat for 5 minutes. Allow to cool completely and applied to the affected area.
4. spruce broth. 15 cones pulverized and poured 1 tbsp. boiling water. It is desirable to make the broth in a thermos, as it must be to insist during the day. Eat at ½ st., Daily.
   
5. Honey ointment. The identical parts are mixed either honey (buckwheat, floral, lime), alcohol, and glycerin. Used for pain and squeaks in the knees, rubbed a sore spot and wrapped it for a while. Store the finished ointment can be up to a week in the refrigerator.

Preventive actions

Prevention crunch the knees helps to avoid problems with the joints, pain and swelling in them.

The main measures that help to avoid a crunch, include:

• decrease the load on the legs: change shoes with high heels more comfortable to get rid of excess weight, physical activity during take breaks to rest, to actively move;
• timely get rid of the problems with the thyroid gland;
• every morning to do exercises for the joints;
• go swimming;
• walk more;
• take vitamins;
• eat healthy food, and eliminate fatty, fried and spicy;
• If you experience fatigue in the legs to do a gentle massage;
• eliminate the possibility of hypothermia.

Knees crackle when bending of a variety of physiological and pathological reasons. If you detect them in time, then they can heal quickly enough. In advanced cases may require surgical intervention followed by long restores mobility of the joints.

Registration of the article: Lozinski Oleg

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