5 Healthy tips for Knees and Joints

If your knee is injured by osteoarthritis, crack or injury, it may be tough for you to do regular actions, such as climbing stairs or walking. You may also cause to feel injured while you are relaxing or sitting down. Total Knee replacement surgery is a reliable and useful to overcome the pain, suitable leg damage, and help you continue regular work.

Following are these tips for Healthy knees and joints:

1.      Weight- 

Keep checking our weight. An Improvement in weight will heighten the stress on your joints and can hurt them. Thus, being fat might cause problems, because when we walk, each knee supports a force equaling four to six times the weight of the body. Thus if your weight is a mere 120 to 140 pounds, your knees are holding 360 pounds or much more.

2.      Healthily Eat  – 

Add a lot of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains in your food diet. They also help in managing your weight. Also, foods like soybeans and fish like Tuna, herring, and mackerel are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids and protein. Olive oil, low-fat dairy products like cheese and yoghurt, have been shown to fight inflammation, strengthen bones and increase the immunity.

3.      Avoid getting injured - 

Bypass the situations that threaten injury to yourself, particularly in your 30s and 40s. Avoid playing difficult sports like rugby or football after your 40s. It might cause an injury to your knees or hips. Moreover, it enhances the danger of osteoarthritis.

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4.      Exercise -

Exercise every day to keep your body fit and your muscles toned up. By constantly growing the muscles, your joints are less likely to get injured. Yoga, Meditation,  swimming or average weight lifting exercises firm up the muscles without threatening the cartilage. The best practice to avoid unnatural joints is walking, as it will not cause any wear out in the knee cartilage. As a result, Walking will strengthen the joint and increase the lubricating fluid in the knee.

5.      Go low-collision -

All sportsmen need to avoid running harder on the pavement, complex activities like skiing or playing tennis on raw concrete as it can result in osteoarthritis. So, rather than running on the road, switch to running on a track or on the treadmill.