Bandage on the knee with a meniscus

Throughout life we ​​walk, run, swim, ride a bike. In a word - actively moving. And sad as it may seem, the injuries of the joints are not restored as easily as simple child's scratches or abrasions. Looking at the children running in the yard, we sigh and stroke our knees( they suffer most often).And this happens even if there is a simple( and this is the most innocuous) habitual dislocation, not to mention traumas of ligaments or a meniscus. But even such an unpleasant situation is not hopeless. In the arsenal of restorative medicine there is such a tool as a bandage. But the bandage can also be different, and its selection is a serious matter. But it's worth it - because the bandage on the knee joint is much better than crutches!

Human knee

The knee joint is one of the largest and most complex in the human body. In addition, it is the knee joint that has the greatest dynamic load. After all, when we go, stand and even sit( I'm not talking about running or playing sports), knee joints produce a lot of different movements, linking the desired movement in space, excluding the possibility of falling and compensating for the excessive load caused by contact with a solid surface. Perhaps all this sounds too abstruse scientifically. But if it's easier to say, the knee is arranged in such a way that it does not allow us to fall when walking and extinguishes the shock wave that occurs when the foot contacts the ground( remember, as a child, we all landed unsuccessfully on straight legs and how it hurt in everythingBody from the heels to the crown - a vivid example, when the knee took a minimal part in the movement).

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Meniscus injury

Now consider the most common knee injury - meniscus. Actually, the meniscus is not a trauma, but a kind of padding between the femur and the shin. The meniscus itself is a fibrous cartilage. In the knee joint, not one, but two meniscus: the medial and lateral menisci. Some kind of semi-moon cushions. Their purpose is to amortize and stabilize the movement in the knee, to limit excessive mobility in the joint and reduce friction between its surfaces. In general, the meniscus should not only ensure the stability of the necessary movement, but also prevent unwanted movement of the articular surfaces. And this is provided that the meniscus itself is very small and its tissues are much more vulnerable than, for example, bone tissue.

And, of course, it is the meniscus that most often breaks down. During a sharp overload, the meniscus or rupture is damaged - the meniscus is simply crushed by the joint surfaces. There are other, no less common changes - the meniscus wears out, hernias may appear or vice versa - thinning in some areas. And it turns out that the knee joint can not perform its work due to the fact that the meniscus "went out of order" but to replace this "padding" alas, there is nothing. .. And we are faced with the problem - what to do? Surgery can only partially solve the problem: remove the hernial outgrowth, apply seams to the meniscus tear, etc. But then we again rest on the problem: the knee still can not function fully. And what - crutches?

Bandage

No, there is a way out - a knee bandage with a meniscus disease. Of course, the knee bandage is not a panacea, but this is: firstly, the possibility of the most correct postoperative or post-traumatic rehabilitation, and secondly, the possibility of preserving the habitual way of life( as far as possible).

What is a knee bandage? This is a kind of knee joint restraint, namely knee protectors of elastic materials of different designs: from simple knitted decompression to complex ones, equipped with restraining rings, stiffeners, metal hinges and other devices to facilitate the work of the knee joint and accelerate the restoration of damaged tissues and the joint as a whole.

So, with a meniscus in any case, you need to use a knee bandage, which, depending on the model, allows partial or controlled rigid immobilization of the joint, which provides restoration of physiological mobility of the knee.