Knee joint treatment in Zaporizhia
Do you have a persistent or intermittent pain in your knee joint? If so, then it is recommended that you saw an orthopedic-traumatologist at The Rudenko Clinic.
A knee joint is one of the most complex structures in a human body. It consists of multiple components and carries tremendous wait of a whole human body, which, when in movement, is times amplified. Knee traumas or diseases hold the top place among all skeleton pathologies. Any joint damages inevitably lead to a temporary incapacitation or even disability of a patient.
What are the signs of a knee joint disease and when to see a traumatologist?
Usually, initial diagnostics of a knee problem is done by a patient themselves and is quite simple. In the majority of cases, complaints are the consequences of traumas, injuries caused by unlucky falls, unfortunate circumstances of sport activities. In all other cases, especially if you experience:
- cracking or crunching sounds in a joint when being idle or when moving
- knee swelling
- redness of knee skin
- pain when attempting to fully step on the leg
Everything of the above are first signs that indicate that you need to see a specialist doctor. If not treated timely a knee’s functionality will deteriorate, the symptoms will manifest more acutely, and a patent’s ability to move will be severely impaired. That is the reason why The Rudenko Clinic prefers to lose no time; there is a very short period between first visit to a traumatologist and prescribing a treatment in order to prevent permanent changes in the knee to happen.
What kind of knee injuries can occur?
All knee pathologies may be assigned to either of two large groups: traumatic injuries; metabolic disorders or knee diseases.
Knee joint most common injuries
There are traumas to bones, in particular, fractures of:
- thighbone (femoral bone)
- shinbone (condyles and intercondylar)
- knee cap
and injuries of connecting tissues:
- ligament ruptures (intraarticular, extraarticular, and knee cap ligament rupture)
- brushes, haematomas
- meniscal tears
Knee joint most common diseases
Knee diseases or medical conditions may occur as a result of excessive load and natural wear of a knee joint or as a result of various metabolic disorders that impact a joint structure. A pathology genesis can be either inflammatory or non-inflammatory. Depending on an etiology of the process, different types of conditions can be distinguished:
Non-inflammatory: knee joint arthroses,cysts, osteochondropathies
Inflammatory: arthritides, synovitis, tendinitises, bursitises, osteochondritis
At The Rudenko Clinic, we care about your health and quality of your life. You always can request a consultation with our orthopedist-traumatologist in Zaporizhia.