Joints, as the connections between bones, are both strong and flexible, serving as the body's movement hubs. If these hubs become blocked and blood flow is restricted, the body may encounter various problems. How can we maintain and care for our joints in daily life to ensure normal muscle function and avoid joint pain and disease?
Common Joint Diseases
1. Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow, also known as "lateral epicondylitis," is commonly referred to as "elbow strain" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is more likely to occur in tennis players, housewives, and IT workers.
2. Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head
Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is caused by a decrease in blood supply and a decrease in the quality of blood supply to the femoral head due to various reasons.
Common causes include sprains or fractures of the femoral neck, alcohol abuse, hormones, ankylosing spondylitis, and developmental dysplasia of the hip.
Clinical manifestations include pain in the hip joint, groin, and knee joint, worsened by walking or going up and down stairs, and even nighttime pain that affects sleep.
3. Cervical Spondylosis
Cervical spondylosis is a common condition in today's society, affecting students who have heavy workloads, office workers who sit for long periods, tailors and embroiderers, and avid card players.
How to Care for Joints in Daily Life
First, protect the spleen and stomach. According to traditional Chinese medicine, muscles and limbs are all under the jurisdiction of the spleen, which belongs to the element of earth in the Five Elements theory.
Therefore, in daily life, it is important to care for the spleen, ensuring that the spleen functions properly as the foundation of acquired essence, and ensuring that the nourishment of muscles by the transformed water and grains from the spleen is sufficient to maintain normal function.
Excessive eating, excessive thinking, and exposure to low temperatures from air conditioning, all behaviors that harm the spleen and stomach, should be avoided as much as possible.
Second, actively adjust and exercise the muscles. Most of the body's muscles can be adjusted through certain movements.
Therefore, it is beneficial to perform appropriate stretching exercises, such as the Eight Section Brocade, Five Animal Frolics, or a set of radio calisthenics.
