Suggest Treatment For Severe Knee Pain Due Osteoarthritis

Posted on Fri, 9 May 2014

Question: My mother is 70 years old. She weighs @65kg. She has osteoarthritis since last twent years. now she has unbearable pains in both knees. she could not walk hence she has increasedsome weight which is further worsening the problem. Please suggest some therapy for her which can reduce some pain & she can again walk. Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Chander Mohan Singh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Get x-ray done. Detailed Answer: Hi, I have gone through your query. From your history I have come to the point that your mother must get x-ray both knees standing in AP view and send me the report so that I can grade her osteoarthritis and act accordingly. Till then give her balanced diet. She should not be given fatty and carbohydrate rich diet, junk foods, cream etc so that her weight can be under control. Try to avoid squatting and upstairs as much as she can. Do quadriceps strengthening exercises in morning and evening as up loaded on you tube. This will straighten her muscles around knee and pain will decrease. She must wear hinged knee brace when ever she want to walk or go out for some work. She can take 1 tab. aceclofenac+thiocolchicoside two times a day, by discussing it with your doctor. - Apply hot packs for 30 min in morning and evening . I hope it helps. You are welcome to ask further health related queries. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer 5 points for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-chander-mohan-singh/67013 Thanks. Dr.Singh.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj