Prevention and treatment of knee arthritis

As Japanese life styles have westernized, more people have

become troubled with pains in the knees.

Since cartilage in the knee joints has no blood and lymph

vessels, the supply of nourishment and the ejection of waste are

done by the shifts of synovia according to the changes in pressure

through the bending and stretching movement.　In order to shift

synovia, it is necessary to bend knees deeply, although there is

some difference among individuals.

Westernized life styles give less and less opportunity of bending and streching the knees, such as sitting on a floor in Japanese fashion, using a lavatory in Japanese style, wiping a floor with a cloth, and so forth. A number of people therefore tend to have low metabolic rates and then troubles in the knee joints. 　　In order to prevent and treat the softening in patellae, it is not good for you to rest just quietly.　It is rather effective, after the pain is relieved by "Tubo" treatment, to

sit with your knees bent for about 5 minutes at a time and to bend

and stretch several times a day as long as you can bear the pain.

(* You have to rest quietly if you have pain caused by troubles in a

ligament or in a tendon sheath.)

Pinch the soft place at the inside part of your knee and select

several points with the strongest pain.

Select the point at the backside of your knee that has a pain

in the inside, if you press, with your knee slightly bent.

Select points around the kneecap.

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