Treatment of gonarthrosis in the sanatorium Staraya Russa

Gonarthrosis refers to incurable diseases, so the fight against the disease is reduced to slowing the progression of the disease and getting rid of pain. Medications prescribed for gonarthrosis include painkillers and anti–inflammatory drugs, including hormones, as well as medications that help restore cartilage tissue - chondoprotectors. To combat gonarthrosis, an orthopedic method of treatment is also used: wearing special rigid knee pads, using a cane and orthopedic insoles. Complex treatment of gonarthrosis is usually offered in sanatorium-resort institutions.

In addition to medical and orthopedic treatment, special physiotherapy procedures are being developed in sanatoriums, manual therapy and special massages are used. Physiotherapy procedures include electrophoresis, the use of diadynamic currents, magnetotherapy, cryotherapy, mud applications and baths. All programs necessarily include physical therapy, which allows you to improve blood circulation, metabolism and strengthen the muscles surrounding the diseased joint.

Contraindications:

Severe forms of bone and joint damage with abundant discharge, severe general phenomena (hectic temperature, severe exhaustion) or amyloidosis of internal organs.
Polyarthritis with a progressive process in the joints, with ankylosis, contractures, etc. with irreversible changes in the joints and loss of the ability to self-care. Severe deformities of the joints with secondary sinuses due to the loss of the ability to move independently.
Chronic osteomyelitis in the presence of large sequesters or a large foreign metal body in the osteomyelitic focus (the presence of small metal fragments in the surrounding soft tissues is not a contraindication for spa treatment). Septic forms of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis with systemic lesions (visceritis).
General contraindications that exclude the referral of patients to resorts and local sanatoriums.

Treatment results

The main goal of treatment in the sanatorium is pain relief and the return of mobility to the joint. Accordingly, the results of treatment are precisely this. With the help of medicines and procedures, joint inflammation is removed, the process of cartilage restoration is started.

Consequences of lack of treatment

The lack of treatment can lead to a loss of joint mobility, as a result, the patient will be disabled.

Гонартроз – это заболевание коленного сустава, которое характеризуется разрушением хрящевой ткани. Причинами гонартроза может быть нарушение обмена веществ, травма коленного сустава, оперативное вмешательство в области колена, воспаление сустава. Гонартроз может затрагивать как одно колено, так и сразу оба.