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How Does Maintaining Body Weight Help Prevent Osteoarthritis?

Orthopaedic Doctor in Wakad will help you by correlating to the same problem mentioned above. It is said that losing the excess kilos reduces the pressure exerted on the joints by almost four times.

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How Does Maintaining Body Weight Help Prevent Osteoarthritis?

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  1. Obesity is one of the most crucial problems our youth is facing today. Lifestyle, diet, workaholism, or environment, whatever may be the reason, but being overweight has sure increased the number of people suffering from joint-related problems around the world. Your body weight affects your skeletal joints in two ways: It exerts constant pressure on the weight-bearing joints Systemic problems associated with weight gain affect all the joints

  2. How does obesity harm the joints? Our bones are arranged in a way that provides maximum stability even under excessive pressure. However, such capabilities come at the risk of early wear and tear of the joints. Let’s consider the knee joint. When you walk around, the average pressure exerted on each knee joint is one and a half times more than the ideal pressure of the body’s weight. This means that the knee of a man weighing 100 kgs will experience a pressure force equivalent to 150 kgs. This amount of joint wear and tear is bound to cause problems like osteoarthritis over time. In fact, obesity has been one of the leading causes of osteoarthritis in recent years.

  3. How can this be prevented? A goodorthopaedic doctor or consultant will help you by correlating to the same problem mentioned above. It is said that losing the excess kilos reduces the pressure exerted on the joints by almost four times. Hence, if you lose 10 kgs, the stress on your joints will be reduced by an equivalent of 40kgs. Reduced pressure means prolonged healthy life for joints and reduced risks of osteoarthritis. Recent studies have shown that inflammation caused due to obesity is a crucial factor that leads to osteoarthritis and not a cause of it. Maintaining a healthy in-weight body helps prevent this inflammatory response too.

  4. However, if you’re joint is damaged to the extent that home remedies aren’t effective, and you’re looking for the right orthopaedic treatment in Wakad area, then a knee replacement surgery hospital may prove to be more helpful for you. For More Details Visit https://alphahospitalpune.com/

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