Joint stiffness
Joint arthritic disease is a common and chronic disease. It is called arthritis. It is a joint inflammation. It does not cause complete disability but may lead to a decrease in normal daily activities due to pain and lack of movement. The hinge is covered with a natural membrane called cartilage. It is characterized by a smooth layer that absorbs shock due to some violent movements. When the person is exposed to the roughness of the joints, this layer begins to crack or break. The cartilage cells then produce Cartilage to compensate for the loss, but all these attempts may be useless; as the cartilage continues to crumble and corrosion.
These attempts are of no use; they may lead to excessive bone growth, causing osteoarthritis (osteoarthritis). This condition lasts about 10 years until it ends with the destruction of the cartilage. This is the last stage of the disease, and the symptoms of this disease may appear At the age of forty-fifty, despite the incidence of roughness before, and the prevalence of joint rheumatism in men at the age of forty-fifth, and in women during the age of seventy.
Causes of joint stiffness
- There are many types of joint rheumatism caused by deformation of the bones, genetic or congenital defects, or fractures or old injuries. These causes and distortions lead to the non-distribution of the joint load in a healthy and normal manner equally with all cells and parts; The pregnancy becomes concentrated in a specific area of the joint, causing cartilage damage to the area, so the deformities must be treated early to avoid joint stiffness.
- On the other hand there are diseases that may affect the membrane or sinus cartilage and cause joint stiffness, which leads to the erosion of cartilage, and these diseases due to defects in the immune system of the body, resulting in arthritis in the joints, because of the proteins in the blood that attack the joints, SLE, rheumatism, and rheumatoid arthritis.
- The injury of ligaments and cartilage due to accidents, or injury to players; where the cartilage becomes rough after being smooth and soft because of direct injury, in these cases must be surgical intervention to solve the problem.
- Obesity, overweight and weakness in the muscles resulting in these causes an improper overload on the cartilage, which affects the movement of joints and fear.