Contracture of the joint is treatable

The contracture of the joint is a sharp limitation of its mobility, caused by insufficient elasticity of the soft tissues. The disease is a consequence of traumatic injuries, nervous diseases, inflammation.

The contracture of the joint happens:

• Dermatogenic - after skin lesions (mechanical trauma, burn);
• Desmogenic - due to changes in the ligamentous apparatus;
• Myogenic - in the defeat of muscles;
• Neurogenic - with nervous diseases;
• Arthrogenic - with changes in the joint;
• Reflex, arising in the joint, located below or above the focus of inflammation or the place of injury, for example, the periostitis of the lower jaw causes chewing contracture.

Contracture of the joint. How to treat?

When injuring a limb, correct immobilization, timely and complex treatment (LFK, physiotherapy) is necessary.

Treatment of contractures is in therapeutic physical culture, mechanotherapy, physiotherapy. And in the absence of the proper effect, they apply redression, excision of scars, plastic of the skin, tendons.

Contracture of the knee joint is a complex disease, the treatment of which consists in using both a conservative and an operational approach.

1. Conservative approach includes massage, physiotherapy, mechanotherapy, curative gymnastics and bloodless return of the limbs to the correct position. Thanks to gymnastics and physiotherapy, the blood supply to the affected muscles increases, and their tone also rises. The temperature of the water in the bathroom during thermal procedures should not exceed 36 degrees. Later they switch to mud treatment and paraffin treatment.

2. An operative approach for the treatment of contracture is used with prolonged, chronic limitations in the mobility of the knee joints. In this case, the deformation in the joint is corrected forcibly. To close the wound formed during the surgical procedure, the wounds perform a skin graft. During the surgical treatment of this disease, methods such as tendon transplantation, lengthening or reduction are applied, releasing tendons, which are clamped by healed tissues.

The contracture of the elbow joint is a problem of modern arm wrestlers. Pressing loads in conditions of excessive muscular tension, all kinds of microtraumas of tendons and ligaments lead to the formation of osteophytes and ossifits, limiting the amplitude of movements.

In the absence of a balanced and adequate treatment, the contracture of both the knee and elbow joint leads to an absolute immobility of the limb, the so-called ankylosis. If the disease is already at such a serious stage, then only surgical intervention can help, so it is not recommended to neglect the visit to the doctor with the appearance of the first unpleasant symptoms.

The contracture of the joint can be congenital (hereditary defects of the musculoskeletal system) and acquired, which is formed due to adverse environmental effects. When untimely treatment, any form leads to sad consequences and functional disorders.