Why crackle joints. What should we know about it?

During the movement of the various elements of a joint move that often causes a variety of sounds similar to a crunch or crack. Most often "sound" knees, spine and ankles. For some people can crunch your knuckles and wrists.

Most often a crunch in joints, associated with increased mobility. This is called hypermobility. The most common is congenital condition found in young women, because they have produced a modified collagen in the body - more expandable. This leads to a change in many tissues, especially the joints.

What causes a crunch in joints?

1. The movement of the ligaments, joints and tendons.
During the movement changes the position of the tendon in the joint. Upon returning to his seat tendon can hear a clicking sound.

2. The accumulation of gas in the joints.
The joint is synovial fluid, performing the function of lubrication. This liquid solution of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide. At the moment of distension of the joint capsule or unnatural movements are collected in the bubbles that burst, and popping sound.

3. Inflammation.
If you have inflammation in the joints can be violated match articular surfaces, causing a click.

4. Osteoarthritis, which occurs when "wear" the joint where the cartilage thinning.

5. The uneven surface of the joint. If you lose the smoothness of the cartilage surface roughness make sounds.

6. The accumulation of salts. The joint scored salts may decrease the elasticity of the ligaments and tissues. It can also cause a crunch when driving.

Dangerous if a crunch in joints?
Most experts are inclined to think that it is necessary to treat the joints, when the crunch is accompanied by unpleasant or painful sensations. Most likely, it may be indicative of the growth of bone tissue.
If the crackle and crunch accompanies movement in the joints of the spine, ankles, knees or fingers, and the pain is not, it is likely not to worry. The structure of these joints, ligaments and bones around them is such that even a slight movement can cause a crash when completely healthy joints. The ankle, for example, is composed of three bones and vertebrae are inactive.

Prevention of joint problems
Very often a crunch and then the disease in the joints occur due to sedentary lifestyles. In operation, which requires a long stay in one position (sitting or standing), it is necessary to introduce a rule for yourself: every hour or so, get up and move. If, for example, a teacher and so worth it, it makes sense to train yourself to walk, or even to regularly carry the weight on one leg, allowing you to relax and rest the other.
You can enter in the office of the fashion for "industrial gymnastics": stand up, rotate the head, perform a rotation of hands, move your arms, squeeze their fists several times.
It is advisable to carve out two or three times a week for sports. Only it must be remembered, the more traumatic sport, the more joint problems may occur. The best preventive option - swimming.
In overweight people are always more problems with joints, most often affects the feet and spine. In this case, reduction in weight (diet, exercise) will reduce the load on the joints.
If you choose the right exercise, then you can stop osteoarthritis in its early stages, and even stimulate the growth of cartilage. Sport activities help to improve the blood supply to the muscles and tissues that surround the joint cartilage to ensure the delivery of oxygen and reduced metabolism.

How to deal with problems in the joints?
Doctors may assign chondroprotectors, in the case if they find arthrosis. These preparations contain usually two active substances - glucosamine and chondroitin. Tolerability and effectiveness of their relatively high. These drugs help slow the natural destruction of the joint, thereby facilitate the growth of the cartilage in the joint.
At the hondroprotektorami very often prescribe vasodilators to improve blood supply to the joint tissues.
It may be useful course salt baths. The hot water is added salt, rich in trace elements, it is possible to plant extracts (sage, chamomile, pine). After a bath in the joints can rub fir oil.
If, in a crunch, and cod, joint pain appears regularly, you should consult your doctor immediately.

There is another method. We all know that gelatin, but did not know about all the beneficial properties.
Gelatin - is a natural, viscous, transparent material which is produced by digestion in water tendons, ligaments, bones and other animal tissues, which include collagen. Gelatin is used in cooking, medicine and cosmetics.
Of greatest interest to traditional medicine gelatin is as a tool, used to treat diseases of the joints.
As reported by Reuters, it was made in America study, which involved 175 elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. They were given daily 10 g of powdered gelatin. After 14 days of this treatment, many improved joint mobility and muscle strength. The fact that the amino acids (those amino acids that are also obtained from the proteins) contained in gelatin, maintain elasticity of cartilage and retard or even prevent their destruction.

Gelatine for the joints. Recipe.
Folk medicine recommends a simple recipe for preventing and treating diseases of the joints, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, sprains and sprains. This recipe would also be useful to those who by nature weak hair and nails.

In the evening before going to bed pour 1 tsp. Gelatine half a cup of cold boiled water. Per night gelatin should swell. In the morning put in swollen gelatin 1 tsp. Of honey and add a glass of hot boiled water up to the top. Stir the contents of the cup and drink this mixture on an empty stomach in the form of heat.

Treatment is carried out courses for 10 days. Then, 10 days off. Treatment of certain diseases can be quite lengthy - 3 months or more. It all depends on the extent of disease and individual characteristics of the organism.

For the prevention of diseases of the joints and as a means to strengthen hair and nails, this recipe can be used 1-2 times a week. However, it is quite easy to include in your diet dishes made with gelatin - jelly, jelly, mousse, jelly, marmalade. Cheers!

There is an old anecdote:
The doctor says: You are my friend gallstones in the liver, kidney sand, and salt deposits in the spine ...
The patient - Okay, doctor. And there is no more cement and I immediately begin to build.