02/08/2023
Mild or moderate joint discomfort is not always a manifestation of the pathological process. Sometimes a symptom has a natural cause. Transient painful joints are felt when wearing uncomfortable shoes, in people who are sensitive to the weather - when the weather changes. In adolescence, pain in the shoulder and knee joints is caused by their insufficient blood supply due to accelerated bone growth.
Significant physical activity
In intensive training, hard work, overstrain of the muscular-ligamentous apparatus becomes a frequent cause of symptoms, more often it is caused by microtraumas of cartilage, synovial membrane. A combination of painful joints and discomfort in the bones and muscles is common. Discomfort in joint muscles and muscles occurs immediately after the shock of physical activity or against the background of long-term monotonous work with constant tension of the same muscle groups. Pains in the joints of the body persist without temperature. With large overloads, a moderate violation of the general condition, weakness is possible.
The illness can interfere up to several days and, with restriction of motor activity, gradually decreases until it disappears completely without any treatment. If the pains caused by sports or hard physical work are replaced by constant pain, swelling in the wrist, elbow, shoulder, ankle, knee and hip joints, restriction of habitual movements, it is necessary to visit the doctor.
Age-related changes in the musculoskeletal system
The causes of moderate bone and joint pain in the elderly are degenerative processes with calcium loss, thinning of the bone beams, impaired blood supply to the cartilage and a decrease in the amount of intraarticular fluid. Mild discomfort is only the first manifestation of senile joint damage. Usually, periodic discomfort is noted after 45-50 years. At the age of 60-65, unpleasant pain occurs even with minor loads, accompanied by stiffness of movements, bending, shuffling gait, gradually replaced by pain.
