Wearing high heels can relieve menstrual joint pain

　　“No one helped me take care of the baby, so before I finished my confinement period, I had to take care of the baby by myself. I also had to do housework, wash clothes, and wash diapers. Now my child is almost two years old, but before and after my period, I always feel a dull pain in my finger joints and knee joints. Do I have arthritis? ”Last weekend, a woman named Yang asked a reporter on the phone. The reporter consulted the Third Affiliated School of Zhengzhou University about this Hospital Postpartum Hu Mengcai, director of the rehabilitation center. “If your knee joint pain worsens when you walk and subsides after resting, there is no need to worry. ”Hu Mengcai said, some female Joint pain will occur one to two weeks before and after menstruation, especially knee joint pain. The pain worsens when walking, but the pain is relieved after a short rest. Some people may also feel local swelling of the knee joint, and these symptoms will disappear after menstruation. “These symptoms may look like arthritis, but they are actually a physiological reaction unique to women during menstruation, so there is no need to worry too much. ”Hu Mengcai said that joint pain during menstruation is mainly related to the disorder of water and salt metabolism in the body during menstruation. Before menstruation, the hormone levels in women's bodies fluctuate greatly. At this time, the secretion of estrogen and aldosterone is uncoordinated, causing water and salt to be retained in the body. When too much water and salt accumulate in body tissues, varying degrees of edema will occur in various parts of the body, most notably in the face, hands, feet and other parts. There is a triangular gap in the human knee joint, which is filled with fat tissue (infrapatellar fat pad). It plays an important role in the function of the joint. During menstruation, water and salt retention causes the fat pad to swell, thereby causing oppression. nerve Therefore, some women will experience knee joint pain during menstruation.

　　Hu Mengcai continued: "Menstrual joint pain is not arthritis, and it can be prevented and treated. ”Women should pay attention to the balance between work and rest. They should ensure adequate sleep before and after menstruation, avoid excessive stress and mood swings, choose light, nutritious and easily digestible food, and avoid long walks or strenuous exercise. Because high heels can move the body's center of gravity forward, reducing pressure on fat pads and helping to reduce pain, wearing high heels can relieve joint pain. “If the joint pain is accompanied by obvious edema all over the body, it may not be menstrual joint pain, and you should seek medical treatment in time to find out the cause. ”Hu Mengcai reminded.