Why your sitting posture can give you knee pain. There is an increase in number of arthritis patients due to lockdown in Covid-19, unlike normal days many women have complained about knee pain during the lockdown period. Bad life-style is also the major reason for this problem in women who did not have this problem before, and some women have also complained about increased knee pain than before as well, this knee pain is making it difficult for them to perform the normal tasks like walking, or even climbing stairs

One major reason for knee pain is arthritis, and our sitting posture is also responsible for this to large extent, even small things in our normal routine can cause knee pain. According to orthopaedic consultant & HOD Orthopedics at Fortis Hospital Dr. Atul Mishra in our Indian culture we are required to sit in a squat position or by bending our knee. No matter what whether you are sitting to pray, family dinners, and performing daily routine tasks or when talking with someone these activities require you to bend your knees while sitting, even in our Indian traditional toilet we have to sit on bended knees.

This method of sitting has now become our habit, and due to this habit many like to bend their knees even while sitting on chair or a bed, which put so much pressure around our knee joints, and which eventually increases our chances of knee joint issues in younger age. In many cases the result of this habit on our knee will be visible in older age.

There are many other reasons for arthritis as well like obesity, sedentary life-style, consumption of unhealthy diet, less exposure to sun and vitamin D deficiency. In starting this disease may hamper your routine activity but in advance stages it results in disability.

Dr. Atul Mishra further explained that in our country many women start facing knee problem in their 40’s while in case of man it’s considerably very late, and almost 90% women have deficiency of Vitamin D which is very helpful in regulating bone metabolism. If you are facing severe pain, Joint stiffness, or crackling noise from knee joints than it’s an indication of knee arthritis. If you are experiencing this problem than change your sitting posture as arthritis will make it very difficult to bend your knee

If you are in early stage of this condition than cycling, swimming or static cardio exercise is the best option for you, this workout will strengthen your knee muscles and make them flexible as they provide support to your knee. One should also focus on losing weight and changing lifestyle as excess weight put so much pressure around our joints, and also include adequate amount of vitamin D in your daily diet

For knee diseases, and conditions treatment in Delhi you can consult with best knee replacement surgeon in Delhi Dr. Atul Mishra