Causes of ankle joint degeneration
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1. What is ankle joint degeneration?
Ankle joint degeneration is a condition where the cartilage in the ankle joint area deteriorates over time, causing the bone ends to rub against each other during movement, resulting in pain, stiffness, and inflammation. Additionally, this condition can damage the muscles, ligaments, and tendons surrounding the ankle joint.
This condition can occur at any age but is most common in middle-aged individuals, typically those aged 45 and older. Notably, women tend to have a significantly higher incidence of ankle joint degeneration than men.
2. Causes of ankle joint degeneration:
Aging
As individuals age, the natural aging process accelerates, causing the joint cartilage to erode, thin out, and become less flexible. Simultaneously, the lubricating fluid in the joint also diminishes significantly, contributing to ankle joint degeneration.
Excess Weight and Obesity
The ankle joint bears a significant amount of weight from the body. Higher body weight increases the pressure on the ankle joint.
Trauma and Injury
Up to 80% of cases of ankle joint degeneration are linked to previous trauma or injury. Accidents and injuries can affect the joint cartilage’s quality and alter the ankle joint’s structure, increasing the risk of inflammation and degeneration by more than sevenfold
Congenital Joint Abnormalities:
Congenital foot deformities such as flat feet, high arches, and misaligned feet can lead to weaker ankle joint connections, making them more susceptible to damage and degeneration.
3. Signs and Symptoms of ankle joint degeneration:
Individuals with ankle joint degeneration often exhibit the following symptoms:
Swelling, warmth, redness, and fatigue in the foot, especially during strenuous activity or while wearing high heels.
Morning stiffness in the ankle joint, requiring massage or movement for 5 to 10 minutes to regain mobility.
Frequent experiences of numbness, tingling, and heaviness in the foot.
Audible cracking or grinding sounds during foot movement, accompanied by a sensation of friction.
Deformities in the ankle joint include the disappearance of the ankle’s prominent bone or muscle atrophy around the joint.
4. Common Complications if Ankle Joint Degeneration is Left Untreated:
Failure to treat ankle joint degeneration in a timely and appropriate manner can lead to various dangerous complications, directly impacting the patient’s work and daily life:
– Prolonged Pain and Discomfort: Patients typically experience prolonged, throbbing pain in the ankle and foot area. Pain episodes may occur suddenly or after minor impacts to the ankle joint.
– Fluid Accumulation in the Ankle Joint: Additionally, ankle joint degeneration often leads to inflammatory reactions, causing swelling, warmth, redness, and increased pain.
– Hallux Rigidus (Stiff Big Toe): When the cartilage ultimately erodes, the foot bones fuse, resulting in stiffness and immobility in the big toe. This condition severely hampers movement and walking.
– Joint Deformity: The disease’s impact can alter the structure of the ankle joint, leading to joint deformity and changes in gait.
– Disability: Ankle joint degeneration can lead to cartilage loss and damage to the joint’s biological structure. If not treated promptly, it can result in muscle contractures, weakness, joint deformity, and permanent disability.
Prolonged pain
Swelling, heat, redness in the ankle area
Effusion of the ankle joint
Joint stiffness syndrome
Deformity of the ankle joint
Permanent disability
5. Treatment for Ankle Joint Degeneration using Advanced Bio Nano Cell Therapy:
Leveraging cutting-edge advancements in modern medicine, AMIO StemCell offers a standardized American approach to treating ankle joint degeneration using Bio Nano Cell therapy, a form of stem cell therapy.
Bio Nano Cell operates on automatic search, repair, and complete replacement of damaged cells caused by aging with new, healthy cells. This therapy offers several benefits:
– Rapid Pain Reduction: Significantly reduces symptoms like pain, stiffness, and joint rigidity.
– Accelerated Cartilage Regeneration: Enhances the body’s natural healing processes, forming new cartilage and bolstering the body’s self-healing capabilities.
– Improved Joint Lubrication: Enhances joint lubrication, eliminating dry joint conditions.
– Slows Down the Aging Process: Slows down joint cartilage aging and damage.
– Collagen Supplementation: Stabilizes the joint cartilage structure.
– Enhanced Mobility: Improves joint mobility, durability, and flexibility.
Notably, this is a treatment for joint degeneration that does not require medication or surgery and allows patients to continue their daily activities without needing prolonged rest. Bio Nano Cell therapy is considered a leading choice for joint degeneration treatment in the United States and Europe.
