"The incidence of arthritis and sports injuries has risen in China. Especially with the rise of the fitness boom in China, the incidence of sports injuries has seen explosive growth."
Increased incidence of sports injuries
In recent years, the fitness boom has swept across the country, and more and more people have invested time, energy and money in fitness and leisure projects. Some people have frequent access to gyms and some actively participate in outdoor sports.
Statistical data from the National Institute of Sports Science and Sports Research Institute shows that as of the end of 2014, 33.9% of the population in China participated in three moderate-intensity physical exercises a week; while the incidence of sports injuries in China reached 0.513%, which is higher than that of developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States. Among them, 0.373% in the United Kingdom and 0.456% in the United States.
“With the accelerated aging of the Chinese population and the rise of the fitness culture, the incidence of sports injuries and joint diseases has risen in both the elderly and middle-aged and young people, and the amount of orthopaedic surgery has increased year by year.â€
50% of elderly people have rotator cuff injuries
It is worth noting that rotator cuff tears are a very high incidence of disease both in Europe and the United States and in China. The disease occurs in people over the age of 35, and 50% of people over the age of 70 have rotator cuff tears. At present, the cause of rotator cuff tears in the medical community is still not conclusive. In the 1970s and 1980s, the medical community thought that the disease was caused by shoulder spurs. Now it is thought that it is mainly due to excessive exercise and degenerative changes in the joints.
"The shoulder joint has two layers of muscles. The rotator cuff injury causes the muscle strength of one of the layers to weaken. Therefore, the patient's arm strength becomes weaker. When he is lifted to a certain height, he feels pain in the neck muscles or elbow joints. Even if he can lift his arms, it is not shoulders. The role of cuffs depends on the strength of the neck muscles, but in real life, many people do not see a doctor because of rotator cuff tears, although they find that the arms are not as high as they used to be, but because they do not seriously affect daily life. Life, so it has been endured, this situation is especially common among the elderly."
"Regular sports will be healthier, but excessive exercise may cause joint damage." The main sports that affect the shoulder joints include basketball, badminton, swimming, diving, ice hockey, rugby, and tennis, especially those who often play tennis. For the method of protecting the shoulder joints, he suggested that “patients with rotator cuff injuries should always exercise moderately, but they must not engage in high-intensity exercise. Obesity should be actively reduced. More importantly, patients should change their smoking, drinking, etc. Bad habits. Studies have shown that smokers have a much lower recovery capacity than non-smokers.â€