Common orthopedic injuries at home

Injuries can happen anywhere even at home. Major injuries don't need to happen only at the workplace or due to accidents on the road or at play. Injuries, pain, niggles and discomfort can occur even at the safest of locations like your home and occur during the most normal routines that you do home. Joint injuries are the most common injuries that can because even by prolonged immobility or too much movement.

Nowadays ninety percent of the population of the globe is either at home or confined to the walls of their workplace due to Corona. The visit to gyms, gardens, public places, vacation destinations and sports arena are restricted due to Corona, so lot of rigorous activities have been curbed. Even then there is a high chance of hurting your joints while just sitting around at home or doing your normal easy routines at home. 

Activities that require a lot of squatting or bending of the knee at acute angles are a cause of some minor or major injury to your knee. The activities that an Indian household that could cause discomfort and injury to your knee are listed below:

  • sweeping and mopping the floor
  • long hours of laptop work on the couch or sofa
  • climbing ladders for cleaning of higher places
  • washing clothes in a squat position
  • praying on the knees or with crisscrossed legs
  • blunt trauma due to impact with furniture
  • getting up from low sitting positions
  • sudden motion while playing with children
  • kitchen work involving standing for long
Any of the above activities could cause minor to major pain in the knees which may be due to overuse of the knee joint and also acute abnormal angles they are subjected to while doing these activities. 

Similarly, a lot of injuries to your ankles, wrist and shoulders could also be caused by the daily normal routines at home. Injuries that could mar your ankles could be:
  • twisting while walking on the uneven terrain of your home garden
  • slipping and spraining while watering plants
  • slipping or unbalancing in the bath
  • sprain while climbing or descending stairs or ladders
  • twisting while mopping or sweeping
  • accidents while playing with children
These may need only normal home remedies to subside but can also get serious if the gravity of the injury is more and the pain is aggravating or persisting for a longer time.

Shoulder or wrist injuries may be caused more by lifting heavy weights and due to pulling or pushing of stationary objects. The shoulder could also be injured due to lack of movement. Some discomfort causing episodes to your shoulder and wrist may be:
  • long usage of mobile
  • continuous use of laptops
  • lifting buckets of water
  • moving furniture
  • fall due to slippery floor
  • handwashing a lot of laundries
  • lack of exercise to shoulders
These actions could cause twists, sprain or fracture in your wrist or shoulder. Immobility can be a very big factor in causing frozen shoulders as at home you can go into a very sedentary lifestyle. 


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