How to treat joints?

Tell me, what is better to treat joints: “cold” or “heat”? This is a question from my grandmother, she heard somewhere about some kind of joint freezing that effectively helps...

Nadezhda, Vladivostok

Dr. Alexander Andreev:

- There is an expression: “Arthrosis joints love warmth” - this applies to 90% of cases! That is why all folk compresses are made with vodka (warming). Even when a warm cat sits on the sore knee, the pain noticeably decreases...

But in the remaining 10% of cases - when the joints are inflamed and there is fluid in them, heat only provokes an exacerbation. In this case, it is better to use the so-called cryomassage (-20–400 C). Your grandmother may have heard about cryochambers, where massage is carried out with liquid nitrogen - it boils at a temperature of -1960 C.

Any cryoprocedures are prescribed by a doctor and are performed only by specialists.