RESTORATION OF THE KNEE JOINT OF A YOUNG PERSON BY MEANS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY ON THE WAY TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Quite recently, speaking about diseases of the knee joint, the discussion, as a rule, was about older people, more often, over 60 years old. Problems such as arthritis, arthrosis, acute arthrosis and other diseases arising from wear and tear of the joint during life came to mind. Nowadays, everything has changed since adolescence. Young people at the beginning of the XXI century, in connection with the development of scientific, technical and computer progress, increases physical inactivity, which leads to various diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Today, a very large number of young people suffer from knee diseases, the genesis of which is mainly post-traumatic or mediated by the growth of pathologies of the knee joint tissues. Injuries can occur due to accidents, but some of them can be triggered by the presence in patients of such chronic processes as connective tissue dysplasia. This disease significantly increases the risks of weakening the ligamentous apparatus of the joint. As a result, the likelihood of injury increases. The article presents the author’s complex of physiotherapy exercises for the restoration of the knee joint (A. A. Pantyushina) after injuries and related operations.