Another serious disease of our time is osteochondrose.Her first signs can appear in his youth, when suddenly, with long-sitting on a computer or above the laptop, at the beginning, in the beginning, only discomfort begins, and then pain in seventh cervix.Soon the pain becomes so that it is difficult to turn your head or "tear" from the pillow.After a few days, the worsening usually passes, and before the next attack can take a few months, maybe for years.However, not flattering!The first attack is a serious warning that the mechanism of destructive dystrophic changes in your body is already running.To figure it out, we think of what osteochondrosis is and why you need to start treating the first symptom.
What is osteochondrosis?
Osteochondrose is a complex dystrophical changes in the spine in which such phases may differ:
- Destrophic changes in the cartilage tissue of intervertebral disks, as a result that movements become limited and cause feelings of discomfort (stage I)
- Deformation of drink and gradually reduction in intervertebration distance (phase II).
- Establishment of intervertebral hernia (Phase III)
- Formation of spikes (osteophytes) and ligament sensory, making movement very difficult and painful (phase IV)
The formation of herninia is a complex process to which the entire sections will be dedicated.However, you should now know that such a serious disease occurs if osteochondrosis does not treat in time.Therefore, so you have an idea of what hernia is, we will say in two words about it.To do this, you will need to turn on again in anatomy short time and remember the spine and spinal device.
The distrophy of the spinal disk leads to the weakening of its fibrous rings and moving the main shock absorbers (core), as a result of whose bulge (protrusion) or so-called "pre-gr gryzh".Then, under the influence of the load, sooner or later there is a rump ring and nucleus out of disk - the cheaper is formed directly, which causes strong pain when the damaged radicular nerve is damaged.
In order to identify the presence of osteochondrose, especially in the early stages, when curvature does not give obvious external signs, they also determine its orientation and degree, it is necessary to make a magnetic resonance.This diagnostic method does not cause any damage to human health, as opposed to X -Ray, also allows you to specify the angle of deviation exactly.Based on the description of the radiologist and the MRI image, the specialist builds a correct plan for patient treatment, which, of course, strengthening the muscle corset.
When choosing a clinic for the subject of the MRI test, it is primarily necessary to study the power of used equipment and qualifications of employees in the Clinic.
Types of osteochondrosis of spine
Osteochondrosis can be of several species:
- Cervical is the most common as well as young and older
- Thoracic - is relatively rare
- Lumbardar - develops after 40 years
- Sacral - usually passes off the crudd
- Common - affects several departments or even the entire spine
In the same sequence, the spontaneous development of this disease often happens: starting from the upper core spines and endings with sacral and cocci.
But it happens that the type of osteochondrose is associated with human activity.Thus, Cervical is usually common among students, designers and all other representatives of the "brain" occupations, in which the neck is located in a constant tense state.Physical work employees, athletes-dosedes from young people can have lumbar osteochondrose, taxi drivers and other representatives of "sitting" specialties - sacral plus with lumbar with cervical set!Hard of osteochondrose is often observed in the veto, which is almost all day on their feet, because it is a hide that keeps our body in an upright position, and the whole load falls during the standing or process of walking
Causes of appearance and development of osteochondrose
However, osteochondrose is not just a disease of a seated lifestyle, improper posture or a result of lifting weight.There are many more factors and reasons for the origin of this disease.I will highlight only the main one:
- Incorrect diet with insufficient amount of protein and increased sugar and fat
- Breached metabolism and hormonal imbalance
- Contagious diseases
- Hypothermia
- Great weight and obesity
- Spine injuries
- Honorary degeneration
- Hereditary
- Stress
Main symptoms of osteochondrose
Cervical osteochondrosis:
- Neck pain and in head (can give under the shoulder blade, to sternum and hand)
- Dizziness, especially when changing the position in the head
- Armeness in areas of doors, persons, languages, submarine areas
Torakal osteochondrosis:
- Thoracic pain that can be intensified about inhalation and when moving
- A feeling of stiffness in the chest
Lumbar cross:
- Lower back pain (can be acute or acute) that gives legs, and the localization of your legs can move around the entire length of the limbs
- Legs (breach or even loss of sensitivity)
Osteochondrose pain is specific neurological.So, a headache, dizziness, stiffness or legs in legs tend to take as direct manifestations of head or leg disease, although these can be symptoms of vertebrate osteochondrose.Therefore, if you notice something anxious in welfare, matching above the above characters, be sure to visit a neuropathologist.The doctor, who questioned, with suspicion of this disease, will necessarily prescribe the X -Ray examination.
Main methods of treatment of osteochondrose
The most effective removal of back pain:
- Therapeutic gymnastics (back pain exercises)
- MLS LASER (after 2. sessions, pain passes)
- Hivamat (a unique procedure that immediately relieves pain, but we must be just like 2-3 times.)
Very removal of causes of osteochondrose progress is the main method of its treatment and prevention.
Prevention and treatment of an unsuccessful
This is above all:
- Active (mobile) Lifestyle and Sports
- Normal diet with a protein diet that excludes fats and sugar
- Medical physical education (exercise therapy) with individually selected set of exercises for each type of osteochondrose
- Physiotherapy (Magnetotic therapy, ultrasonic treatment, electrophoresis, laser therapy)
- Massage, hand and reflexology
However, such a conservative treatment is suitable for prevention, in order to prevent osteochondrose advancement, not in the active period of the disease.But how to treat this disease, if it starts, its events are obvious, and the person has a worsening phase, namely: precisely:
- Pain and elevated temperature
- limited, which are given with great difficulty, movements
In that case, exercise therapy and physiotherapy are categorically contraindicated and exclusively use drug methods.
Methods of treatment treatment
First of all, you need to stop the pain and mitigate the inflammatory process into the nerve spine, which is irritated.For this purpose, they were appointed:
- Not -steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID);Corticosteroids, glucocorticoids Irr.(prescribed if NSAID operation is not enough)
- Newly blockade (with strong pain)
- Preparations for removing muscle spasm;
- Licelak against pain, gels and creams;
The second phase of treatment includes:
- Use of Vacrodentor: Osteochondrose is always in narrowing of blood vessels and oxygen of brain starvation (hence the headache and dizziness)
- Appointment of funds that soothe the nervous system: patients with this disease are always alarming and suspicious, in most cases are very scared to the first attacks of the disease.
- Treatment of simultaneous phenomena - This can be hypertension and heartbreaking activity
- Treatment must prescribe a neuropathologist, in the form of hoods, injections and tablets
Don't try to treat your disease yourself!
At the end of an acute period and normalization of welfare, return to the untrecoration method of preventive treatment: Practice therapy, massage and physiotherapy in the absence of contraindicates for them.
Health to you!