Spine disease in our time is considered a serious medical and social problem. Any other person older than 30 years suffers from various vertebrates. Osteochondrosis is diagnosed in 70% of the capable population of older years.
What is osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis is a neurological disease of chronic nature. From the Greek language, this concept was translated as a osteo - bone and hondros - cartilage.
As a result of pathological destruction of tissues, their elasticity and loss of original shape are reduced. The distance between the vertebral is reduced, and the spine is deprived of a stable balance. They differ between lumbar, thoracic and cervical osteochondrone.
In connection with the weakening of intervertebral discs in the body, irreversible pathological processes can begin to develop. With a delayed treatment, such a process can lead to the vertebrate of the Kill and the protrusion. Furthermore, the degradation of the joint pillar and intervironmental ligaments may occur. All these processes lead to the formation of bone processes - osteophytes.
Causes of disease
Osteochondrosis is developing according to the numerous factors that depend and do not depend on the person. The main reasons lie in the following:
- The causes of deviations in the interface parts are asymmetrical work posing muscles. This happens in cases of irregular heating before exercise, unpleasant posings, when they carry heavy bags, irregular position in your sleep and using too soft mattresses or pillows.
- Often causes of osteochondrose can be flat leg legs. At the same time, the foot disease does not provide appropriate depreciation during the interaction with support and the entire load for the transition to intervertebral columns.
- People with excessive body mass are very often faced with spine problems. This is due to the fact that fat deposits are distributed in various parts of the body and the axis of the spine, regardless of excessive burden, begins to deform. Intervertebral compounds take over the entire excess mass and overload over time.
- Information development cases are very common than the background of different back injuries, overloading dynamic and statistical nature, regular vibration on the axes of vertebrae. Moreover, the older person becomes, the more commonly becomes susceptible to such events.
- The curvature of the spine is undoubtedly the cause of osteochondrose development. Such pathology can also be developed in early childhood and at a later age. In school years, most people gain certain deviations associated with the spinal column. At the latest age, these manifestations are poured into chronic disease.
With the above reasons, the following may differ:
- hereditary predisposition;
- smoking;
- intoxication or contagious diseases;
- A sharp termination of strong physical effort in the gym;
- inferior nutrition;
- changes associated with age;
- posture during pregnancy;
- harmful environmental conditions.
Symptoms of osteochondrose
The main symptoms in the disease can be called pain in the back and neck. The weight of the symptom depends on the weight and phase of the disease. Osteochondrosis has an extensive clinical picture. This is due to the fact that the location of interfoodbral disks, Kile, the growth on the vertebrae are formed. All this leads to an impaired blood supply, nerve rings, a fault in the spinal cord and the appearance of the fibrosis of the surrounding vertebrates.
With the development of osteochondrose, the following symptoms begin to appear:
- The retreat or pulsating pain in the neck, neck, lower back appears;
- It feels the weakness of the muscles;
- When they turn their heads, crusts are heard;
- Periodic headaches and dizziness appear;
- Person feels unexpectedly fatigue than the usual routine jobs, which is poured in chronic over time;
- I feel stiffness of limbs, their pain and coolers;
- sensitivity is disturbed;
- Muscle hydrotency develops;
- Body fatigue, including around.
Depending on the area of the spine that is osteochondrose affected, the symptoms can vary. I feel cervical osteochondrose, pain in your hands and shoulders, the head begins with dizzying, "flies" appear periodically in front of your eyes. The lesion of the thoracic region leads to pain in the chest and region of the heart. The lumbar region declares that the pain in the lower back that are given to your feet or pelvic organs.
With a delayed treatment, the following disorders may appear:
- spinal hernia;
- Kiphosis;
- protrusion;
- radiculitis;
- Salt deposits in the space between vertebrae;
- Stroke of the spinal cord;
- Udova atrophy;
- Sales of your legs.
Healing osteochondrose
Osteochondrosis is treated with a fairly long period of time, about three months plus an annual rehabilitation. Self-confidence can worsen the patient's condition and it can take more time to treat and recovery.
Therapeutic procedures are carried out in two areas: conservative therapy are also used surgical interventions. In addition, the patient prescribed appropriate nutrition and general recommendations for maintaining his health.
During the conservative treatment, the goal of stopping pain syndrome, the normalization of the spine and prevent further dystrophic changes in the "axis". It is performed by the following methods:
Drug therapy
Focused on removing pain syndrome and prevent inflammation of the tissue spine components. At the same time, the goal is to improve the operation of metabolic processes.
The following medications are prescribed:
- Anti -inflamatory non-steroid.
- Antispasmodics.
- Antioxidants.
- Improving blood microcirculation.
Osteochondrose drugs can be used as tablets, fats, gels and injections. Fats based on bee and snake poisons have good criticism. Famous anesthetic fats can be used without a medical recipe for muscular pain relief.
Fats are also used in the period of deterioration pain and for osteochondrose prevention.
To stop pain and stop inflammation, various therapy blocks also use. They help reduce muscle tonic syndrome. This blockade has been found app:
- Trigger points block;
- inside the bone;
- paravertebral;
- Epidural.
Physiotherapy
The procedure is needed to mitigate heavy pain in the spine and near neighboring organs. It is prescribed in the period of drug therapy and in the rehabilitation period to improve their efficiency.
Physiotherapy is performed using the following funds:
- ultrasonic effects on the spine;
- Laser treatment;
- Magnetic - resonant therapy;
- Use of low frequency currents.
Physical education Physiotherapy (exercise therapy), kinesitherapy
This type of treatment is selected individually depending on the weight of the process that arise, their phases and the age of the patient. Exercises are selected dosed and carefully. The purpose of such exercises is to correct the posture, normalize the operation of muscle tissues, their flexibility. At the same time, decompression of nerve roots is exposed and the prevention of possible complications is performed.
The procedure allows you to normalize the metabolism and nutrition of interverters, improves blood circulation, restores the distance of the discs and vertebral, allows you to deploy the load on the entire support and engine.
In addition, the following procedures have a good restorative effect:
- Massage. It helps to improve blood circulation, mitigate stiffness and muscle tension, as well as improve the general condition of the body and patient health.
- Hydromassage. The effect goes the same as from massage therapy, only the operation of the entire nervous system is still improving.
- Hand therapy. The impact goes to certain points of bones and muscle systems. The motor activity is renewed, the immune system is strengthened and the prevention of possible complications is performed.
- Extension (towing) spine. Use of special equipment, the spine is corrected. The procedure helps to finally resolve the attacks of pain.
Surgical intervention is used with the inefficiency of conservative treatment. The surgical method is prescribed for the strongest injuries of the spine and its nearby organs.
Each type of osteochondrosis can develop for many years in one location of localization. But at the same time, pathological processes can be formed in any part of the spine. Timely treatment guarantees a favorable forecast and complete drug osteochondrose.