Osteochondrosis of the spine, as a disease of human species, or "civilizational disease," is associated with the directization in which the burden on the entire structure of spine and intervertebral discs increases significantly.Modern, sitting lifestyle only worsens the situation.It is unlikely that there is an adult that has not experienced osteochondrose events in one form or another.For this reason, questions about how, and where to treat osteochondrose do not lose relevance.
Four-fifths of all back pain caused by osteochondrose.And from the point of view of spending on his treatment, it is not inferior to cardiovascular diseases or flu.
Causes
After achieving the middle age of a person in the interfaced discs, a vascular canal is formed, and thus, their diet occurs in accordance with the principle of diffusion.This is especially complicated by the regeneration of interfaced discs after excessive or asymmetric load, as well as micro and macro injuries.
Infutable or irrational, food adds "oil in the fire", and intervertebral cartilage, without receiving the necessary nutrients, start gradually losing strength and elasticity and deform.
The exact causes of osteochondrose, unfortunately, are not established today, so it is generally accepted that this is a certain set of risk factors, including:
- Metabolic process disorders in the body;
- Genetic predisposition;
- Weak physical development, violation of positions and straight feet, other disorders of the musculos-bone system;
- Contagious diseases and intoxication;
- Spine microtraw due to falls, strikes, sudden movements and excess loads, the same types of asymmetric movements;
- Macro trauma spine due to fractures and bruises;
- Irregular nutrition, sitting lifestyle and excess weight, leading to lack of liquid, vitamins and trace elements;
- Stress conditions and smoking, leading to cramps and narrowing of blood vessels;
- Meteorological conditions under which low temperature and high humidity are observed.
There are many reasons for the development of osteochondrose, and they are all one or the second result of the wrong way of life, whose hostages are becoming more and more people modern society.
Osteochondrose prevention
It is obvious that the best prevention of osteochondrose is rational nutrition and physical education, including classes:
- Morning self alert lower back, back and limbs.
- Hygienic gymnastics with flying movements and legs, jumping in place, head rotation, hours on the horizontal strip.
- Five-minute physical education pauses in the workplace with a set of 7-9 exercises.
- Swimming in the pool, especially on the back.
Of course, if the time prevention time is missed, this list of exercises will need to expand therapeutic exercises, which provide a technique for the spinal channel.
The power supply for osteochondrosis should contain a large amount of protein, except for the mushroom dishes, the remains of animal fats, the first dishes - mostly vegetarian, other dishes, or in oven, spices - are welcome.Salt consumption and physiological products (herring, salmon, domestic tasks for winter), sugar, flour, butter and other confusion, grapes and juice, strong coffee and tea, apolan is sharply limited.
The mass of the daily diet should not usually exceed 2 kg, liquids - 1 liters and kilocalories - 2600 units.The daily diet is calculated for frequent meals-5-7 meals per day.
If the analyzes show the lack of certain vitamins and trace elements, they are further prescribed.
Osteochondrose diagnosis
Depending on the location of the localization, osteochondrosis can be:
- Cervical (25% of cases) - monitors pain in the hands and shoulders, headaches with further possible development of vertebrae syndrome, when the noise in the ears, "flies" and colored stains before the eyes.
- Thoracic spine, - Pain appears like "stake" in the chest, it hurts "shoots" in other organs: Heart, lungs, stomach.
- Lumbosacral spine (50% of cases) - lower back pain, which gives legs, cross, and sometimes in the groin can be accompanied by the syndrome of the corrupted function and sensitivity of the lower extremity muscles.
- Common (12% of cases) - is a combination of osteochondrose spine several wards at onceAnd because - the hardest form of this disease.
In addition to painful pain in the appropriate parts of the spine, a sense of pain and stiffness in the limbs, hurts with osteochondrose with other symptoms: reduction of freedom of movement and increase, additional loads, or sharp turns or snages.
A preliminary diagnosis was made on the basis of the above symptoms and in the initial testing of the patient's spine in various positions - by lying, by the patient, after the patient is sent to the hardware diagnostic to confirm and cleared or defeated the diagnosis.The main types of spine studies include MRI, calculated tomography, radiographs and ultrasonic diplerography of the main brain arteries.
This happens that after detailed reviews, the diseases were further revealed, which is the complications of osteochondrose: Hernia - spine and intervertebral, the intervertebral disk protrusion, radiculite and kyphosis.
The quality of the diagnosis is of the utmost importance, because many of the sense of osteochondrose are absolutely identical with the symptoms of other diseases, and sources of pain can also be a spinal root or damaged intervertal disk.
Healing osteochondrose
But the diagnosis is accompanied by treatment, which can be two types -Conservative And Operative - Depending on the ignorance and seriousness of the disease and the presence of internal recovery resources, other indications and contraindications.
In a large number of severe cases, it is impossible to do without surgery, in others, conservative treatment is justified.However, only highly qualified doctors can bring the right choice, and sometimes their consultation.
Conservative treatment, as well as subsequently rehabilitation, is required a comprehensive approach, which means the use of many methods from different sectors of medicine.Modern medicine in most cases reduces conservative treatment and postoperative rehabilitation in two things: drug therapy and hardware processing.At the same time, the full underestimation of their own body resources is observed, treatment, as was, "in the absence" of the patient, as if the patient's active participation in medicine cannot happen.Such a "passive" treatment and rehabilitation always turns out to be longer, and sometimes unsuccessful.
At the same time, conservative treatment and postoperative rehabilitation should contain several different methods, such as:
- Exercise therapy - Exercises of therapeutic gymnastics;
- Isometric kinesiotherapy;
- Hand therapy;
- Reflexology;
- Underwater hydromassage;
- Unloading treatment based on the elimination of the spine;
- Magneto, electric and vibro stimulation;
- Ultrasonic and laser therapy;
- Therapeutic diet
- Psychotherapy;
- Drug therapy.
With the correct selection and combination of many therapeutic methods, drug treatment can be moved to the last place and resort to it in the minimum volume or in the stages of worsening.
Hours with psychologist in combination with exercise therapy forcing a person to believe in his strength and actively participate in recovery or postoperative renewal.
The manual and hydromassage, reflexology not only improve blood circulation, relieve pain syndrome, but also arouses the internal body force.
Underestimating the role of the dietetics can minimize drug treatment efficiency, because individually and properly selected nutritions allow you to have saturated nutrients with the necessary nutrients, accompanying nutrition, and without aggravating diseases, obesity and cardiovascular diseases and gastrointestinal tract diseases.
And however, drug therapy still needed, usually includes several therapies:
- Anti -infalmatory;
- Antispazmodic;
- Antioxidant;
- Blood microcirculation stimulation;
- Correcting psychosomatic disorders and prevention of cartilage tissue degeneration.
So we will concise: postoperative rehabilitation and conservative osteochondrose treatment in the special departments of state clinics in most cases deprivate patients with comprehensive recovery treatment, and such treatment at home adds several other problems.The fact is that he is trying to rehabilitate at home, the patient is facing at least the fact that:
- experiences the lack of medical equipment - orthopedic beds, simulators, physiotherapy devices or simply need space for physiotherapy exercises;
- Detects the impossibility of self-imaging and self-harmonious, which are fine with any recreational techniques: cannot adhere to sleep, wake, medications, the passage of medical procedures and diet for a longer period of time.
- I feel the lack of dietary and cooking skills that make you draw a prescription and select right and distribute daily nutrition, whose injury can deny the effectiveness of other health methods.
So, it is best to undergo recovery treatment in specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers specializing in comprehensive rehabilitation and conservative osteochondrose treatment.