Osteochondrosis- This is a spine disease, or rather, its ligament equipment.
Simply put, disruption of metabolism in the intervertebral cartilage.
The name osteochondrosis comes from Greek words from osteon - "bone" and chondros - "cartilage". The essence of osteochondrosis is a dystrophic process in bone and cartilage, followed by their aging. Osteochondrosis of the spine in the classical medical sense is the cartilage degenerative damage to the intervertebral disc and reactive changes from the organs surrounding the spine. It is generally accepted that it all starts with disk malfunctions, but pain syndrome is already due to the neurological complications of this process.
There is an opinion that osteochondrosis is a disease, which results from the results of many factors - both hereditary and acquired. People begin to manifest osteochondrosis, most often after 35 years. Development and exacerbation of osteochondrosis of the spine promotes its macro- and microtraum, static and dynamic overload, as well as vibration.
The useful, optimal load on the spine and the intervertebral discs is when we find the spine in the natural state, which is conceived by nature. When this position changes, the spine is not inappropriate distribution of the load, causing the cartilage to change in excess pressure areas.
This may be caused by:
- Work related to frequent changes in body position;
- Rise of heavy cargo;
- Forced posing for a long time (for example, between schoolchildren and students)
- The wrong position stands in the position, sitting, lying and lying;
- Physical education and sport without considering the influence of great physical effort;
- Injury, heavy physical labor
Most often, several factors lead to the development of osteochondrosis. Including some space relieves stress, hypothermia, negative weather conditions (low temperature in combination with high humidity), various chemicals that enter the body with food and breath. People with excess body mass. The causes of osteochondrosis may be a congenital deficiency of connective tissue (weakness of the ligament), exchange-hormonal, autoimmune diseases, trophic disorders in the joints, etc. Sh.
Osteochondrosis- degradation and destruction of intervertebral discs. This is osteochondrosis, which is the cause of spinal pain in 80% of cases.
The mechanism of pain in this way can be simplified in this way: the intervertebral disc does not withstand the load and its protrusion is created. Around the intervertebral disk are nerve processes, vessels and spinal cord. Disk hernia, which affects any nervous process, causes its inflammation, causing pain.
Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is characterized by various symptoms. There is an unpleasant sensation in the hands, extending from the shoulder and shoulder to the outer surface of the shoulder and the forearm to the fingers, the numbness of this zone, the increased sensitivity or decrease, and sometimes you have to get up at night, and the muscles of the hands. The pain can be severe, cutting and accompanied by an electric current. Often the pain on the arm is intense with minimal load; Some patients cannot walk in the jacket - they are on their shoulders and seem to be very heavy. The pain becomes intense in coughs, plates, tension and especially when attached to the healthy side. Motor disorders can occur, more often in the hands, especially in the fingers. Typically, it is affected by 2-3 lower spine of the spine.
Sometimes bumps, burning, extinguishing in the hands or feet, limiting the mobility of the upper or lower extremities, and impaired sensitivity. The appearance of "cervical migraine" indicates damage to the spine artery. Blood circulation in the stem and the occipital parts of the brain is disrupted. A constant symptom is a headache. Usually, the pain is found in the back of it and extends to the parietal-October region. The pain is constant and intense with neck movements, more often in the morning. Older people often lose consciousness with a sharp turn of heads, preceded by dizziness, noise in the ears, visual gravity and hearing loss, nausea and vomiting.
Sometimes the heart aches there are - prolonged, pressing. Cervical spine with osteochondrosis, especially in the old and older age, often occurs in soft tissue changes in the form of seals. These seals are defined in the neck muscles, the cervical spine (often VII vertebra) processes, wrist, elbow joints, super- and subclavial fossa. With age, the cyotrial seals of your hand are increasingly evident due to the change in the structure of the tendon.
Chest spine osteochondrosis manifestations are extremely diverse, but none of the symptoms are strictly specific. Mostly, symptoms are determined by the localization (location) of the painful process and the degree of severity. Chest spine pain is a major symptom. After physical effort or in one position for a long time, the pain exacerbates, forcing patients to change posture even at night. Burning, painful or boring pain in the scapula and Interspect space is very characteristic. Patients complain about the feeling of "iron mites". Drinking spine processes is painful. Pain can spread to various internal organs.
Diagnosis of osteochondrosis
Diagnosis of osteochondrosis is made by a neuropathologist, an orthopedist. To confirm the diagnosis of osteochondrosis, the doctor will detect symptoms of the disease, the history of the disease, and examine the patient. When examining patients with osteochondrosis, the spine curve (scoliosis), the presence of painful points and tense muscles on the sides of the spine is usually identified.
Radiological examination of the spine, calculated tomography, or nuclear magnetic resonance of the spine, calculated tomography, or spine.
How to treat osteochondrosis
Currently, there are many ways to treat osteochondrosis, after taking and completed medication. Naturally, there are many controversy about these methods and their impact on the body. When choosing a treatment method, you should pay attention to some points.
For example, if you are going to treat drugs, you should pay attention to the fact that most of them will adversely affect the stomach and liver, so it is important to contact experienced specialists who will choose drug therapy.
When choosing a manual therapist, it is advisable to be more closely, because the non -professional, which is now quite a lot, can bring you into a wheelchair. When choosing therapeutic exercises, it is important to note that exercises do not cause the spine, but only the development of the back muscles. Try to do all the exercises slowly, without sudden movements.
For the prevention of osteochondrosis and eliminating its exacerbations, it is advisable to follow some rules that will reduce the work of the spine:
- Always exactly follow the back
- Try not to cancel heavy objects. If necessary, take them shredded and do not lean on
- More often, do not allow muscle spinal atrophy
- Hang as often as possible on a horizontal strip and swim
But not everything is so terrible. For those who do not yet have this disease, there are many preventive measures, others have an arsenal of joints to treat this disease.
Prevention of osteochondrosis
As you know, it is easier to avoid the disease than to treat it. Prevention of osteochondrosis is essential for everyone - both children and adults. Moreover, there is nothing difficult in it and the prevention of osteochondrosis does not require any special effort. The first and perhaps the most important point is to take care of the spine. To do this, the world of advice advises you to constantly play sports or at least gymnastics, which will help develop the spinal muscles corset and improve blood circulation. Next is constantly monitoring posture and walking, not hunting, not stopping.
Ideal posture is when the head and back are on the same vertical, the shoulders straighten, the shoulder blades are not cut, the chest grows and the stomach is removed. My yoga teacher once said that the stomach is noticeable not because we eat a lot, but because we go wrong. How is it right? Imagine that they are caught from the top and the floor socks are barely touched. Practice such an exercise for two weeks and soon you will not notice that they have become a wonderful posture.
It is also advisable to hang on a horizontal bar as often as possible, stretching the spinal column and resting. Provide yourself into a dream in which your spine will take the right position. Scientists' studies have shown that the ideal posture of the spine on the back. At the same time, the mattress should be enough to get a convenient natural posture of the spine. To do this, place an elastic roller under your feet. We recommend buying an orthopedic mattress and pillow and finally throwing a feather bed grandmother.
If you have a monotonous sedentary work, always every two hours (the more often, the better) you get breaks. Rest, stand on your head and shoulders, go. If possible, go to fresh air. By the way, such breaks are legalized and in the Labor Code they have the right to people who are constantly working on a computer.
We include a balanced, vitamin nutrition prevention. Try to eat fish and seafood, nuts, legumes and various dairy products. Periodically take complex vitamins. By doing so you will not allow metabolic disorders. Excess weight is a destructive load on the spine, so try not to recover.
A few words about prevention in children. It is necessary to monitor the child's posture, do gymnastics or morning exercises (this will be more effective if you do it together). And yet, give preference to school backpacks, not bags, as these are backpacks that balance the load on the back.