Physiotherapy in osteochondrosis of the cervical

Physiotherapy treatments are used at all stages of the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease. They help to reduce pain, improve blood circulation and metabolism Improves metabolism and losing weight without dieting Reduce the dose of drugs, and sometimes completely replace them. There are physiotherapy devices that combine the action of physical factors with the introduction of drugs into the body (for example, electrophoresis, phonophoresis). In the treatment of degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine used many physiotherapy.

• Electrophoresis - introduction by means of electric current drug solutions through the intact skin. With cervical osteochondrosis appoint electrophoresis with novocaine, magnesium sulfate, aminophylline. The efficacy of the drug enhances the effect of the electric current, electrophoresis osteochondrosis helps to relieve pain and spasm of the neck muscles, improve blood circulation in the spine.
• Darsonval - pulsed current of high frequency, high voltage and low power. These procedures are well relieve pain and restore normal blood circulation in tissues and stimulates the metabolism.
• Amplipuls - sinusoidal modulated currents (SMC). It has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect.
• Ultrasound - has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and resolving action.
• Laser therapy - relieves moderate pain, improves blood circulation, anti-inflammatory effect. Laser therapy is especially effective in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease Treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease - exercise and medication   in remission - prevents the aggravation of the disease.

Treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease at home can be carried out with the help of vibro-acoustic apparatus Vitafon. This treatment helps to activate blood circulation and metabolism Metabolism: The basis of life of all living things   in tissues.

Treatment with leeches degenerative disc disease of the cervical

The beneficial effects with cervical osteochondrosis has hirudotherapy - treatment with leeches. The main curative effect of the saliva of leeches, it has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect, reduces tissue swelling. And as the leech in osteochondrosis put on specific points on the body of a man with ties to certain internal organs and tissues, it promotes the removal of reflex spasm of the neck muscles, which further improves the patient's condition. Hirudotherapy included today in the list of permitted in official medicine techniques.

How to equip a bed with cervical osteochondrosis

Comfortable bed can significantly alleviate the condition of patients with cervical osteochondrosis Cervical osteochondrosis - the lot of office workers . The bed should have a rigid foundation, which put enough soft mattress. Thin people can afford a softer mattress, full of the need to sleep on a thin hard mattress. Available in latex mattresses of varying degrees of hardness, it allows each patient to choose the currently most appropriate mattress.

Pillow with osteochondrosis of cervical department is also very important. It must be small and soft (if the patient is sleeping on his back). Tighter cushion required for those who used to sleep on your side. But cervical osteochondrosis vezhe recommended to sleep on his back.

It is best to fit a cervical osteochondrosis orthopedic pillow that has a roller at the level of the neck. This arrangement allows the neck located above the head - it provides relaxation of the neck muscles of the neck and optimal supply the brain with blood.

Treatment of osteoarthritis of the cervical spine should be carried out under the supervision of a physician.

Galina Romanenko

Radicular syndrome

Radicular syndrome - this is the most frequent manifestation of cervical degenerative disc disease. Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine can lead to a reduction in the size of the intervertebral holes due to lower height of the intervertebral disc and compressed nerve roots. Spinal nerve roots can also be squeezed vertebral bone growths (osteophytes), or bulging disc.

Some manifestations of radicular syndrome Radicular syndrome: the main thing - to find the cause   characterized by motor, sensory and metabolic disorders in the zones of innervation of nerve compression. The pains are usually intense and fiery character, intensifying when moving head.

With a sharp turn of the head in patients with cervical osteochondrosis Cervical osteochondrosis - the lot of office workers May occur exacerbation of degenerative disc disease of the cervical - infringement of spinal nerve roots extending from the spinal cord. It is accompanied by severe pain - cervical lumbago.

Instantly appeared protective muscle spasm of the neck increases the pain. Pain in osteochondrosis of the cervical so strong that for them it is impossible to make even the slightest movement of the head. Such a condition can be maintained from a few minutes to several hours or days. Then a sharp pain runs (this can happen suddenly, but may gradually) and remain nagging chronic pain.

Movement disorders develop in the neck muscles and the muscles innervated by the nerves of the brachial plexus. Neck muscles are in a state voltage protection, creating a posture aimed at reducing irritation or compression involved in the spinal nerves.

Osteochondrosis of the cervical - vertebral artery syndrome

Vertebral arteries - the arteries that feed the base of the brain and medulla - an area where the vital centers - respiratory, cardiovascular, and others.

The two vertebral arteries run through the hole in the side spines and then connected to the basilar artery. When osteochondrosis holes in the vertebrae through which the artery can be narrowed, which will lead to a permanent shortfall in the brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Compresses the vertebral artery can also be inflamed tissue surrounding the spinal nerve roots disadvantaged.

Symptoms of degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, which appeared at squeezing the vertebral artery, are combined in a single vertebral artery syndrome (or syndrome of the basilar artery).

The main and constant symptom of this condition is headache Headache: Causes and Complications . It can appear suddenly (if suddenly there was infringement of the roots), but most of the headache is chronic. Aching often one half of the head, so these headaches are called migraine neck I have a migraine. What to do? . Headache can be very strong, extended to the area of ​​the orbit, temple, ear, accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

Often vertebral artery syndrome manifests itself in the form of dizziness. Vertigo may be permanent, worse when moving the head, and can occur in the form of acute attacks.

Characterized as bouts of sudden loss of coordination, when the patient falls, threw himself, but then after a few seconds or minutes stands alone as the cornfields of-factly. Often happen and sudden loss of consciousness (fainting) - after a few minutes the patient wakes up, he gets up, feeling only weakness.

The syndrome of the vertebral artery can occur different kinds of visual disturbances (blurred vision, blurred vision, double vision), hearing (noise and ringing in the ears, hearing loss), swallowing (lump in the throat, called the pharyngeal migraine) and so on. If the blood supply to the brain is disrupted in the area of ​​the hypothalamus, then there may be a violation of thermoregulation. The temperature at an osteochondrosis of cervical department in this case can be increased or, on the contrary, decreased.