Physiotherapy with cervical osteochondrosis

Medications with cervical osteochondrosis (drug treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease) is often combined with physiotherapy. Physical therapy reduces pain and swelling of the tissues, improve circulation, help to strengthen the muscles of the neck and back.

Physiotherapy with cervical osteochondrosis prescribed depending on the stage of the disease, its main manifestations, pain intensity, the patient's age, presence of concomitant diseases (especially cardiovascular). This can be a course of treatment consisting of one type of physiotherapy or a combination of several kinds thereof.

Electrophoresis with cervical osteochondrosis applied at all stages of the disease. For pain relief prescribed electrophoresis with novocaine and hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone - a drug that could save the life of the patient For resorption of adhesions in the spine - with Lydasum and so on. Darsonval with cervical osteochondrosis relieves pain and muscle spasm, improves blood circulation. Widely used in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease as Amplipuls, ultrasound, magnetic therapy, a low-energy laser radiation, diadynamic currents.

Spa treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease

Treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease can be carried out in the sanatorium conditions. Treatment is carried out at a resort just outside exacerbation. For the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease using various baths - radon, sulphide, hydrogen sulfide, turpentine, with decoctions and infusions of various plants - roots and rhizome, fruit chestnut, oak or fir bark, chamomile flowers, sage leaves Sage - cvyaschennaya grass , Nettle, burdock, oregano, juniper, tansy, black currant, violet, horsetail, hops, thyme. Apply also a bath with sea salt and pine extract.

Widely used in a variety of spa and thermal treatments - mud, paraffin, ozokerite.

Manual therapy for cervical osteochondrosis

Manual therapy - manual manipulation helps to relax the muscles and restore proper anatomical relations tissues. The techniques of manual therapy is widely used for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease. Including an experienced doctor who owns these methods can relieve severe pain caused by the infringement of spinal nerves.

Conduct sessions of manual therapy can only neurologist or orthopedic surgeon, having trained and certified specialist in manual therapy. Perform tricks of manipulation therapists (especially if they have no medical training) is fraught with serious complications.

Therapeutic exercise with cervical osteochondrosis

The role of physiotherapy (physical therapy) for cervical osteochondrosis can not be overestimated. The complex exercise therapy with cervical osteochondrosis appoint a doctor exercise therapy based on the opinion of the treating neurologist.

This will reduce the load on the spine and prevent infringement of the spinal nerves. A set of exercises selected individually - there are only those exercises that the patient performs without effort and pain.

In addition to physical therapy with cervical osteochondrosis it is very useful for swimming, but not diving. Also useful are walking outdoors with metered loads. It is widely used as a variety of massage and self-massage.

Traditional methods of treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease

How to deal with cervical osteochondrosis? For example, to treat cervical degenerative disc disease folk remedies. So, have some analgesic medicinal plants: yarrow (herb), tansy (flowers), celery and some others. Prepare one infusion can be so: a tablespoon dry chopped herbs pour a glass of boiling water until cool, strain and take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day for half an hour before meals.

It is widely used in folk medicine as treatment nettles with cervical osteochondrosis. Nettle can be prepared, for example, oil nettle, which improves blood circulation and metabolism Improves metabolism and losing weight without dieting , Helps to restore cartilage. It is prepared as follows: 2 tablespoons pounded stinging nettle seeds pour half cup of vegetable oil, and insist 2 weeks. Then filter, pour into a bowl of dark glass. With cervical osteochondrosis nettle oil applied to the skin and gently rub.

Another popular means of cervical degenerative disc disease: Mix equal amounts of lemon juice and 5% alcoholic solution of iodine. Apply the mixture on the day prior to the painful areas until a color change on the skin will not persist for several days. Leeches in the cervical osteochondrosis also once considered a national method, hirudotherapy today has become one of the methods of conventional medicine. Hirudotherapy also improves blood circulation and metabolism in cartilage.

How to cure cervical osteochondrosis? How to get rid of cervical degenerative disc disease? Is there a cure cervical osteochondrosis? These are the questions the "newcomers." Most patients with cervical osteochondrosis Cervical osteochondrosis - the lot of office workers   with experience we understand that completely cure the disease is impossible, and effective treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease should be long and complex.

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First aid in case of osteochondrosis

What an exacerbation of osteoarthritis? First of all, you need to take a comfortable position, which reduces pain. Then be taken orally or to enter into the rectum as suppositories analgesic and simultaneously apply the same means as an ointment or cream on the most painful place. For this purpose, the most commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The most popular NSAIDs in osteochondrosis are diclofenac (in the form of rectal suppositories and emulgelya Voltaren), ketorol (tablets and ointment), indomethacin, and so on. there are the new generation of NSAIDs, most often in osteochondrosis use of nimesulide and its analogs (Nise, nimesil, nimulid and others). These drugs produce fewer side effects, including hardly cause erosions of the gastric mucosa.

If the patient has long suffered from osteochondrosis, then it is almost always a muscle relaxants - medicinal preparations, relieving muscle spasm, such as Mydocalmum Mydocalm: drug from muscle spasms . First aid should include osteochondrosis taking this drug in the dosage prescribed by the doctor. If, despite the measures taken, the pain is severe, call an ambulance. Sometimes it is accompanied by the appearance of acute depression. Antidepressants in osteochondrosis is better to use vegetable origin, for example, the infusion of hypericum.

Osteochondrosis packs can also relieve pain. At pains to Dimexidum apply compresses, bischofite, honey and aloe Aloe - its amazing healing properties .

Especially effective compresses Dimexidum - anti-inflammatory agent for external use, which is produced as a concentrated solution. To compress dimexide Dimexidum - relieve inflammation and pain, baldness cure   diluted by half with water (if the skin is very sensitive, it can be diluted with water to three quarters), moistened cloth and put it once a day to the affected skin. Superimposed on top of the waxed paper napkin, another dry cloth, woolen fabric wrapped and left for 30 minutes.

Moderate pain can be removed with a laser. Laser therapy in osteochondrosis improve local blood circulation, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

What is useful in osteochondrosis? What to do in case of osteochondrosis, to prevent aggravation? To do this, you should follow some precautions:

• Avoid sudden movements head, neck and torso;
• not stay long in the same position;
• choose the right bed and mattress and pillow;
• wear comfortable shoes on a low steady heel;
• metered, in consultation with a doctor to increase their locomotor activity in the form of Therapeutic exercises, hiking and so on; if the work is sedentary, every two hours to arrange physical activities for 5 minutes;
• avoid hypothermia, including drafts; during the cold season to dress according to the weather;
• not the least important is the food, because low back pain - a metabolic diseases; Power must be reasonable, but not excessive, include all the necessary food ingredients;
• to get rid of excess weight.

How to equip a bed with osteochondrosis

Very often the cause of chronic pain in osteochondrosis is the wrong bed. Contraindications osteochondrosis include the use of soft quilts and uneven sagging mattresses - they make the back muscles to tighten, causing the vertebrae through the night experiencing a heavy load. Neurologist and orthopedic osteochondrosis recommend sleeping on the bed, the basis of which must be rigid (eg wooden board). On top of that foundation, you can put one - two thin mattress. This will allow your spine all night to keep the correct position.

Mattress osteochondrosis is best to choose on the advice of a physician. Very comfortable latex mattresses of different degrees of softness. People suffering from obesity, it is better to choose a hard version, thin - softer.

How to sleep at an osteochondrosis? Only by adhering to certain rules. Nestling in a bed at an osteochondrosis, it is necessary to find the most comfortable position - for different people, it may be different. You can reduce the pain, using two pillows: lying on your back, a pillow should be placed under the head and the other under the knees. When you turn on your stomach you need to put a pillow under the belly and the other at the ankle joint.

With cervical osteochondrosis Cervical osteochondrosis - the lot of office workers   it is important to position the head and neck during sleep. Create such a situation will help a special orthopedic pillow, a neck in osteochondrosis it should have extra cushion at the level of the neck, allowing the neck located above the head - it provides relaxation of the muscles of the neck and the normal cerebral blood flow.