Treatment of osteochondrosis

The choice of treatment in osteochondrosis of the thoracic produce, depending on the severity of the disease and the availability of primary disorders.

Symptoms of degenerative disc disease of the thoracic:

• Drawing pain between the shoulder blades
• Burning sensation between the shoulder blades
• Pain in the heart and upper abdomen during motion and at rest
• Pain between the ribs
• Pain in the thoracic spine at the end of the working day (if the work is sedentary), or in the morning, after a dream Dreams: how to understand our dreams .

As a general rule, apply one or more of the following treatments:

• Drug therapy (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), analgesics, hormones)
• Manual therapy
• Massage
• Physical therapy
• Acupuncture
• Spinal traction (contraindicated in the acute stage of the disease)
• Medical gymnastics and swimming (after primary treatment)
• Surgical treatment

In addition, patients with osteochondrosis of the thoracic need regular exercise - regular exercise, walking, and so on. Care must be taken that at work, home and in the car at the patient was the most comfortable seats (this does not mean - the softest). If you have to drive many hours in a bus or a flight, bring a small pillow to put her waist. If you have to lift something heavy, do not bend, and squat to pick up and load, and then get up slowly. So the weight will fall not only on the spine, but also on foot.

Try to limit your intake of salt - salt builds up in the joints, causing a worsening of symptoms of osteoporosis. Gelatin increases the elasticity of cartilage, so often cook a variety of jelly; Doctors even recommend adding a little gelatine in soups - but it depends on your taste.

If your doctor has recommended you the vitamins, take them regularly. The development of thoracic osteochondrosis can be successfully controlled, if at the time to take action.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation osteochondrosis includes gymnastics, massage, physiotherapy, manual therapy courses Chiropractic: the main thing - to choose the competent expert , Reflexology Reflexology - a policy of non-drug therapies   and other types of non-drug treatment.

Physical activity in osteochondrosis should be dosed. Gymnastics in osteochondrosis performed by a doctor under the supervision of a specialist. It may be useful in osteochondrosis of the horizontal bar, on which a patient can do vis poluvis or in specially selected position - it offloads the spine. During remission is not contraindicated fitness osteochondrosis, but only in consultation with the doctor and with the exception of jumps, sharp movements, as well as the vertical load on the spine (osteochondrosis and fitness - it is a dangerous combination). Bike osteochondrosis is contraindicated, the same applies to bodybuilding, which is based on aggravating load - bodybuilding and low back pain are inconsistent.

It is useful in osteochondrosis thermal procedures, including whether the bath is useful in osteochondrosis? Osteochondrosis and bath concepts are compatible, but the benefits will only be the case if a bath Sauna and health: the benefits and harms of bath procedures   gradually get used to, not to get too high load on the heart. But low back pain and alcohol are not compatible - alcohol has an active effect on the blood vessels: first, expanding them, and then causes a persistent narrowing, and this is harmful in osteochondrosis. Although, of course, occasionally a small amount of consumed alcoholic beverages rather weak negative influence will not.

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Complications of osteochondrosis

Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine can be complicated by severe headaches, visual and hearing impairment, cerebral circulatory disorders, vascular dystonia, ataxia, scapula-humeral periarthritis, epicondylitis significant limitation of mobility of the neck and shoulder girdle.

How dangerous osteochondrosis

In the area of ​​any of the spine can develop a herniated disc, accompanied by severe pain, do not remove the conservative treatment - such patients need surgery. In this modified drive under the influence of even slight stress crack into fragments, which can move relative to the vertebral bodies. There are options for disk displacement, such as diffuse protrusion (diffuse low back pain - this is a misnomer) - a condition in which the displaced fragment stretches the annulus. Herniated disc - a rupture of the fibrous ring and gryzhepodobnoe bulging disc. Diffuse protrusion in the neck causes pain in the neck and restricted her mobility in the lumbar - pain in the lumbosacral region and limiting the movement of the spine.

One of the complications of osteochondrosis of the lumbosacral spine is persistent poor circulation in the area of ​​the spinal cord because of the compression of the vertebral arteries altered intervertebral disks - compression-vascular ischemia Ischemia - when the brain fails to work . Compression of the artery that carries blood to the end of the spinal cord causes paralysis of the leg and buttocks, violation of the sensitivity in the perineal region. Simultaneous arterial lesions and root L5, S - paralysis of the limbs and disruption of the pelvic organs (bowel and bladder).

Lumbar low back pain may also be complicated by complicated disc herniation 12 thoracic and lumbar vertebrae 1 (T12-L1), which exerts pressure and stimulates the affected segment S1-S2, L2-L-4 spinal cord. Thus there is pain, shin, hamstring, and weakness in the legs. Buttock and calf muscles become progressively lose strength and decrease in volume. The back and the outer surface of the foot and lower leg is reduced or completely disappears sensitivity.

Cauda equina syndrome develops when squeezing (compression) spinal nerves on the first lumbar vertebra and the lower (cauda equina). This syndrome usually occurs in patients with congenital narrow spinal canal. Manifested cauda equina syndrome (low back pain tailbone) Severe pain in the rump, loin, which is given in the buttock, crotch and back-outer thigh. Sometimes manifested paresis, peripheral paralysis, encircling sensitivity disorders. In severe cases, paralysis of both legs and buttocks.

Another complication is intermittent claudication, associated with blood circulation in the lower spinal cord. Weakness in the legs when osteochondrosis associated with this syndrome. Patients also complain of frequent urination, numbness in the lower torso. After a rest these feelings pass.

The consequences of osteoarthritis largely depend on the timely treatment. Extensive low back pain can lead to permanent disability.

Diagnostics

How to identify low back pain? Sometimes it is not so simple: the symptoms of osteoarthritis Symptoms of osteoarthritis - pain and disturbance of sensitivity   It may be very similar to the symptoms of other diseases, including diseases of the internal organs. Differential diagnosis of degenerative disc disease of the cervical and thoracic spine should be carried out with coronary heart disease Heart disease and heart attacks: that every woman should know , Myocarditis, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Symptoms similar to osteochondrosis, including pain, sensory loss and movements may cause other diseases, such as tumors of the spinal cord.

How to identify low back pain? To do this, you need to be screened. Surveys in osteochondrosis include consultation of a neurologist, laboratory tests, plain radiography of the spine (may reveal major signs of osteochondrosis), myelography (research with the introduction of the spinal canal contrast material, revealed herniated disc), as well as computer and magnetic resonance imaging ( CT or MRI - the most accurate methods of research that can detect changes in the soft tissues, such as a tumor).

Analyses in osteochondrosis - is, first of all, a complete blood count Complete blood count how to understand why taking blood from a finger . A blood test to distinguish osteochondrosis degenerative dystrophic disorders characteristic of osteoarthritis of the inflammatory processes.