Everyone has experienced back pain, many people live with such pain all the time. In two-thirds of cases, the cause of back problems is degenerative spine disease. With osteonecrosis, bone, cartilage tissue of the spine - neck, thoracic, lumbar, is destroyed. With age, the risk of tissue abrasion increases, every second on the planet's inhabitants over the age of 30 there are signs of bone necrosis.
Spine diseases cause back injuries, constant stress when doing heavy work. Genetics, intense exercise, improper diet, sedentary lifestyle play some role - most urban dwellers are at risk.
How to recognize bone necrosis?
With osteonecrosis, the symptoms are general, specific, characteristic of degenerative changes in articular cartilage, discs, tissues of the spine.
Cervical spondylosis will manifest itself with constant back pain, paralysis of the vertebrae segments, limited range of motion, pain that increases with sudden movements, lifting weights.
Specific signs of osteonecrosis:
- Cervical type leads to blood circulation disorders, causing headaches, ringing in the ears, "flies" in front of the eyes. There are problems with the nutrition of the brain, which leads to constant stress;
- suffered from bone necrosis in the thoracic region, developed intercostal neuralgia, pain appeared in the chest, ribs;
- diseases of the lumbar spine cause the progression of diseases - lumbago, sciatica (sciatica), lumbar sciatica.
With sciatica, the sciatic nerve is affected. Symptoms are pain in the buttocks, low blood pressure in the calves and glutes.
Low back pain is recognized by sharp pain in the lower back due to vertebrae deviation, spinal disc prolapse.
With sciatica, low back pain occurs in the buttocks, up to the back of the thighs, shins, feet, ankles.
Treatment of osteonecrosis
The clinical manifestations of osteonecrosis of the spine are different, sometimes you have to see different doctors to find out the cause of the disease. The correct diagnosis will be made by a neurologist, orthopedist, in some private clinics - chiropractors, chiropractors, doctors who treat diseases of the spine.
The doctor will announce the main diagnostic result at the first visit, when the patient's back is palpated. After X-ray, computed tomography, MRI, treatment is indicated.
Treatment of osteonecrosis of the spine pursues the goal of eliminating pain, preventing further tissue destruction, and deforming the spine.
Vertebral osteosarcoma is a chronic disease with stages of healing and remission. Treatment of spina bifida during an exacerbation includes bed rest for 1 to 2 weeks, and pain medication when the pain is severe.
With cervicitis during an exacerbation, you should wear a special kind of restraining collar. If the chest area or lower back is affected, a corset for the spine will help reduce flare-ups. Types of bras:
- for the chest area - a bandage resembling a vest. It is used to straighten the spine;
- for fractures of the spine - plaster, elongated corset;
- a stiff cardigan worn after spinal surgery, trauma. Helps support internal organs when muscles are weakened;
- Wide belt corset for lumbar spine. Recommended for hernia, displacement.
Treatment of cervical spondylosis needs to be comprehensive: drug treatment, exercise, manual therapy, diet - conservative treatment. Sometimes surgery.
Drug treatment
Your doctor will prescribe medication to treat osteonecrosis. Classes of drugs have different therapeutic goals.
In the initial stage, anti-inflammatory drugs are taken. If back pain continues for more than 2 weeks, but less than 3 months, pain medication is added. If back pain is more than 3 months, add an antidepressant.
The drug, the dose set by the attending physician, the act of self is destructive - the drug has side effects.
Treatment with folk remedies
Treatment of diseases with folk remedies is done in addition to the main thing, not to replace pills. With cervical spondylosis, home treatments will help relieve pain and reduce inflammation.
Cooking recipe:
- One teaspoon of dried burdock leaves in a cup of boiling water. Apply to the painful area, keep it for 20-30 minutes. Then wrap a warm towel over the painful area.
- Three teaspoons of crushed marshmallow root are poured into a cup of cooled boiling water. Insist 8 hours, perform compression.
During the period of remission, medicinal infusions are administered orally - they help prevent exacerbations of osteonecrosis.
Manual therapy treatment
An effective method for conservative treatment of the disease is manual therapy for spinal osteonecrosis. It is worth finding a highly qualified professional. A good chiropractor will relieve pain syndrome, eliminate muscle spasticity, improve mobility of disc joints. An unqualified doctor will cause irreparable harm to the spine.
In order for manual therapy to help with dystrophy, it is important to follow the rules. Before massaging, should warm up the tense muscles, stretch the muscles rhythmically so that the patient does not feel pain. Then the muscle is relaxed, after half a minute of deep breathing, the patient is stretched as much as possible until a slight pain occurs. The muscle in this state is fixed for half a minute, then relaxes. Due to the stimulation of the nerve endings, a therapeutic effect occurs.
Treatment with exercise
Exercises for the spine by chiropractic along with other methods help improve metabolism, spinal mobility, strengthen muscles, and restore damaged discs.
Morning exercises for osteoarthritis of the spine include exercises:
For the cervical spine:
- Keep your head and shoulders straight. Slowly turn your head to the right, to the left;
- We tilt our heads back, with our right ear trying to reach our left shoulder. We repeat on the left.
For the chest area:
- We sit on a chair, our hands between our knees. While inhaling, we lean to the side, when exhaling we straighten our body. We repeat in the other direction;
- We sit on a low back chair so that our shoulder blades rest on it. Slowly bend backwards to see the wall behind.
For the lumbar spine:
- We lie on our back, bend our knees, press against our chest. We sway back and forth - from the back to the sacrum, for 1, 5-2 minutes. We stretched out, lay quietly.
Complex exercises on exercise therapy for osteochondrosis of the spine, treatment combinations should be found on the Internet, ask a chiropractor.