Spinal osteochondrosis: symptoms, causes, treatment

Although our spine is designed for an active lifestyle, it requires moderate load, and overstrain is dangerous and can cause osteochondrosis.

Cause

The causes of osteochondrosis can vary, both internal and external.

Endogenous (internal) reasons include infringement of intrauterine development, genetic tendencies and age -related changes in cartilage.

The main cause of the disease is considered to be an improper distribution of loads of the spine, leading to the deterioration of cartilage in places of excessive pressure.

In addition, the disease is caused by spinal injuries, congenital defects, infectious diseases, weak back muscles, S and lateral scoliosis, severe physical activity related to the activity area and only holds uncomfortable pose.

Osteochondrosis can appear not only to people with improper posture involved in mental work, but also to physically trained - for example, among athletes and movers.

In addition, the disease occurs with impaired metabolism (especially calcium and phosphorus deficiency), lack of trace elements and vitamins (magnesium, manganese, zinc, vitamin D), weight problems, obesity.

So, let's summarize.The most risky osteochondrosis factor is:

• exposure to chemicals;
• Continuous vibrations - for example, among truck drivers or agricultural machinery drivers;
• flat feet;
• irrational nutrition, overweight;
• SEDENTARI LIFE;
• Working on computers and driving cars continuously;
• smoking;
• excessive training at the gym;
• incorrect posture;
• hypothermia;
• wearing uncomfortable shoes (especially in high heels);
• Continuous stress, smoking.

For medical observations, the disease is most often exposed to movers, rifles, buildings, gymnasts.People who often find themselves under pressure always go with their heads and shoulders - they are all at risk for osteochondrosis.

Manifestation of osteochondrosis

What happened to osteochondrosis?Depending on the area there is a damaged intervertebral disc, pain can occur in: neck, shoulders, arms, back, chest.It occurs that someone suspects a heart problem, but in fact, it is a nerve disease that is compressed by osteochondrosis.At the same time as pain, one often feels overstrain and numbness from the muscles.If the blood vessels that feed the brain are squeezed, headache, dizziness, noise in the ear, double eyes, nausea and vomiting, fainting appears.

Symptoms of the disease depend on the spinal cord suffering from osteochondrosis, but the main feature is pain.

Symptoms of lumbar osteochondrosis include:

• pain or persistent pain;
• Painful sensations are enhanced by physical activity or movement;
• Pain can be given to sacrums, feet, pelvic organs;
• The sensitivity of the feet is disturbed;
• Often a person is in trouble, trying to turn, to bend, and therefore has to maintain a pose where discomfort is most unexpected.

Signs -Cervical area osteochondrosis:

• increased headaches during movement and do not pass after analgesic;
• Dizziness with sharp head turn;
• Pain syndrome in the hands, shoulders and chest;
• "Flies" and spots -colored spots in front of the eyes;
• vision of vision and hearing, "ring" in the ear;
• Sometimes the tongue is numb, the voice change.

With thoracic osteochondrosis, the following symptoms:

• chest pain and between shoulder blades, when raising hands, tendencies;
• The pain feels stronger at night, with hypothermia, turning, strong physical activity;
• Painful sensations are enhanced with deep breathing and exhale;
• numbness from individual areas of the skin, "goosebumps";
• itching, burning, cold sensation in the feet;
• pain attacks between ribs while walking;
• The feeling of the chest was squeezed with a loop.

Nutrition for osteochondrosis

With osteochondrosis, nutritionists recommend complying with the following rules:

The main thing is to observe the nutrition of fractions (there are small parts 6 times a day).

Another principle of diet is:

• presence of dairy products in diet, low type of meat (beef, rabbit, chicken), mushroom dishes and cereals;
• We need to limit yourself to using grapes, legumes, nuts, nuts, meat soups;
• It is useful for jelly, jelly, flooded fish in the diet.With them, you get the ingredients that participate in the synthesis of cartilage;
• Drink at least 1.5 liters of clean water daily;
• enriching the daily menu with fruits and vegetables -fresh, emphasis on cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, onions, springs, cabbage, pepper, broccoli, celery;
• From known preparation methods, give priority to cooking or prepared for several dishes;
• More often eat sunflower seeds, nuts, avocado, raw spinach;
• Salad twine with olive oil;
• If the financial ability allows, then prepare a lobster, oyster, crab;
• Try to eat salted products, smoke, flour products, sugar, as small as possible.

Treatment and diagnostics

If the first signal appears a feature of osteochondrosis, it is necessary to contact a neurologist.Experts will hear complaints, conduct spinal column examinations, diagnose if there is a problem with brain circulation, and, perhaps, will give an appointment with radiography, computer or corresponding magnetic resonance of spinal cord.

It is necessary to prepare for the fact that treatment will produce a long process that requires someone with great strength and free time.

Modern medicine today is available for various methods of combating osteochondrosis.These are medicines, food supplements, manual therapy, charm, acupuncture, massage, therapeutic gymnastics, and more.The experts present will select individual courses based on the physical characteristics of the patient's body.

Together with traditional techniques, alternative treatment with traditional medicine is possible - massage, bee poison, etc.

Prevention

For the prevention of osteochondrosis, experts recommend the following:

• Performing correction of spinal curvature and posture disorders at the early school age.
• Actively engaged in physical education, swimming, yoga, sports walking, fitness, which will allow you to form a muscle corset.
• Adhere to the diet, eat products with adequate vitamin, calcium and magnesium content (fish and other gifts from the sea, cabbage, spinach, nuts, nuts, seeds, nuts, coarse bread and fresh milk).
• Fighting with excess weight.
• When it comes to weight, make sure the uniform load on both hands, wear a backpack instead of a bag.Weight lift only with the use of the feet, not the spine.
• Sit on a computer or table, keep your back straight and your shoulders relax.
• Choose chairs and chairs that support the spine.
• Every 2 hours or more often take a break at work, go, destroy, set up office gymnastics.
• When lifting weights, keep your back straight, sit down, do not make sharp screams.
• Do not wear heavy objects in front of you.
• Make sports in shoes with a single absorbed shock.
• Sleeping in orthopedic mattresses;
• Do exercises for a stomach newspaper.