Every year, the number of patients who go to medical institutions for help is mostly low back pain. If you don't even do a lot of physical exercise on your bones, then your exercise is a sedentary lifestyle-at night, your back will still be injured.
Why does this happen and how to eliminate the persistent discomfort?
The cause of back pain can be hidden in many pathologies. If you feel discomfort in the lumbar area, see a neurologist immediately. Persistent back pain and discomfort can lead to restricted and reduced activity.
In most cases, the cause of back pain may be spine disease, vital organ disease, birth trauma caused by professional activities. After the examination, only experienced experts can make an accurate diagnosis. In some cases, many other diagnostic measures are also prescribed.
According to statistics, back pain affects 50% of the world's population.
At the same time, in infancy, this phenomenon is a sign of visceral disease that rarely occurs. In most cases, back pain troubles elderly patients.
Pathogenesis
Usually, the cause of back pain is related to musculoskeletal defects. A rare pathogenesis, which seriously violates the composition of bones. Similarly, at some point, the most dangerous diseases can cause back pain. Such as tumors and inflammation in the spinal cord, pathology of vital organs-heart, liver, etc.
Therefore, the reason:
- During pregnancy.
- Scoliosis.
- Pelvic bleeding.
- Aortic injury.
- Infectious parasites enter the muscle tissue of the spine and pelvis.
- The malignant tumor spreads back.
- Postponed infectious diseases. For example, FLU.
- Various injuries.
cn damage
The reason may be the existence of certain diseases:- osteochondrosis;
- radiculitis;
- Intervertebral hernia;
- Bone cancer;
- Fracture;
- Sciatica and many other diseases.
Osteochondrosis
Backache from osteochondrosis is naturally painful. Moreover, the symptoms are spine tightening and discomfort in the waist area. After a certain period of time, numbness appeared in the pathological area. This restricts movement. Back pain is more pronounced during exercise.
It will also appear brighter when you cough, sneeze, or move suddenly. Because the intervertebral disc compresses the nerve endings, the "hell's pain" is troubled.
Back pain may last from a few minutes to a day. If the disease spreads to the chest, there will be discomfort in the heart organ. Therefore, patients do not always guess that they have angina pectoris. If you do not start treatment in time, osteochondrosis will become a chronic disease. The patient cannot stand or sit for a long time, and will soon feel tired. He always wants to sit and lie down.
3/4 of the population with acute back pain symptoms happen to have this disease. In addition, the disease affects people over thirty years of age. This is due to the fact that over time, the human spine wears and is susceptible to various pathologies.
If you have a back injury and you suspect osteochondrosis, you need to make an appointment with a neurologist. He will take diagnostic measures to make an accurate diagnosis, prescribe special drugs, prescribe physical therapy exercises and eat as needed.
radiculitis
Back pain can lead to diseases such as sciatica. The disease is the result of compression of nerve endings, which results in changes of different nature. All of these are accompanied by backaches, which often occur.
The syndrome is manifested at the diseased site. It can be permanent or temporary. The pain will spread to the arms and legs. In addition, muscle mass becomes weaker and limbs become numb.
Intervertebral disc herniation
In the early stages of disease development, back pain is inherently dull. When bending, turning, strenuous exercise, it will become more. Usually, drowsiness may appear in one of the lower limbs.
After some time, the back pain began to become severe. As a result, intense muscle over-tension. This helps limit movement. As a result, the patient's posture becomes worse. Usually, this pathology develops in patients after forty years. At an earlier age, it manifests as a result of injury.
This disease should be treated at the initial stage of its development. You need to seek the help of an orthopedic or neurologist. Usually, doctors use CT to diagnose this pathology. As a therapy, they resort to surgical intervention.
Diagnostic activities
If persistent severe back pain makes your life difficult, go to the hospital.
First, the expert checks the muscle tissue and spine bone by palpation. He also assesses the state of the central nervous system. The second step will be laboratory tests of blood and urine. This is necessary in order to eliminate the possibility of pathology in the kidney organs.
Radiography is an additional diagnostic measure. In order to eliminate the possibility of various types of fractures, osteomyelitis and many other diseases, it is necessary.
If X-rays show blurred results, CT and MRI of the spine are additionally prescribed. CT scan clearly shows all the elements of the bones of the spine, while MRI-the condition of the spinal cord and intervertebral discs.
When performing the listed diagnostic methods, osteochondrosis is often found. It cannot even be called a disease, but an age-related spinal change.
During the diagnostic measures, in most cases, it will be found that certain diseases will develop with age. Even if the patient has never experienced back pain, pathology can be found. Based on the results of the complete diagnosis, highly qualified experts will diagnose and prescribe effective treatments.
Pain Therapy
In order for the pain syndrome to leave you alone forever, you need to eliminate its causes. In other words, he will cure the disease that caused this pain. The neurologist or orthopedist chooses individual treatments for each condition.
However, the treatment of all types of pathology is related to cupping, acupuncture and manual therapy.
Pain relief
Generally, when the patient lies down, the pain of any disease will be reduced. But this is not recommended. When a person is lying down most of the time, the disease begins to develop at a faster rate.
For certain types of pathology, experts require bed rest. Of course, the doctor’s advice must be followed, but this time should be kept as short as possible. The earlier you get up, the more beneficial to your recovery.
Don’t overload your spine either. During this period, if you suffer pain, please avoid physical exercise and wear a special medical corset for fixation.
Pain relief includes conservative methods of influence. Experts prescribe oral and injection drugs. Usually, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac and lornoxicam are prescribed.
Muscle relaxants: tizanidine and tolperisone hydrochloride are also used. When the malnutrition process occurs, chondroprotective agents will be used. The doctor may prescribe topical ointments and gels, which are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
After a thorough examination and accurate diagnosis, the doctor may recommend physical therapy, including heating with dry heat. And a set of exercises for physical therapy exercises.
Manual therapy
If this treatment is performed by a qualified manual operator in accordance with all rules and regulations, the pain syndrome will disappear in the shortest time. In addition, manual therapy helps eliminate vertebral defects.
This treatment method cannot be used alone without the permission of the attending specialist. Only after performing diagnostic measures (X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging) can the neurologist recommend this exposure method. This is due to the fact that treatment has its own contraindications.
If the hernia or disc is defective, manual therapy should not be used. It is not recommended for use in cardiovascular diseases, including after a heart attack or stroke.
Do not use this treatment for cancerous tumors under any circumstances.
For thyroid diseases and osteoporosis, this method is also not recommended. If the disease is in the worsening stage, please refrain from manual treatment. In summary, this method of eliminating pain in the spinal area cannot be used for poor blood coagulation.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is also called acupuncture. This method of treatment is usually used to treat pain caused by a heavy load on the spine or when the patient is constantly under pressure.
Experts suggest that acupuncture can help restore endorphins. The effects of these elements on the human body are similar to morphine. As we all know, morphine is a narcotic substance that can completely suppress pain.
Chinese medicine experts believe that acupuncture can eliminate any form of pain.
Still under the research guidance of Russian scientists, acupuncture cannot be used under the following circumstances:
- Pathology with heart organ and its structure;
- For malignant and benign tumors;
- If you have surgery;
- For kidney organs and liver diseases;
- During pregnancy and breastfeeding;
- Poor blood clotting;
- There is an acute infectious disease.
Final output
We have found that back pain and its causes are of many natures, so everyone should choose the treatment individually. Usually, the manifestation of pain is directly related to the pathology of the spine and spinal cord.
This is why you should at least contact a specialist for symptoms.
As an additional consultation, neurosurgeons, rheumatologists, oncologists, pulmonologists, traumatologists and many other highly qualified specialists can conduct the examination. To find out which doctors are needed, please make an appointment with your therapist. He will propose further action plans.
In addition to the experts listed, they also use massage therapists, reflexology specialists and manual operators to treat and prevent pain syndromes. The most important thing in treatment is not to eliminate pain defects, but to eliminate the pathogenesis caused by pain. We can take a complex treatment as an example, which includes two stages.
In the initial stage-use a medicine that can eliminate the pain caused by its ingredients: vitamin B and diclofenac. Due to the extremely low content of diclofenac in the drug, it does not cause unpleasant side effects.
The next step is to use the drug, which contains the required amount of vitamins B1, B6 and B12. It helps to restore the myelin sheath of the fibers and improve the transmission of impulses from nerve endings. It can also eliminate pain and prevent its recurrence.
The timely detection of diseases and their treatment methods can enable patients to stand up in the shortest time. The sooner you seek help from a medical institution, the more likely you are to lead a fulfilling life. Any attempt to get rid of family pain may lead to irreversible consequences.