Every year, a number of patients who go to medical institutions for help complain of back pain. If you do not do even a lot of physical activity on the skeleton, your activity consists of a sedentary lifestyle - in the evening, your back still hurts.
Why does this happen and how do we eliminate the constant worry?
The causes of back pain can be hidden in a number of pathologies. If you have an uncomfortable feeling in the lumbar region, visit a neurologist immediately. Persistent back pain and discomfort can lead to limited movement and decreased activity.
In most situations, the cause that causes back pain can lie in diseases of the spine, diseases of vital organs, as a result of professional activity, birth trauma. Only an experienced specialist can make an accurate diagnosis after an examination. In some situations, a number of additional diagnostic measures are prescribed.
According to statistics, back pain affects 50% of the world's population.
At the same time, in infancy, such a phenomenon is a sign of internal organ pathologies that occurs rarely. In most cases, back pain afflicts elderly patients.
Occurrence pathogenesis
As a rule, the causes of back pain are associated with musculoskeletal defects. Less common pathogenesis, which lies in severe violations of skeletal elements. Also, at certain points, back pain can be caused by the most dangerous diseases. Such as tumors and inflammations in the spinal cord, pathologies of organs important for life - heart, liver and the like.
And so, the reason:
- Pregnancy period. Scoliosis.
- Pelvic hemorrhage.
- Aortic injury.
- The entry of infectious parasites into the muscular tissues of the spine and pelvis.
- Spread of malignant neoplasms in the back.
- Delayed diseases of an infectious nature. For example FLU.
- Various injuries.
The reason why cn hurts
may be in the presence of certain diseases:- osteochondrosis;
- radiculitis;
- intervertebral hernia;
- bone cancer; fracture
- ;
- sciatica and a wide range of other disorders.
Osteochondrosis
Back pain in osteochondrosis is painful in nature. Also, its symptomatology is a crisis in the back, an uncomfortable feeling in the lumbar region. After a certain time, numbness appears in the area of pathology. This restricts movement. Back pain is most pronounced with exercise.
It also looks brighter when you cough, sneeze, when you have a sudden movement. "Hell pain" haunts due to compression of nerve endings by discs.
Back pain can last from a few minutes a day. If the disease has spread to the chest, unpleasant sensations appear in the organ of the heart. Therefore, patients do not always think about the disease, thinking that they have angina pectoris. If you do not start treatment on time, osteochondrosis becomes chronic. The patient can not stand or sit for a long time, gets tired quickly, he always wants to take a supine position.
3/4 of the population who develop symptoms of acute back pain suffer from this disease. Moreover, the disease affects people who are over thirty years old. This is due to the fact that as the years go by, the human spine is consumed and becomes susceptible to various pathologies.
If your back hurts and you suspect osteochondrosis, you should make an appointment with a neurologist. He will make diagnostic measures to make an accurate diagnosis, prescribe specific medications, prescribe physiotherapy exercises, and place it on the necessary diet.
Radiculitis
Back pain can form with a disease such as sciatica. This disease is the result of compression of nerve endings, as a result of which changes of a different nature occur. This all accompanies back pain, which happens quite often.
The syndrome is manifested at the site of the disease. It can be permanent or temporary. The pain may radiate to the hands and feet. In addition, muscle mass is weakened, and limbs become numb.
Disc hernium
During the initial stage of disease development, back pain is dull. It becomes more when you bend, turn, sharp movements. Often, lethargy can occur in one of the lower limbs.
After a certain period, the back pain starts to become acute. As a result, there is a strong muscle overload. This contributes to the restriction of movement. As a result, the patient's attitude changes significantly for the worse. As a rule, this pathology forms in patients after forty years. At an earlier age, it manifests itself as a result of injury.
This disease should be treated in the early stages of its development. You should seek help from either an orthopedist or a neurologist. As a rule, the doctor uses CT to diagnose this pathology. As therapy, they resort to surgical intervention.
Diagnostic activities
If persistent severe back pain makes life difficult for you, go to the hospital.
First of all, the specialist performs a palpation examination of the muscle tissue and skeleton of the spine. It also assesses the condition of the central nervous system. The second step will be laboratory blood and urine tests. This is necessary to eliminate the likelihood of pathology in the renal organ.
Radiography is used as an additional diagnostic measure. This is necessary to eliminate the likelihood of the presence of fractures of another nature, osteomyelitis and a number of other diseases.
If X-rays show vague results, CT and MRI of the spine are also prescribed. CT scan clearly shows all the elements of the spine and MRI - the condition of the spinal cord and discs.
The presence of osteochondrosis is often detected when performing listed diagnostic methods. It can not even be called a disease, rather it is age-related changes in the spine.
During diagnostic measures, in most cases, certain diseases are found that form with age. Pathologies can be detected even if the patient has never experienced back pain. Based on the results of a thorough diagnosis, a highly qualified specialist makes a diagnosis and prescribes an effective treatment.
Pain therapy
In order for pain syndrome to leave you permanently calm, you need to eliminate the cause of its occurrence. That is, he will be cured of the disease that provokes this pain. A neurologist or orthopedist selects individual methods of therapy for each case.
But the treatment of all types of pathologies is accompanied by cup, acupuncture, as well as manual therapy.
Pain relief
As a rule, the pain in any disease recedes when the patient assumes a supine position. But this is not recommended. When a person spends most of his time in a supine position, the disease begins to develop at a faster rate.
For certain types of pathologies, a specialist prescribes respect for the rest of the bed. The doctor's recommendations, of course, should be followed, but try to shorten this time period as much as possible. The sooner you get out of bed, the more beneficial it will be for your healing.
Do not overload your spine either. During that period while you are tormented by pain, try to avoid physical activity and wear a special medical corset for fixation.
Pain relief involves conservative methods of impact. The specialist prescribes medication for oral administration as well as for injections. Usually, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed, such as Diclofenac, lornoxicam.
Muscle relaxants are also used: Tizanidine and Tolperisone hydrochloride. When dystrophic processes occur, chondroprotectors are used. The doctor may prescribe oils and gels of the day, which belong to the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
After a thorough examination and an accurate diagnosis, the doctor may recommend physiotherapy, which consists of heating with dry heat. As well as a range of exercises for physiotherapy exercises.
Manual therapy
If this method of treatment is performed by a qualified manual operator in accordance with all rules and regulations, the pain syndrome will be withdrawn in the shortest possible time. In addition, manual therapy helps eliminate vertebral defects.
Such treatment should not be conducted independently without the permission of the attending specialist. Only after performed diagnostic measures (X-ray and magnetic resonance), the neurologist can recommend this method of exposure. This is due to the fact that the therapy has its own contraindications.
Manual therapy should not be used if there is a hernia or if there is a defect in the vertebral discs. Not recommended for use in cardiovascular pathology, including after a heart attack or stroke.
Never use this treatment for cancerous tumors.
For thyroid pathologies and osteoporosis, this method is also not recommended. If the disease is in the aggravation phase, refrain from manual therapy. And in conclusion, such a method for the elimination of pain in the spinal region can not be used with poor blood clotting.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is also called acupuncture. This method of treatment is usually used for pain that arises as a result of a heavy load on the back or when the patient is in frequent stressful situations.
Experts suggest that acupuncture helps restore endorphins. The effect of these elements on the body is similar to that of morphine. As everyone knows, morphine is a narcotic substance that can completely suppress pain.
Chinese medicine practitioners believe that acupuncture can eliminate pain of any kind.
Still, led by Russian scientists, acupuncture can not be used in the following cases:- with pathologies of the heart organ and its structures;
- for tumors of a malignant and benign nature;
- if you have surgery;
- for diseases of the renal organ and liver;
- during pregnancy and lactation;
- with poor blood clotting;
- in the presence of acute infectious diseases.
Final Exit
We found that back pain and its causes are of different nature, the treatment is chosen individually for each. As a rule, the manifestation of pain is directly related to pathologies of the spine and spinal cord.
This is why at the slightest symptoms you should schedule an appointment with a specialist neurologist.
As an additional consultation, an examination by a neurosurgeon, rheumatologist, oncologist, pulmonologist, traumatologist and many other highly qualified specialists will be possible. To find out which doctors are needed, make an appointment with your therapist. He will suggest a further action plan.
In addition to the listed specialists, for the treatment and prevention of pain syndrome, they turn to the help of a massage therapist, reflexologist, chiropractor. The most important thing in therapy is not the elimination of the pain defect, but the exclusion of the pathogenesis due to which the pain occurs. We can take as an example complex therapy, which consists of two phases.
In the initial stage - the use of a drug that eliminates pain due to its components: vitamin B and Diclofenac. Since Diclofenac is contained in the drug in minimal amounts, it is not capable of causing unpleasant side effects.
The next step is to use the herb, which contains vitamins B1, B6 and B12 in the required amount. Helps restore the myelin sheath in the fiber, improves the transmission of impulses from nerve endings. It also eliminates pain and prevents its recurrence.
Early detection of the disease and its treatment can put the patient on his feet in the shortest possible time. The sooner you seek the help of medical institutions, the more likely you are to have a fulfilled life. Any attempt to get rid of the painful effect at home can lead to irreversible consequences.