Low back pain is not only a pain in the back. The health of The spine and spinal cord, associated to subtle by the nerve fibres with all the internal organs, affecting the heart, kidneys, lungs, and the gastrointestinal tract and even on your general health. Perhaps, you will be surprised, but even depression can occur is not because of the tragic events in the life of man, but only because the result of the destruction of the cervical vertebrae pinch the nerves related to the brain. How to treat folk remedies of this disease.
Osteochondrosis is extremely serious and unpleasant disease. It is often accompanied by pain in the lumbosacral region and one of the members lower. According to the latest medical data, the main cause of back pain is degenerative (destructive) processes of the intervertebral discs. Osteochondrosis the intervertebral discs are specific to the cartilaginous structures that keep our spinal column the flexibility and mobility of the defective economic. When osteochondrosis progresses, irreversible changes occur in the vertebrae.
The Causes of disc degeneration
The causes of disc degeneration can be together, and, as is often the case, you can't call a, home. The negative factors are superimposed one on the other, and the result is a disease.
With age, the cartilages lose their elasticity, are less solid. Because of this, the intervertebral discs do not regenerate after an effort. Not the load on one side of the body, slowly but surely undermines the health of the spine: the fact of being in a posture asymmetrical, the transfer of cargo in one hand, maintaining a position long-term (for example, reading lying on one side), incorrect use of pillows and mattresses for sleeping (head under the angle of the body, the body is out of alignment). This may cause the protrusion of an intervertebral disk and the compression coming out of the vertebra of the nerve. And it starts the disease associated with the division of the authority.
Undernutrition is closely related to another cause of degenerative disc disease — obese. Excess weight is not only an additional load on the spine, the lack of elasticity of the muscles and decreased mobility. Rich in carbohydrates and fats of the food brings quickly the saturation, but these "empty" calories do not give the body something useful neither vitamins, nor minerals, nor of the vital energy. And without calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese and other trace elements, cartilage and bone economic more porous and more quickly decompose under the effect of loads. This is why, as it is sad to have to give up candy, roast, bake and semi-finished products and go on a diet consisting of fish, fruits and vegetables. Moderate should be the consumption of cereals, sunflower oil and olive oils, cheese, and yogurt. Meat, butter, oil, fresh pastries, fatty dairy products, salt, and coffee should be greatly limited, and the latter, in the ideal, and to eliminate them.
To the previous two reasons, joined the third violation of the metabolism. The metabolism is the body's ability to receive, process and absorb food, receiving of energy and material for the construction of cells. Usually, these processes are regulated automatically, such as maintaining the internal balance of the mineral composition. Of from the food the body takes the as much protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water, how much he needs for a normal operation. If there is a deficit of certain substances, appear to be violations of the proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, or mineral water. The consequences of metabolic disorders for the bones can become osteoporosis and deposits of salt are frequently satellites of degenerative disc disease.
Flat feet and wear uncomfortable shoes, high heels are also one of the causes of the degenerative disease of the disc. Irregularities in the structure of the arch of the foot makes the spine too much to compensate for the loads arising in the process of walking, with the body weight is distributed incorrectly.
Other causes: trauma of the spine and abnormalities in the structure of the vertebrae and cartilage, a sedentary lifestyle, about the influence which we will discuss a little later, the physical work and the permanent lifting of heavy loads, do not give the spine to recover from a sudden stop to the practice of sport and the weakening of the muscular and stress, which can be pinched vessels and nerves are in which extend from the encphale.
The symptoms
When you may have the suspicion that your spine is not good and it is time to see a specialist for a diagnosis?
The beginning of the disease can go unnoticed: sometimes, patients just feel a numbness or discomfort in a certain area of the spinal column, in function of the localization of the degenerative changes.
According to the department of the spine is known as your "weakest link" and succumbed to the ravages of degenerative disease of the disk, may appear the signs of the disease.
When the cartilage between the bones to shrink and dissipate, and the holes and channels, respectively, reduced, vertebral artery clamps down, and the brain emits symptoms of a lack of oxygen (pain, dizziness, anxiety). It is at this time, can develop the syndrome of chronic fatigue, depression, the person experiences a lack of vitality.
And then to the unconscious of the discomfort may join to headaches and dizziness, deterioration of hearing and eyesight when it comes to the cervical osteoarthritis.
The numbness and pain with movement of the hands, pain in the chest belt occur in osteochondrosis.
Lumbar osteochondrosis is characterized by pain when walking, slopes, pain in the pelvis and the joint pain, on account of the groin and feet.
All these signs we speak of the offence physiological health of the spine, he can not assigned on him of the charges.
What does the term "degeneration"? In Greek osteon means "bone", chondros — "cartilage", the end-of-the-bone — non-inflammatory damage to the disease, but all in all it is a dystrophic process, it is the aging of cartilage and bone.
In addition, the violations, and in what departments of the spinal column are dependent, and the symptoms of the degenerative disease of the disc. Affecting all sectors of the spine, pain in the lower back can hit the Cervical, thoracic, sciatica departments and complicated radiculitis, spondylosis, sciatica, "heat in may", a herniated disc.
Osteochondrosis cervical
The location of the degenerative disc disease in the area of the neck (cervical pain in the lower back) quite often. The cervical spine suffers most often in people who deal with the monotonous work of designers, programmers, secretaries, dentists, watchmakers, and so on in a general way, the development of cervical osteoarthritis contribute to the riding, for driving, and the prolonged use of a computer. The main signs and symptoms of cervical arthritis are: headache, dizziness, pain in the arm and the chest, backache, numbness of the tongue.
When osteochondrosis cervical is often wrong and the head is turned, he darkens in the eyes, the increase in pressure. By cutting the shoots of the cervical vertebrae outside the canal of the spinal cord, passes the channel of the so-called vertebral artery. It aims, in the cavity of the skull and nourishes the cerebellum, the vestibular system and the centers underlying in the area of the nape of the neck and the base of the brain. A slip of vertebra leads to a reflex spasm of the disease of the vertebral artery, and in severe cases, and its the clamping force. Thus, disturbed blood circulation in the centres of the balance and of the series of the centres of control of the processes of life. It is this process that is the cause as widespread diagnosis of "vegetative dystonia".
Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine may be present, and radicular symptoms (cervical sciatica): pain radiating down the arm, sometimes in the fingers, they become numb, economic constantly cold. The reason for this is a violation of the passage of the impulse from the nerve fiber. By a finger numbness, you may want to move a specific vertebra.
Thoracic osteochondrosis
Thoracic spine osteochondrosis system very rarely. One of the main causes of the development of the breast-feeding of the degenerative disc disease is curvature of the spine (scoliosis). Generally, all the prerequisites for the future development of the nursing of degenerative disc disease is still form of the school. Thoracic spine is the least mobile, it is that the signs and symptoms of breast degenerative disc disease, are very different from those of the symptoms of cervical or lumbar degenerative disc disease. In most cases, the main difference with the feeding of the degenerative disc disease is the absence of acute pain, and only obtuse, pain back pain.
The main symptoms and signs and breast degenerative disc disease include: pain in the chest, numbness, feeling of crawl of tingling in the chest, pain in the heart, the liver, the stomach. Very often, the thorax, the low back pain is masked under other diseases (e.g., angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, peptic ulcer, gastritis).
On this, because its symptoms may be confused, for example, myocardial infarction or pneumonia. The pain associated with osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine, long similar to intercostal nvralgie. Sometimes, the pain can give the scapula, which gives rise to the suspicion of a heart attack. The difference between coronary heart disease and intercostal nvralgie lies in the fact that when the low back pain in a patient with normal (or near normal) ecg, absence of symptoms such as sudden pallor, cyanosis of the, sellistest of the skin, sweating, etc
Chest pain in the lower back, in addition, that itself linked to a variety of painful symptoms (pain, nerve reaction) is always dangerous and this causes the development of serious illnesses in neighbors breastfeeding promotion in the division of the vertebral column and internal organs.
Sciatica low back pain
Osteochondrosis of the lumbar spine — lumbar pain in the lower back — the most common. This can be explained by the fact that on the lower back (lumbar vertebrae), usually the bulk of the load. Most often lumbar osteochondrosis can be complicated intervertbral a herniated lumbar.
The main symptoms and signs of degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine are: pain in the low back (lumbar pain concerned with the man for many years and is characterized by cycles sharpening in fall and winter), the restriction of mobility, pain in the legs. Very often, when low back pain can occur acute (back pain or pain in the legs, taking one part of the leg (for example, back or on the side of the hip). With the exception of the pain can be an increase or a decrease of the sensitivity of the skin of the feet (on the thigh or leg) to touch, or pain — these symptoms are attributable to degenerative disc disease, pinched by the roots of the spinal cord.
The most common Cause of the degenerative disease of the intervertebral disk in the sacral and lumbar trauma (a compression fracture or injury to the recurrent).
In the lumbar nerve root is formed a so-called sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus, hence the name of the complications with sciatica. If the infringement of nerve pain extends along the trunk nervous: in the area of the buttocks, under the knee, sometimes in the caviar or the heel. In the possible cases of major disorders of the power of the trunk nervous, and then the leg numb. The symptoms of loss of sensitivity and very persistent, sometimes numbness persists for a certain time.
During the attainment of the sciatic nerve the man begins to limp, in avoiding to transfer the weight of the body on the painful side, bending it in a healthy way, in order to maximize the spread of the vertebrae on the aching parts of the body and therefore reduce the compression of the nerve root. With the time, following the treatment of the pain will disappear, or economic difference. If the vertebra is not reduced, persists a curvature of the spine. In this case, the load on the intervertebral disc protrudes up already damaged, is distributed unevenly, which leads to the continuation of the projection and destruction.
The most unpleasant complication of lumbo-sacral degenerative disc disease — the instability of the vertebra. A disc is already not fixed vertebra, when the load, under the effect of the force of gravity lumbar "gliding" with the sacrum. Develop the pathological processes located in the internal organs. The patient even recommend to make the stretching, as painful sensations. During the conduct of the procedure, the pain should decrease and not increase.
The statistics of calls to a doctor about the degenerative disc disease is low up to 20% of the possible cases. Generally, already come, when everything becomes unbearable. However, osteochondrosis is much more of a danger than it seems at first sight. The timely treatment with a doctor, in the early stages of development of the degenerative disease of the disk, you will greatly reduce the time of treatment and rehabilitation.