Many people over the age of 35 (and some earlier) experience persistent back and neck pain. In addition, the pain appears and disappears and intensifies after sitting for hours. Osteochondrosis is almost always the cause of these painful feelings.
Osteochondrosis is a negative (dystrophic) change in the joints of the spine and intervertebral discs (or rather, the articular cartilage). Osteochondrosis is most acute in this part of the body, not just the spine.
Symptoms - what are the main ones?
The main symptom of osteochondrosis is, as a rule, visible and disappearing pain. In addition, the sensation of pain increases with static load, for example, with a long position of the head in a prone position, the pain in the neck increases. Sitting for a long time, back pain appears. At the same time, gymnastics can provide a little pain relief.
It is important to understand that a similar pain can occur with inflammation, but in this case it passes quickly. In case of injury, recovery occurs within 3 months. If you have regular pain in the spine (neck, chest, back, sacral region) for a year or more, then in 99% of cases you have a hernia.
Osteochondrosis is a progressive disease, so if not treated in time, the pain will get worse. However, the greatest risks are associated with the consequences of inactivity in the treatment of spinal cord.
To begin emergency therapy, pay attention to the following feelings:
- feeling of numbness;
- appearance of gas lumps, tingling sensations;
- neuralgic appearance;
- inaction.
Most of these symptoms are associated with compression of the vascular bundle. In this case, the compression can be localized in one place, and the pain and distorted sensations can be perceived remotely.
Reasons - why is it inevitable?
Osteochondrosis, in simple terms, is a wear and tear of the spine. Disorders of the spine are primarily due to its vertical position and long-term tension of the paravertebral muscles, which are tonic and relax only when stretching or under the therapeutic effect of special devices. It is enough to sit at a computer or in a car for more than 2 hours - it already causes hypertonicity of the intervertebral muscles of the back and neck. And after several years of sedentary lifestyle, hernias appear in the neck and lumbar region. That's why it's important to start helping your spine after 30 years! Before the spread of sedentary work, sturgeon disease worried people 40 years later. But now the disease is getting younger and has been manifesting itself since the age of 25.
That is, the main cause of osteochondrosis of the spine is muscle spasm. And in the treatment, first of all, there should be a restorative work with the muscles.
How to treat? Effective and inexpensive
Home treatment of the spine can be divided into 3 stages:
- We eliminate acute pain.
- We eliminate muscle spasms and activate recovery processes and blood circulation in the spine.
- We do general strengthening exercises - this allows you to increase muscle tone and strengthen the effect of therapy.
The easiest way to relieve acute pain is medication. This is the most effective thing, but it is important to remember that this is not a solution to the problem, but a symptom.
An innovative technology that is gaining popularity in Europe can be used at home to eliminate the causes of osteochondrosis in stages 2 and 3 and prevent its development. Based on autogravity therapy. Therapy is based on the principle of safe movement with your own weight at the therapeutic peaks of the devices. Developed by a group of scientists and physicians, the Cordus and Sacrus devices have an anatomical design that allows therapeutic protrusions to sink into the intervertebral muscles or deep ligaments and reduce tension. No other technology has been able to do this so accurately and safely.
Implementation of the procedure. To perform therapy, you must take the device, lie on a sports mat or carpet, and place the device under any part of the spine. The average research time of a segment is about 3 minutes. During this time, a tense muscle or joint relaxes under the influence of the apparatus. The main cause of osteochondrosis - this method is the safest and most effective due to its effect on muscle spasms.
At the same time there are 3 processes:
- Proprioceptors are activated - sensors that signal the brain about the state of the muscle. When exposed to them mechanically or with micro currents for 3 minutes, the impulses are transmitted to the nerve center, which regulates muscle tone. Generally, within 2 minutes, the nerve center gets tired and the tonic impulses from the nerve center stop, the muscle relaxes.
- Against the background of relaxation occurs muscle stretching. This eliminates intervertebral disc or nerve compression, while restoring the mobility of the vertebrae and joints.
- By eliminating disc compression and restoring mobility, in the presence of a hernia, it can be stretched smoothly and the displaced spine gradually returns to its original position.
Although the pain is localized in one area, it should be treated in all three parts of the spine. For example, back pain can be caused by spasms of the sacrum or neck, and vice versa.
After the spine is released, exercises are performed to stabilize the spine and strengthen the muscle corset, which ensures the consolidation of the results obtained, using the device in accordance with the developed method.