Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the spine - treatment at home

Many people over the age of 35 (and some earlier) experience persistent back and neck pain. Moreover, the pain arises and disappears, and worsens after hours of sitting. Almost always, the cause of this painful sensation is osteochondrosis.

Osteochondrosis is a negative (dystrophic) change in the joints (or rather, articular cartilage) of the spine and intervertebral discs. Osteochondrosis occurs not only in the spine, but with this part of the body the problem is most severe.

Symptoms - what are the main ones?

The main symptom of osteochondrosis is, as a rule, pain that appears and disappears. Also, the sensation of pain increases with static load, for example, with a long head position in an inclined position, the pain in the neck increases. With prolonged sitting, lower back pain appears. At the same time, gymnastics can relieve pain.

It is necessary to understand that similar pain can occur with inflammation, but in this case it passes quickly. In the event of an injury, recovery occurs within 3 months. If you have had common pain in the spine (neck, thorax, lower back, sacral area) for a year or more, then you have a hernia in 99% of cases.

Osteochondrosis is a progressive disease, so if not treated in time, the pain will get worse. But the greatest risk is related to the consequences of inactivity in the treatment of the spine.

Note the following sensations to begin therapy immediately:

1. numbness;
2. appearance of goose bumps, tingling sensation;
3. appearance of neuralgia;
4. impaired mobility.

A large number of these signs are associated with compression of the neurovascular bundle. In this case, the compression can be localized in one place, and distorted pain and sensations can be felt from a distance.

The reason - why is it inevitable?

Osteochondrosis is, in simple terms, the wear and tear of the spine. Disorders of the spine are mainly due to its vertical position and prolonged tension of the paravertebral muscles, which are tonic and relax only when stretched or under the influence of specialized tool therapy. Enough to sit for more than 2 hours at the computer or in the car - this already causes hypertonicity of the intervertebral muscles of the back and lower neck. And after several years of living an inactive lifestyle, hernias appear in the neck and lower back. That’s why it’s important to start helping your spine after 30 years! Before mass spread did not work, sturgeon disease worried people after 40 years. But now the disease is getting younger and begins to manifest itself from the age of 25 years.

That is, the main reason for the appearance of spinal osteochondrosis is muscle spasm. And in the treatment should be, first of all, restorative work with muscles.

How to treat? Effective and inexpensive

Treatment of spinal osteochondrosis at home can be divided into 3 stages:

1. We relieve acute pain.
2. We relieve muscle spasms and activate the process of recovery and blood circulation in the spine.
3. We do general strengthening exercises - this allows you to strengthen muscles and combine the effects of therapy.

The easiest way to relieve acute pain is to use medication. This is the most effective, but keep in mind that this is not a solution to the problem, but the elimination of symptoms.

In the 2nd and 3rd stages, to eliminate the cause of osteochondrosis and prevent its development, innovative technologies that have gained popularity in Europe can be used at home. It is based on autogravity therapy. Therapy is based on the principle of safe action with your own weight at the top of the therapy device. Developed by a group of scientists and doctors, the Cordus and Sacrus device has an anatomical, therapeutic protrusion design that can sink into the intervertebral muscles or deep ligaments and relieve their tension. There is no other technology to date that can do this accurately and safely.

Perform the procedure. To perform therapy, you need to take the tool, lie on a sports mat or rug and place the tool under the desired area of the spine. The duration of the study of one segment was approximately 3 minutes. During this time, tense muscles or ligaments relax under the action of the apparatus. Due to the effect on the main cause of osteochondrosis - muscle spasm - this method is the safest and most effective.

There are 3 processes that happen at the same time:

1. Proprioceptors are activated - sensors that signal to the brain about muscle conditions. When exposed to them mechanically or micro for 3 minutes, impulses are sent to the nerve center, which regulates muscle tone. Usually, within 2 minutes, the nerve center becomes tired and the tonic impulse from the nerve center stops, the muscles relax.
2. Against the background of relaxation, muscle stretching occurs. This ensures the elimination of compression of the discs or intervertebral nerves, and also restores the mobility of the vertebrae and joints.
3. By eliminating disc compression and restoring mobility, when there is a hernia, it can tighten smoothly, and the transferred vertebra gradually returns to its original position.

Although the pain is localized in one zone, therapy should be performed on all three parts of the spine. For example, pain in the lower back can arise as a result of cramps in the sacrum or neck and vice versa.

After unloading the spine, using the tool according to the developed method, exercises are performed to stabilize the spine and strengthen the muscular corset, which ensures the consolidation of the results achieved.