Many people over the age of 35 (and some even earlier) suffer from persistent back and neck pain. Also, the pain arises and subsides and intensifies after many hours of sitting. Almost always, the cause of these painful sensations 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 this problem is more acute.
Symptoms: what is the main one?
The main symptom of osteochondrosis is, as a rule, pain that appears and disappears. In addition, pain sensations increase with static load, for example, with a long position of the head in a tilted state, neck pain increases. With prolonged sitting, lower back pain appears. At the same time, gymnastics can provide pain relief.
It is necessary to understand that such pain can occur with inflammation, but in this case it quickly passes. In the event of an injury, recovery occurs within 3 months. If you have regular pain in the spine (neck, chest, lower back, sacral area) for a year or more, you have a hernia in 99% of cases.
Osteochondrosis is a progressive disease, so if it is not treated in time, the pain will intensify. But the greatest risks are associated with the consequences of inaction in treating the spine.
Pay attention to the following sensations to start immediate therapy:
- feeling of numbness;
- the appearance of goosebumps, tingling sensations;
- the appearance of neuralgia;
- reduced mobility.
Most of these signs are associated with compression of the neurovascular bundle. In this case, the compression can be localized to one point and the pain and distorted sensations can be felt from a distance.
Reasons - why is it inevitable?
Osteochondrosis is, in simple terms, the wear and tear of the spine. Disorders of the spine are mainly caused by its vertical position and the prolonged tension of the paravertebral muscles, which are toned and relax only when they are stretched or under the therapeutic influence of specialized devices. It is enough to sit for more than 2 hours at the computer or in the car - this already leads to hypertonicity of the intervertebral muscles of the lower back and neck. And after several years of sedentary life, hernias appear in the neck and lower back. This is why it is important to start helping the spine after 30 years! Before the spread of mass sedentary work, sturgeon disease worried people after 40 years. But now this disease is getting younger and begins to manifest itself from the age of 25.
That is, the main reason for the appearance of osteochondrosis of the spine is muscle spasm. And in the treatment it should be, first of all, restorative work with the muscles.
How to treat? Effective and economical
Treatment of osteochondrosis of the spine at home can be divided into 3 stages:
- We relieve acute pain.
- We eliminate muscle spasm and activate recovery processes and blood circulation in the spine.
- We do general strengthening exercises - this allows you to tone the muscles and consolidate the effect of the therapy.
The easiest way to relieve acute pain is with medication. This is the most effective, but it is worth remembering that this is not a solution to the problem, but the elimination of the symptom.
In the 2nd and 3rd stages, in order to eliminate the causes of osteochondrosis and prevent its development, it is possible to use at home an innovative technology that has gained popularity in Europe. It is based on autogravity therapy. The therapy is based on the principle of a safe action with one's own weight on the therapeutic peaks of the devices. Developed by a team of scientists and doctors, the Cordus and Sacrus devices have an anatomical design, the therapeutic protrusions of which are able to sink into the intervertebral muscles or deep ligaments and relieve their tension. No other technology to date can do this so accurately and safely.
Execution of the procedure. To perform the therapy, you need to take the device, lie down on a sports mat or carpet and place the device under the desired area of the spine. The duration of the study of a segment is on average about 3 minutes. During this period, the tense muscle or ligament relaxes under the action of the apparatus. Due to the effect on the root cause of osteochondrosis - muscle spasm - this method is the safest and most effective.
There are 3 processes running at the same time:
- The proprioceptors are activated - sensors that signal the state of the muscle to the brain. When exposed to them mechanically or by microcurrents for 3 minutes, the impulses are transmitted to the nerve center, which regulates muscle tone. Usually, 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, muscle stretching occurs. This ensures the elimination of compression of the disc or intervertebral nerve, and also restores the mobility of the vertebrae and joints.
- By eliminating disc compression and restoring mobility, in the presence of a hernia, it can gently tighten and the displaced vertebrae gradually restore their original position.
Even if the pain is localized in one area, therapy should be performed on all three parts of the spine. For example, pain in the lower back can result from spasms in the sacrum or neck and vice versa.
After unloading the spine, using the apparatus according to the developed method, exercises are performed to stabilize the spine and strengthen the muscular corset, which ensures the consolidation of the achieved results.