Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the spine - home treatment

Many people over the age of 35 (and some even earlier) experience persistent back and neck pain. Moreover, the pain arises and disappears, 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 - which is the main one?

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

It is necessary to understand that similar pain can occur with inflammation, but in this case it quickly passes. In case of injury, healing occurs within 3 months. If you have regular back pain (neck, chest, spine, 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 intensify. But the greatest risks are associated with the consequences of inaction in the treatment of the spine.

Pay attention to the following sensations to start immediate therapy:

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

Most of these signs are associated with compression of the neurovascular bundle. In this case, the compression may be localized in one place, and the pain and distorted sensations may be perceived remotely.

Reasons - why is it inevitable?

Osteochondrosis is, in simple terms, the consumption of the spine. Spinal disorders are mainly caused by its vertical position and prolonged tension of the paravertebral muscles, which are tonic and relax only when lying down or under the therapeutic influence of specialized equipment. It is enough to sit for more than 2 hours on a computer or in a car - this already leads to hypertension of the intervertebral muscles of the lower back and neck. And after a few years of a sedentary lifestyle, hernias appear on the neck and lower back. This is why it is important to start helping your spine after 30 years! Before the spread of low-mass work, nuclear disease bothered people after 40 years. But now this disease is becoming younger and starts appearing from the age of 25 years.

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

How to treat? Effective and inexpensive

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

1. We relieve acute pain.
2. We eliminate muscle spasm and activate the processes of recovery and blood circulation in the spine.
3. 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 more effective, but it is worth remembering that this is not a solution to the problem, but the elimination of the symptom.

In stages 2 and 3, to eliminate the causes of osteochondrosis and prevent its development, an innovative technology that has gained popularity in Europe can be used at home. It is based on autogravit therapy. Therapy is based on the principle of safe action with your weight on the therapeutic peaks of the equipment. Developed by a team of scientists and doctors, the Cordus and Sacrus devices have an anatomical pattern, the therapeutic outputs 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 accurately and safely.

Performing the procedure. To perform therapy, you should take the device, lie on a mat or sports mat, 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 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 safer and more effective.

There are 3 processes that are taking place at the same time:

1. Proprioceptors are activated - sensors that signal the brain about the condition of the muscles. When exposed to them mechanically or by micro currents for 3 minutes, 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 muscles relax.
2. Against the background of relaxation, muscle stretching occurs. This ensures the elimination of compression of the intervertebral disc or nerve, and also restores the movement of the vertebrae and joints.
3. By eliminating disc pressure and restoring movement, in the presence of a hernia, it can be tightened smoothly, and the displaced vertebrae gradually return to their original position.

Even if the pain is localized to an area, therapy should be performed on all three parts of the spine. For example, lower back pain can arise 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.