Osteochondrosis of the spine is the most common cause of back pain. According to statistics, more than half of all people over the age of 40 meet with the same disease, and its initial manifestations already occur in the second and third decades of life. At the same time, it is almost impossible to cure the disease - it is chronic. The disease itself affects the intervertebral discs and cartilage, which compresses the spinal cord nerve cells. Osteochondrosis can be of several types - all depending on the area of the back it is violating. This article will discuss the treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis, which is not a common disease, but causes great discomfort.
Specificity of the disease
Chest osteochondrosis is a relatively unusual disease, caused by the structure of the spine. In addition, the disease is quite difficult to diagnose, because its symptoms are often confused with manifestations of diseases of internal organs.
An unusual feature of the chest is the fact that it is the least stressed. The strong connection with the ribs and sternum creates a mobile, but at the same time durable structure, the least susceptible to various diseases.
With the early stage of development of the disease, it practically does not feel itself, which is another feature. The disease can cause a sharp increase in tension in the chest, which is often found in temperamental athletes or in young mothers while breastfeeding. Another common cause of chest osteochondrosis is scoliosis or poor posture.
The danger of the disease also lies in the fact that the main symptoms appear in the late stages of development, when the nerve cells of the spinal cord or the column itself have undergone serious compression or pathological disorders have occurred as a result of failure in the blood. circulation.
Manifestations of chest osteochondrosis
Often, doctors deal with diseases such as radiculopathy - compression of the nerve fibers of the spinal cord. In this case, the treatment of osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine depends on the symptoms that appear. They often arise due to the formation of various stages of intervertebral hernias, while distinguishing two types:
- Median hernia. It is characterized by persistent pain that does not go away for a long time, and medications and injections rarely allow you to get rid of it.
- Lateral hernia. It is characterized by unilateral pain that occurs at the same level as the hernia, sometimes there is a loss of sensitivity of varying degrees. With the manifestation of such a disease, medications and injections can relieve the pain.
Very rarely there is compression of the spinal cord itself. As a rule, the manifestations of the disease are accompanied by severe back pain, numbness, weakness in the legs, and profuse sweating. Pain from the chest often spreads to the groin, abdomen and can interfere with the function of internal organs.
Treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis
A competent specialist should think about how to treat thoracic osteochondrosis. Doing this at home is strongly discouraged. As a rule, such treatment consists of two stages - removal of the pain syndrome and elimination of the cause of pain.
Preference is most often given to conservative treatment methods. In cases where this method does not cure the disease, they use surgical intervention, but this is very rare.
Pain relief is achieved by two components - rest and medication. Patients were prescribed bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). NSAIDs relieve swelling and inflammation, thereby reducing the compression of nerve fibers in the spinal cord.
Sometimes, with severe pain, a combination of medications is used. Then, in addition to NSAIDs, painkillers are prescribed - injections, tablets. This is done with very strong and unbearable pain, and medications such as muscle relaxants relieve muscle spasms in the affected area.
After drug treatment has begun to work, the remission period begins. Currently, physiotherapy exercises are used in conjunction with health massage and complete rest. This set of steps is an effective treatment.
Treatment at home
To significantly reduce the pain caused by such diseases, it is necessary to carry out a long and complex treatment. Often for this purpose they go to the hospital, which is not always convenient and permissible. In such cases, you need to do the restoration at home.
It is important to remember that such an event can be carried out only after initial treatment by a specialist.
Remedial procedures can be used at home and to prevent deterioration, or as a preventative measure. Consider the most effective method that allows you to get rid of the disease without the use of drugs - injections and pills. This method includes.
Therapeutic exercise and massage
At home, self -massage is allowed, which consists of warming up the back muscles from the neck to the lower back. Often a folded towel is used for this purpose - roll it into a tourniquet, rubbing is done.
Therapeutic exercises can be done in a sitting or standing position. Curving in the back is very helpful, as if you are stretching after sleep. Another exercise that eliminates irritability is to take turns lifting your arms and moving them backwards smoothly. Do not neglect treatment methods such as physiotherapy exercises. Health and sports are always interrelated.
Restoration of the people
Actively at home, medicinal herbal -based remedies are used. They do not include injections and tablets, and consist exclusively in ointments and infusions. The most effective medicine:
Rubbing the back with a 10 -day infusion of 200 grams of purple per 0. 5 liters of vodka helps to prevent deterioration well and treat osteochondrosis itself with various stages of manifestation.
Crushed hop cones, taken in equal amounts with melted lard, will help relieve severity.
Mix 1. 5 cups of carrot juice with a glass of vodka and 200 grams of honey, add 10 gr. salt and rub into the affected area on the back - and you don’t need any injections.
The folk preparations presented are effective methods of treating osteochondrosis with various stages of its manifestation. In addition, this product can be used during lactation, as it is composed of natural ingredients.
In the treatment of such diseases, with various stages of its manifestation, it may consist of different methods. Sometimes injections prescribed by a doctor give the greatest effect, sometimes folk remedies. Ignoring expert advice, and even more so refusing to check them, is stupid and risky. With a very advanced stage of the disease, even an injection will not help. In addition, thoracic osteochondrosis is often combined with cervical, and treatment of cervicothoracic osteochondrosis involves the use of slightly different methods. Therefore, the first thing to do when the same pain occurs, contact a specialist.