Many people over 35 (and some even earlier) experience constant back and neck pain. In addition, the pain will appear and disappear, and increase after sitting for a few hours. Almost always, the cause of these painful sensations is osteochondrosis.
Osteochondrosis is a negative (dystrophic) change in the joints (or more precisely, articular cartilage) of the spine and intervertebral discs. Osteochondrosis not only occurs in the spine, but also in this part of the body, the problem is most serious.
Symptoms-what are the main ones?
The main symptom of osteochondrosis is usually pain that appears and disappears. In addition, pain will increase with static load. For example, when the head is tilted, the pain in the neck will increase. Sitting for a long time will cause low back pain. At the same time, gymnastics can relieve some pain.
It is necessary to understand that similar pain occurs with inflammation, but in this case it will pass quickly. In case of injury, recover within 3 months. If your spine (neck, chest, lower back, sacrum area) is often painful for a year or more, you have a hernia in 99% of cases.
Osteochondrosis is a progressive disease, so if left untreated, the pain will increase. But the biggest risk is related to the consequences of inaction in spinal treatment.
Pay attention to the following feelings to start immediate treatment:
- A feeling of numbness;
- The appearance of goose bumps, a tingling sensation;
- The appearance of neuralgia;
- Can not move.
Most of these signs are related to compression of the neurovascular bundle. In this case, the compression can be located in one place, and the pain and distortion can be sensed remotely.
Reason-why is it inevitable?
Simply put, osteochondrosis is wear and tear of the spine. The disease of the spine is mainly caused by its vertical position and the long-term tension of the paravertebral muscles. These muscles can only be tensioned and relaxed under the treatment of special equipment. Sitting in front of a computer or in a car for more than 2 hours is sufficient-this has caused hypertension in the intervertebral muscles of the lower back and neck. After several years of sedentary lifestyle, hernias appeared in the neck and waist. This is why it is important to start helping your spine after 30 years! Before the spread of large-scale sedentary work, sturgeon disease worried people 40 years later. But now this disease is getting younger and younger, and it begins to manifest since the age of 25.
In other words, the main cause of spinal osteochondrosis is muscle spasm. In treatment, the first thing to do is to restore muscles.
How to treat? Effective and cheap
Treatment of osteochondrosis of the spine at home can be divided into 3 stages:
- We relieve acute pain.
- We eliminate muscle spasms and activate the recovery process of the spine and blood circulation.
- We perform general strengthening exercises-this allows you to strengthen your muscles and consolidate the therapeutic effect.
The easiest way to relieve acute pain is medication. This is the most effective, but it is worth remembering that this is not about solving the problem, but eliminating the symptoms.
In the second and third stages, in order to eliminate the cause of osteochondrosis and prevent its development, innovative technologies that are popular in Europe can be used at home. It is based on self-weight therapy. The treatment is based on the principle of safe operation, and your own weight is at the top of the treatment device. The Cordus and Sacrus devices were developed by a team of scientists and doctors and have an anatomical design. The therapeutic protrusions can sink into the intervertebral muscles or deep ligaments and relieve their tension. So far, no other technology can do this accurately and safely.
execute program. To perform treatment, you need to pick up the equipment, lie on an exercise mat or carpet, and then place the equipment under the desired spine area. The average study time for a lesson is about 3 minutes. During this period, the tense muscles or ligaments relax under the action of the device. As the main cause of osteochondrosis-muscle spasm has an effect-this method is the safest and most effective.
There are 3 processes going on at the same time:
- Proprioceptors are activated-sensors that send signals to the brain about the state of the muscles. When they are contacted mechanically or by micro-current for 3 minutes, the pulse is transmitted to the nerve center, thereby regulating muscle tension. Usually, within 2 minutes, the nerve center will feel tired, the rigid impulse from the nerve center will stop, and the muscles will relax.
- In the context of relaxation, muscle stretching occurs. This ensures that the compression of the intervertebral discs or nerves is eliminated, and the mobility of the vertebrae and joints is restored.
- By eliminating the compression of the intervertebral disc and restoring mobility, it can be tightened smoothly in the presence of a hernia, and the displaced vertebrae gradually return to their original positions.
Even if the pain is limited to one area, it should be treated in all three areas of the spine. For example, lower back pain may be caused by sacrum or neck spasms, and vice versa.
After the spine is unloaded, exercises are carried out with equipment according to the developed method to stabilize the spine and strengthen the muscles.