Osteochondrosis of the lumbar spine is a common disease. Persons concerned aged 25 and over. The disease is getting younger. Lumbar osteochondrosis, symptoms are noted in patients aged 30 years.
Osteochondrosis is a disease of an incorrect and sedentary lifestyle. Many are forced to spend their working hours constantly sitting in front of the computer. It is important to lead an active lifestyle, to perform physical exercises that maintain normal muscle tone, often there is not enough time for this.
Symptoms
Few people pay attention to the first symptoms of lumbar osteochondrosis. Initially, the disease is manifested by discomfort in the lower back. Severe pain occurs with a strong load on the spine, when lifting weights.
Characteristic signs of the disease:
- numbness, numbness of the back muscles during prolonged sitting in one position;
- at a later stage, a slight pain occurs, aggravated by movement;
- after an incorrect load on the spine, the patient is faced with a partial restriction of movement, severe pain that does not allow him to straighten his back, causing an attack of severe pain.
It is recommended to seek medical advice. The consequences of neglected osteochondrosis are terrible. The disease causes changes in the cartilage tissue, leads to the formation of hernias. The patient is relieved of a herniated intervertebral disc by a surgical operation.
The modified cartilage tissue becomes dense, reminiscent of bone tissue, the distance between them decreases, the nerve endings are pinched. Pain occurs in the lower back, leg, groin.
Causes of disease
A sedentary lifestyle cannot cause disease. The causes of lumbar osteochondrosis often negatively affect the body from childhood. The formation of an incorrect posture is the first reason leading to osteochondrosis. Excess pounds, weightlifting, back injuries, genetic predispositions are the main reasons leading to degenerative changes in the vertebrae.
The causes provoke poor blood circulation in the cartilaginous tissues. The amount of nutrients supplied by the blood decreases, resulting in a lack of components necessary for the regeneration of cartilage tissue.
It is worth paying attention to back injuries. A severe injury to the spine received in childhood will disrupt the normal functioning of the intervertebral discs. Inflammation begins gradually. If you do not act in time, provoke the process with additional undesirable factors, then in the future osteochondrosis will become a constant companion.
Treatment of lumbar osteochondrosis
The main thing - no self-treatment. Cause damage to health, aggravate the condition.
The doctor will establish an accurate diagnosis after diagnostic studies. Treatment of lumbar osteochondrosis is effective when the diagnosis is known, the affected area of the spine is established. The procedures aim to eliminate the factors:
- It is recommended to identify the root cause that led to the formation of tissue changes.
- If osteochondrosis is accompanied by severe pain, the initial treatment is aimed at relieving pain and relieving the patient's condition.
- It is worth stopping the disease process, stimulating the regeneration of tissues damaged by osteochondrosis.
- When the pains disappear, the patient is prescribed massage complexes, therapeutic exercises and preventive procedures.
With an aggravation, the pain is so intense that movement causes severe pain. In severe cases, the patient is hospitalized. If this is not necessary, the patient should be given home rest, bed rest.
The doctor prescribes strong drugs. In severe situations, the patient is given a special blockade that relieves acute pain.
Therapy during the recovery period
Osteochondrosis is an insidious disease. It is impossible to cure. The patient is advised to follow the doctor's instructions when the pain has passed.
If a neuropathologist has prescribed a course in reflexology, it is worth visiting the sessions. After restorative manual procedures that relieve pain, restore muscle tone, you need to regularly do physiotherapy exercises.
The complex of therapeutic procedures is aimed at getting rid, eliminating the complications that provoke osteochondrosis. In severe cases, the procedures are ineffective. The patient will be relieved from pain, anxiety, surgery.
Disease prevention
Healing, safety in the future does not depend only on the attending physician. Whether or not osteochondrosis reappears depends on the patient. It is worth reconsidering a sedentary lifestyle.
From now on, physiotherapy and an active lifestyle should become constant companions. Prevention - swimming, quiet walks in the fresh air. Often patients have physiological problems. Osteochondrosis is the cause of the patient's depressive state. The disease leads to constant irritation, depression, depression.
The main thing in the prevention of the disease is a mobile lifestyle, proper nutrition, gymnastics, swimming. Lumbar osteochondrosis becomes a problem for every second patient.
If you do not notice signs of illness, lifestyle, restriction of movement at work, take care of disease prevention in advance. You should not wait for it to manifest itself, it is easier to protect your health in advance than to deal with terrible complications.
Facts about osteochondrosis
Many diseases occur due to spinal problems. Vertebrae in a healthy body have strict proportions to each other. A slight deviation from the norm causes arthrosis, sciatica, osteochondrosis. Preparations for lumbar osteochondrosis cannot cure. They stop the development of the disease, eliminate pain, partially restore the work of damaged tissues.
Incorrect posture - osteochondrosis in the future, early aging of the skin. Youth depends on the strength of the muscles responsible for maintaining the muscles of the face. Incorrect posture, hunched shoulders, drooping head weaken the back muscles of the neck and head. Leads to the formation of a second chin, the progression of osteochondrosis.
Conclusion
Disease prevention is more effective than therapy. In order to prevent the progression of the disease, parents from childhood should pay attention to the posture of the child, take measures to prevent the occurrence of osteochondrosis.
For prevention, strengthening the health of the body, it is recommended to attend sports sections, observe a well-balanced diet and treat injuries in time.