Every year, the number of patients who go to medical institutions for help complain of back pain. If you do not even perform a huge physical activity on the skeleton, your activity consists of a sedentary lifestyle - in the evening, the back still hurts.
Why is this happening and how to get rid of the constant discomfort?
The causes of back pain can be hidden in a number of pathologies. If you have an unpleasant sensation in the lumbar region, consult a neurologist immediately. Persistent back pain and discomfort can lead to limited mobility and decreased activity.
In most situations, the cause that causes back pain can lie in spinal disorders, disorders of the vital organs, as a result of professional activity, birth trauma. Only an experienced specialist can make an accurate diagnosis after an examination. In some situations, a number of additional diagnostic measures are prescribed.
According to statistics, back pain affects 50% of the world population.
At the same time, in childhood, such a phenomenon is a sign of infrequently occurring pathologies of internal organs. In most cases, back pain affects elderly patients.
Pathogenesis of occurrence
As a rule, the causes of back pain are associated with musculoskeletal defects. Less common pathogenesis, which lies in severe violations of the elements of the skeleton. Also, in some places, back pain can be triggered by the most dangerous ailments. Such as tumors and inflammations in the spinal cord, pathologies of organs important for life: heart, liver and the like.
And therefore, the reason:
- The gestation period.
- Scoliosis.
- Pelvic haemorrhage.
- Aortic injury.
- Entry of infectious parasites into the muscle tissue of the spine and pelvis.
- The spread of back malignant neoplasms.
- Postponed diseases of an infectious nature. For example FLU.
- Various wounds.
The reason why cn hurts
it may be in the presence of some diseases:- osteochondrosis;
- radiculitis;
- intervertebral hernia;
- bone cancer;
- fractures;
- sciatica and a wide range of other ailments.
Osteochondrosis
Back pain in osteochondrosis is painful in nature. In addition, its symptomatology is a crunch in the spine, an unpleasant sensation in the lumbar region. After some time, numbness appears in the area of the pathology. This restricts movement. Back pain is more pronounced with exercise.
It also appears brighter when you cough, sneeze and make any sudden movements. The "infernal pain" torments due to the compression of the nerve endings by the discs.
Back pain can last from several minutes to a day. If the disease has spread to the chest, unpleasant sensations appear in the heart organ. Therefore, patients do not always guess the disease, thinking that they have angina pectoris. If you do not start timely treatment, osteochondrosis becomes chronic. The patient cannot stand or sit for a long time, get tired quickly, always want to take a lying position.
3/4 of the population that develops symptoms of acute back pain suffers from this disease. Also, the disease affects people over the age of thirty. This is due to the fact that the years pass, the human spine wears out and becomes susceptible to various pathologies.
If your back hurts and you suspect osteochondrosis, you need to make an appointment with a neurologist. He will make diagnostic measures to make an accurate diagnosis, prescribe special medications, prescribe physiotherapy exercises and put him on the necessary diet.
Radiculitis
Back pain can form with ailments such as sciatica. This disease is the result of compression of the nerve endings, as a result of which changes of a different nature occur. All this accompanies back pain, which occurs quite often.
The syndrome occurs at the site of the disease. It can be permanent or temporary. The pain can radiate to the arms and legs. In addition, the muscle mass weakens and the limbs become numb.
Herniated disc
During the initial stage of the development of the disease, back pain is dull in nature. It becomes more when bending, turning, sudden movements. Often, lethargy may appear in one of the lower limbs.
After a while, the back pain starts to become acute. As a result, there is a strong overload of the muscles. This contributes to the limitation of movement. As a result, the patient's posture changes markedly for the worse. As a rule, this pathology is formed in patients after forty years. At a young age, it manifests itself as a result of injuries.
This disease must be treated in the early stages of its development. You need to seek help from an orthopedist or neurologist. As a rule, the doctor uses CT to diagnose this pathology. As a therapy, they resort to surgical intervention.
Diagnostic activities
If persistent severe back pain makes your life difficult, go to the hospital.
First of all, the specialist performs an examination by palpating the muscle tissue and skeleton of the spine. It also assesses the state of the central nervous system. The second step will be blood and urine laboratory tests. This is necessary to eliminate the likelihood of pathology in the renal organ.
X-ray is used as an additional diagnostic measure. This is necessary to eliminate the likelihood of fractures of various types, osteomyelitis and a number of other ailments.
If the X-ray shows ambiguous results, CT and MRI of the spine are also prescribed. CT scan clearly shows all elements of the spinal skeleton, and MRI - the state of the spinal cord and discs.
When carrying out the listed diagnostic methods, the presence of osteochondrosis is often detected. It cannot even be called a disease, but rather age-related changes in the spine.
During diagnostic measures, in most cases, certain diseases are found that form with age. Pathologies can be revealed even if the patient has never had back pain. Based on the results of a comprehensive diagnosis, a highly qualified specialist makes a diagnosis and prescribes effective treatment.
Pain therapy
In order for the pain syndrome to leave you alone forever, you need to eliminate the cause of its appearance. That is, he will be cured of the disease that causes this pain. A neurologist or orthopedist selects individual therapeutic methods for each case.
But the treatment of all types of pathologies is associated with cupping, acupuncture and manual therapy.
Pain relief
As a rule, pain in any disease decreases when the patient takes a lying position. But this is not recommended. When a person spends most of their time in a lying position, the disease begins to develop at a faster rate.
For some types of pathologies, a specialist prescribes adherence to bed rest. The doctor's recommendations, of course, must be followed, but try to reduce this period of time as much as possible. The sooner you get out of bed, the more beneficial it will be for your recovery.
Don't overload your spine either. During that time, while you are tormented by pain, try to avoid physical activity and wear a special medical corset for fixation.
Pain relief includes conservative methods of influenza. The specialist prescribes drugs for oral administration and for injections. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are usually prescribed, such as Diclofenac, lornoxicam.
Muscle relaxants are also used: tizanidine and tolperisone hydrochloride. When dystrophic processes occur, chondroprotectors are used. The doctor may prescribe topical ointments and gels, which belong to the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
After a thorough examination and accurate diagnosis, the doctor may recommend physical therapy, which consists of warming with dry heat. In addition to a series of exercises for physiotherapy exercises.
Manual therapy
If this method of treatment is carried out by a qualified manual operator in accordance with all rules and regulations, the pain syndrome will recede in the shortest possible time. In addition, manual therapy helps eliminate spinal defects.
Such treatment should not be used independently, without the permission of the specialist present. Only after the diagnostic measurements (radiography and MRI) have been carried out, the neurologist can recommend this method of exposure. This is due to the fact that the therapy has its own contraindications.
Manual therapy should not be used if a hernia is present or if there is a defect in the vertebral discs. It is not recommended for use in cardiovascular conditions, even after a heart attack or stroke.
Never use this treatment for cancerous tumors.
For thyroid diseases and osteoporosis, this method is also not recommended. If the disease is in the stage of exacerbation, refrain from manual therapy. And in conclusion, such a method of eliminating pain in the spinal region cannot be used with poor blood clotting.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is also called acupuncture. This method of treatment is usually used for pain resulting from a heavy load on the spine or when the patient is in frequent stressful situations.
Experts suggest that acupuncture helps restore endorphins. The effect of these elements on the body is similar to that of morphine. As everyone knows, morphine is a narcotic substance capable of completely suppressing pain.
Chinese medicine practitioners believe that acupuncture can eliminate pain of any kind.
However, guided by the research of Russian scientists, acupuncture cannot be used in the following cases:
- with pathologies of the heart organ and its structures;
- for tumors of a malignant and benign nature;
- if you have undergone surgery;
- for disorders of the renal organ and liver;
- during gestation and during lactation;
- with poor blood clotting;
- in the presence of acute infectious diseases.
Final output
We have found that back pain and its causes are of various nature, the treatment is selected individually for each person. As a rule, the manifestation of pain is directly related to pathologies of the spine and spinal cord.
That's why at the slightest symptom it is necessary to make an appointment with a specialist neurologist.
As an additional consultation, examination by a neurosurgeon, rheumatologist, oncologist, pulmonologist, traumatologist and many other highly qualified specialists will be possible. To figure out which doctors are needed, make an appointment with your therapist. It will suggest a further action plan.
In addition to the listed specialists, for the treatment and prevention of pain syndrome, they resort to the help of a masseur, reflexologist, manual operator. The most important thing in therapy is not the elimination of the pain defect, but the exclusion of the pathogenesis due to which pain occurs. We can take as an example a complex therapy, which consists of two phases.
In the initial stage - the use of a drug that eliminates pain due to its components: vitamin B and diclofenac. Since Diclofenac is contained in the drug in minimal quantities, it is not capable of causing unpleasant side effects.
The next step is to use the drug, which contains vitamins B1, B6 and B12 in the required amount. Helps restore the myelin sheath of the fiber, improves the transmission of impulses from nerve endings. It also eliminates pain and prevents its recurrence.
The early detection of the disease and its treatment are able to "get the patient back on his feet" in the shortest possible time. The sooner you seek help from medical institutions, the more likely you are to lead a fulfilling life. Any attempt to eliminate the effect of pain at home can lead to irreversible consequences.