Many people over the age of 35 (and some even earlier) experience persistent back and neck pain. Also, the pain comes and goes, intensifying after many hours of sitting. Most of the time, the cause of these painful sensations is osteochondrosis.
Osteochondrosis are negative (dystrophic) changes in the joints (or rather, the articular cartilage) of the spine and the intervertebral discs. Osteochondrosis occurs not only in the spine, but in this part of the body this problem is more acute.
Symptoms: what is the main one?
The main symptom of osteochondrosis is, as a rule, pain that comes and goes. Also, pain sensations increase with static load, for example, with a long head position in an inclined state, pain in the neck increases. With a prolonged session, low back pain appears. At the same time, gymnastics can relieve pain.
It is necessary to understand that a similar pain can occur with inflammation, but in this case it passes quickly. In case of injury, recovery occurs in 3 months. If you have regular pain in the spine (neck, thoracic, lower back, sacral area) for a year or more, then you have a hernia in 99% of cases.
Osteochondrosis is a progressive disease, so if it is 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:
- feeling of numbness;
- the appearance of goose bumps, tingling sensation;
- the appearance of neuralgia;
- reduced mobility
Most of these signs are associated with compression of the neurovascular bundle. In this case, the compression can be localized in one place and pain and distorted sensations can be felt remotely.
Reasons: why is it inevitable?
Osteochondrosis is, in simple terms, wear and tear on the spine. Disorders of the spine are mainly caused by its upright position and prolonged tension of the paravertebral muscles, which are tonic and relax only when stretched or under the therapeutic influence of specialized devices. It is enough to sit for more than 2 hours at a computer or in a car; this already leads to hypertonicity of the intervertebral muscles of the lower back and neck. And after several years of a sedentary lifestyle, hernias appear in the neck and lower back. This is why it is important to start helping your spine after 30 years! Before the spread of mass sedentary work, sturgeon disease worried people after 40 years. But now this disease is getting younger and begins to manifest itself from the age of 25.
That is, the main reason for the appearance of osteochondrosis of the spine is muscle spasm. And in the treatment there must be, first of all, a restorative work with the muscles.
How to deal with? Effective and economical
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 and blood circulation processes in the spine.
- We do general strengthening exercises - this allows you to tone the muscles and consolidate the effect of therapy.
The easiest way to relieve acute pain is with medicine. This is the most 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, in order 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 autogravity therapy. The therapy is based on the principle of safe action with its own weight in the therapeutic upper part of the devices. Developed by a team of scientists and physicians, the Cordus and Sacrus devices are anatomically designed, whose therapeutic protrusions can sink into the intervertebral muscles or deep ligaments and relieve their tension. No other technology to date can do this with such precision and safety.
Carrying out the procedure. To perform therapy, you must pick up the device, lie down on a sports mat or 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, the tight muscle or ligament relaxes under the action of the apparatus. Due to the effect on the main cause of osteochondrosis, muscle spasm, this method is the safest and most effective.
There are 3 processes running at the same time:
- Proprioceptors are activated, sensors that send signals to the brain about the state of the muscle. When exposed to them mechanically or by microcurrents for 3 minutes, impulses are transmitted to the nerve center, which regulates muscle tone. Usually within 2 minutes, the nerve center becomes tired, and the tonic impulses from the nerve center stop, the muscle relaxes.
- In the context of relaxation, muscle stretching occurs. This ensures the elimination of the compression of the intervertebral disc or nerve, and also restores the mobility of the vertebrae and joints.
- By removing the compression of the disc and restoring mobility, in the presence of a hernia, it can be gently tightened, and the displaced vertebrae gradually restore their original position.
Even if the pain is localized, therapy should be done on all three parts of the spine. For example, pain in the lower back may be due to 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 results obtained.