Back ache

Each of us has experienced back pain at least once - from mild discomfort to excruciating chest pain (pain in the lower back, in the chest area). Annoying discomfort in the lower back from time to time can be one of the manifestations of a wide range of diseases.

The most common cause of pain is osteochondrosis of the spine, which occurs in most people after 35 to 40 years of age. However, it does not explain the severity and duration of the pain. To understand the nature of ailments, it is necessary to understand in detail the problem and its origins.

Reasons

There are many answers to the question of why your back hurts. The main mechanisms of the pain syndrome remain dystrophic and degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs. As a result, subluxation of the joints and compression of nerve endings in the spine increase symptoms.

Let's look at the different causes of low back pain:

• Primary diseases of the spine: intervertebral hernias, osteochondrosis, spondylosis, kyphosis, scoliosis, arthritis.
• Wounds, bruises, fractures, tumors. They are called secondary causes of pain syndrome.
• Cardiovascular diseases.
• Nephrologic: sand or kidney stones.
• In women, pain can also appear with gynecological problems and even during menstruation.

Triggers for pain syndrome:

1. sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work. This article includes a long stay behind the wheel of a car or computer monitor;
2. overweight, obese;
3. pregnancy involves a combination of weakened back muscles and weight gain;
4. excessive physical activity (in everyday life or in the gym);
5. hypothermia of the body.

Possible illnesses

The nature of the pain depends directly on the disease that caused the symptom. In primary pathology (arthritis, intervertebral hernias), the lower back hurts monotonously: the pain increases or decreases with a change in the position of the body. It is accompanied by a sensation of goosebumps, burning, alternating numbness of the lower limbs. The dull pains seen with lumbosacral radiculitis are felt by the patient not only in the back, but also in the buttocks, legs and thighs.

Diseases of internal organs (angina pectoris, pyelonephritis)are characterized by pain of a more pronounced and prolonged nature that persists after rest or a change in body position. So, with gynecological problems, the lower abdomen is also worried, and with cardiovascular pathologies, shortness of breath and lack of air are noted.

Important! Specific pain in the lumbar region associated with high fever may be a manifestation of emergency conditions - renal or biliary colic, unstable angina.

Aggravated osteochondrosisis manifested by sharp, stabbing pains - lumbago ("lumbago"), radiating to the leg, pelvis during coughing or rapid movements. Herniated disks have characteristics:

Tilt

• is not possible without squatting first;
• difficult to lift without support (chair, knee);
• While lying down, the patient is forced to put on a pillow.

Inflammatory processes (myositis, radiculitis)proceed with aching pain and inability to perform elementary actions, since the simplest movements are constrained by the pain syndrome.

Fractures and dislocationsare accompanied by severe and increasing pain, swelling of the damaged area. The skin above the painful surface changes color to blue or red (depending on the nature of the injury).

How to get rid of low back pain

Excessive physical activity or prolonged exposure to a draft in the near future will cause back discomfort. Let's take a closer look at a quick and easy help for a familiar, annoying pain.

If the pain syndrome manifests itself after hypothermia or inflammation of the roots of the spinal cord (sciatica), a hot shower will help. Any physical activity is contraindicated after bathing procedures. Analgesic ointments provide warming, decongestant and anti-inflammatory effects.

Pain in osteochondrosis can be reduced with anti-inflammatory ointments and gels, as well as special exercises to relieve the intervertebral discs and muscle corset.

Bruises or sprains cause increased swelling. A dry, cold compress (freezer ice wrapped in a cloth) will help reduce or prevent it. Apply every two hours for two days on the painful spot for half an hour.

It should be remembered that only a specialist can correctly diagnose the cause of pain and develop a treatment program. Therefore, if you experience alarming symptoms, we recommend that you register for a consultation at our clinic.

Treatment and prevention of back pain

Western medicine is represented by three main therapeutic areas:

• medicated;
non-drug
• ;
• surgical.

Drug treatment involves taking pills and external application of ointments, gels, patches. The main groups of drugs:

• nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug - NSAIDs (relieves pain, inflammation);
• heparin ointments (relieve puffiness, improve venous flow);
• papaverine ointments (relieve pain, relieve painful spasms, dilate blood vessels);
• chondroprotectors (restore cartilage tissue);
• muscle relaxants (eliminate muscle tension).

For the prevention of chronic diseases, a course of injectables is prescribed. Treatment of low back pain almost always includes injections of B vitamins. They improve metabolic processes and the restoration of nerve fibers, stabilize the work of the central and peripheral nervous systems and restore impulse transmission. Analgesics are added to the composition of the drug to enhance the therapeutic effect. Vitamins are associated with NSAIDs.

In acute conditions, doctors perform therapeutic blockages. Most often they are used for diseases of the spine and joints. The doctor injects both anti-inflammatory drugs and adrenal hormones. Prednisolone or dexamethasone (the main representatives of the group) anesthetize the affected area, relieve swelling.

Non-drug therapy involves physiotherapy - massage, cold therapy (cryotherapy), warming of the affected areas. Physiotherapy is usually prescribed in subacute conditions or in remission.

Surgical treatment. Surgical intervention is used in extreme cases - for malignant tumors, destruction of the spinal cord, compression fractures. The surgical treatment of herniated discs raises professional controversy: the positive effect of the operation is often not justified and the risk of complications is too high.

Preventive measures:

• Do morning exercises, be sure to include lower back stretching exercises.
• Good nutrition. Fried, salty, starchy foods, alcohol should be excluded - anything that contributes to the development of gastrointestinal diseases. It is necessary to add fiber, vitamins to the diet, cook meat and fish in steam or in the oven. To improve blood circulation and interarticular fluid production, it is recommended to drink up to 1. 5 liters of water (in the absence of contraindications).
• Watch your posture.
• Walking or exercising periodically when working sedentary.
• It is advisable to sleep on orthopedic pillows and mattresses.

Treatment at Tibetan Medicine Clinic

Traditional Tibetan medicine considers lumbodynia to be a violation of the three constitutions. Indignant dosha Bile spasms the muscles of the back. Excited mucus leads to endocrinological problems, metabolic disorders. An excess of the Wind constitution (responsible for the nervous system) aggravates the disharmony of the other two constitutions.

Oriental doctors help not only to eliminate the symptoms, but also to understand the cause of the disease and cope with it.

At the clinic, you will not be offered to “patch up” the problem with pills, hormones and injections. After diagnosing the disease using ancient oriental techniques, the patient will be given an individual treatment plan. Basic sample of treatments used by Tibetan doctors:

1. Correction of nutrition and restoration of mental comfort, emotional background.
2. Phytotherapy. Herbal and herbal preparations will treat the problem from the inside out. The multi-component Tibetan preparations restore the balance between the three constitutions "Wind", "Slime", "Bile". Unique collections not only stop the symptom, but also have a healing effect on the whole body as a whole.
3. Acupuncture. The effect of needles on bioactive points relieves vascular and muscle spasms, increases blood flow to damaged areas of the back.
Acupressure massage
4. . The specialist presses his fingers on the points of the energy meridians, working with chronic diseases of internal organs.
5. Cupping massage (vacuum) improves microcirculation not only in painful areas, but throughout the body.
6. Moxotherapy. The wormwood cigar restores the balance of the three doshas, the integrity of the whole system. Stone therapy. Cold and hot stones neutralize swelling and inflammation.
7. Tsubotherapy is one of the acupuncture options using metal beads. Tiny balls are applied with plaster to the bioactive points for up to 2 weeks.
8. Hirudotherapy - cleansing a slag body with leeches, normalizing the body's metabolic processes.

The effectiveness of Tibetan methods in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system has been proven and confirmed by our patients.