Osteocondrose it is a condition in which there is a series of irregularities in the articular cartilage degenerative in nature. Osteocondrose can be found in the different joints, however, more often than osteocondrose it reaches the discs of the spinal column. If we look at the space, the location of the disease, osteocondrose to divide it into the thoracic, cervical, lumbar spine.
Osteocondrose it is a disease that becomes the root cause of back pain in approximately 80% of the time. In the event of complications from the degenerative disc disease is the herniation of the intervertebral disc , the sensations are painful, at times, appear to be in their head, and other members of the media. The most common one is considered to be the lumbar osteocondrose, causing pain in the legs. A lot of people complain about the symptoms of degenerative cervical disc disease, which is a pain in the hands and the head. When the chest is in the form of the disease, the pain occurs in the internal organs.
The causes of degenerative disc disease.
The cause that gives rise to the occurrence of the reported degenerative disc disease of the spine, it is considered to be the bipedalism that person. There are a lot of theories about the causes of degenerative disc disease. Thus, for example, that are genetic in nature, for bodily injury, in violation of metabolic processes in the body. The identification of the causes of the occurrence of reports of this disease, it has a complicated history due to the fact that the disease manifests itself in people of different ages, of different physique and to the level of development of the project.
There is also the theory that the cause of the degenerative disc disease makes , the deposition of salts in the spine. However, experts say that, to a certain extent, it's just an illusion. And that is the correct analysis of the causes of the disease that is the basis for an effective treatment of the disease.
When osteocondrose the nature of the disease is non-inflammatory, degenerative, and degenerative diseases. In the process of the development of the disease it is broken down in the nourishment of the tissue, which is reborn from its structure. People who have a physical asset, they are more durable and tensile of the tissue of the bone. This is due to the fact that the discs of the spinal column of an adult, they have their own vessels, they have not, therefore, oxygen and nutrients into the discs come from the tissues that are close by. Similar process can be complete only in the case of an active circulation of the blood, which is only possible through a process of intensive and continuous working of the muscle.
Each of the intervertebral disc made up of two parts. In the center of the disc is a gelatinous core, which makes it the most elastic, but it is the surrounding fibrous, durable o-ring. If the nutrition of the intervertebral disc to become worse, so the structure of the biopolymer of the connections may break down. Due to the decrease in the water content of the disc, it becomes brittle. And if the column is subjected to overload, the soft and the core is broken into pieces. As a result of its elasticity is very low. The fibrotic ring are also to lose their strength. These phenomena will become the starting point for the manifestation of the human has degenerative disc disease.
Because of the manifestations of the degenerative diseases-degenerative changes in the vertebral column occurs in calcification of damaged discs, ligaments and capsules. A similar phenomenon is the last stage in the process of the development of the disease.
Unfortunately, in the process of returning after such changes in the spine, it is next to impossible. Therefore, the main task in the treatment of degenerative disc disease is the maintenance of the actual state of affairs.
In essence, the manifestations of the degenerative disc disease become more pronounced in the individuals once they have reached thirty-five and old. Thus, the older a person is, the more manifestations of the disease, it can occur. However, in recent years with complaints of pain in the back, and the more young people to access medical care.
The causes as early as the occurrence of reports of a degenerative disease of the disk, that is, in the first place, a very low physical activity, poor posture, and also to the fans of the spine-a dorsal fin, flat feet, and obesity. Today, the main causes of the occurrence of the reported degenerative disc disease is a consideration of the following:
- the genetic predisposition of the character;
- the problem is due to the change of the processes, poisoning, infection,
- in the presence of excess weight, poor energy management (reduced use of water, the lack of vitamin d);
- the presence of lesions in the spine, its curvature, poor posture and flat feet;
- the existence of the evil conditions of environment.
- the inactive style of life.
- regular lifting of weight, working in uneasy postures too long, it is an activity in which men and women is often repeated jerk of a movement, rotation, and flexion of the trunk;
- a very strong, physical load, stress on the spine caused by diseases of the feet, the major disadvantage for the use of the shoes, and also to the load during the period of pregnancy;
- the sudden cessation of permanent training for the people who are involved in sports, stress, and the fraudulent from exposure to tobacco smoke.
The symptoms of degenerative disc disease.
The people who get sick osteochondrosis, in the first place, it manifested in the tangible and the pain in my back. Sometimes the pain is accompanied by numbness, as well as the feeling of pain in the end. The treatment of degenerative disc disease does not begin at the time the person, lose weight fast, this is caused by the atrophy of the limbs. When you exercise, and the burden, and it is also in the process of lifting too many heavy objects in the process of sneezing and coughing, the pain may become more intense. The patient has osteochondrosis decrease in the number of movements, and are manifested by muscle spasms.
The neck osteocondrose manifests itself, due to the characteristics of the building and of the cervical spine. The vertebra neck that are significantly lower than those of the other departments of the spinal cord. Respectively, of the neck, osteocondrose manifests itself, due to the constant load on the neck. The symptoms of degenerative cervical disc disease is to be expressed in the following way: is the pain present in her hands, neck, and shoulders may experience pain in the head. This type of the disease, which is characterized by a syndrome of the anterior spinal artery. With the onset of this syndrome, the person feels the presence of the noise in his head, and his eyes are flashing "side view", the feeling of being light-headed. Before the eyes can occur colored spots, along with a person feels a sharp pain in his head pulsating in nature. The symptoms of degenerative cervical disc disease, at times resembling the symptoms of angina, but the patient, when the survey fails to detect a change of heart.
In the patients, osteochondrosis, thoracic spine, and the patient feels pain in the chest. The pain, you can take a region of the heart, as well as other internal organs.
Of the patients, osteochondrosis, lumbar-sacral department of a spine they feel the pain in the lumbar region, which can provide the feet, the sacral, from the pelvic organs. They are caught in the roots of the nerves, disturbed sensitivity, you can reduce the glare, and a manifestation of low blood pressure.
A diagnosis of degenerative disc disease.
The pre-analysisosteocondrosethe" expert install during the consultation in the patient's care. As a general rule, the inspection of a doctor-a neurologist. Typically, the patient arrives at the front desk, with complaints of pain, as well as deformation of, or a limitation in mobility.
A study of the vertebral column of the patient is performed in standing, lying and sitting down, the doctor looks at it, and while on the go and at home. In the process of the inspection by the doctor, necessarily calls our attention to the posture of a person, their characteristics, the physical characteristics of the spinal cord, the topography of the muscles, which are located close to the spinal cord.
Thanks to the feeling of the spinal column, the results of the inspection, the patient in addition to the information about the deformation of the spinal column, where it is located, the pain, as well as to determine the degree of its intensity. In the process, the feelings, and it also sets out how tense the muscles on the side of the column, after all, a poor muscle tone and accompanies most illnesses and injuries. In order to determine the extent of the movement of the different areas of the spinal column, you are studying the possibilities of its deflection.
Once a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease is most often applied to computer tomography, x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging. These methods will allow you to figure out what is the level of the lesion in the spine, to determine if you have a hidden medical condition and give details of the diagnosis.
Thanks to the correct approach to the diagnosis, the physician can determine what is the best therapy for him to choose from, so that the final result has more than one.
In the treatment of degenerative disc disease.
In the treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease, as well as other forms of the disease and its complications is carried out with the application of the methods are conservative, the goal of which is to eliminate the pain, restore the function of the root of the spinal nerve, and also to prevent the degenerative phenomena in the structures of the spinal column.
All of the methods of the conservative treatment does not bring a good effect, and, to this end, a special reading, the patient can sometimes be attributed to the surgical techniques for treatment of degenerative disc disease. The amount of the surgery is dependent on how very impressed with the lumbar spine, and the intense symptoms of the illness.
The severity of the disease also depends on the duration of the treatment. Typically, the active phase of treatment methods are conservative, concerned primarily with the approximately 1 3 months. After the surgery, the patient will recover for about a year now. After the initiation of conservative treatment, many patients with osteochondrosis, there has been a growing pain. This is the reaction of the muscles, and other types of training for the treatment of.
If the pain is brought about it is too strong, you can get in shape relatively quickly with the help of the techniques of physical therapy, medications, and the application of a set of exercises that are specially designed for the sick, osteochondrosis. It is important to remember that it is an important factor that affects the effectiveness of the treatment is to correct the behavior of the patient, and adequate in relation to the need to adhere to a method that was developed for the treatment of. For this reason it is important is the perseverance, the patience, and the will to overcome the disease. Proven to be the most effective way is to carry out the conservative treatment, and recovery from surgery, in hospice, as well as in medical centers that specialize in the treatment of this disease. If you have the necessary equipment, as well as to qualified practitioners of integrated treatment is the most effective and efficient manner.
In the therapy, in the treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease include therapeutic exercise, massage therapy, physical therapy, chiropractic, reflexology, application of drug of the funding.
One of the most important methods of impact on the state of the musculoskeletal system of a human, is a therapeutic exercise. The patient, periodically, a certain amount of exercise, in which, gradually, there is a decompression of the nerve root, the correctness of the corset, it increases the flexibility of ligament-muscle apparatus. Exercises, special neck osteocondrose, it can also provide you with training on the prevention of the development of the disease. The main prerequisite for this is the time to perform all of the exercises.
When you use a therapy occurs, the treatment of degenerative disc disease with the help of the factors of physical, magnetic fields, currents, low-frequency ultrasound and the Dr. This method can be used to reduce the rehabilitation time after the surgery, and it can also increase the impact of the different interactions of these funds.
With the help of massage can relieve muscle tension, improve the circulation of the blood, in order to produce the firming impact on the overall.
For the removal of extreme pain, and is used in therapy of manipulative. This technique also allows you to correct your posture. The pain will also shoot up with the help of the traction of the spine – a procedure carried out on the equipment. When the reflex occurs, the impact on reflex areas of the human body, and allows you to significantly improve your exposure to the other two methods.
During exacerbation of the disease, we apply the treatment with the drug in a way in which it is taken out of the ignition, is interrupted by a pain, they are activated in the metabolic processes. Medicines for intravenous infusion or for intramuscular injection.
The most tangible results of the processing are observed when you are using a variety of methods in the complexo da maré. However, when the treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease, and other forms of the disease, attribute it to them, you should only by your doctor.