Back pain

Each of us at least once experienced back pain - from mild malaise to excruciating thoracolumbalgia (pain in the lower back, in the thoracic region). Disturbing 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 35-40 years. However, he does not explain the severity and duration of 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 why your back hurts. The main mechanisms of pain syndrome remain dystrophic and degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs. As a result, subluxation of the joints and compression of the nerve endings of the spine increase the symptoms.

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

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

Triggering factors for pain syndrome:

1. sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work. This item includes a long stay behind the wheel of a car or a computer monitor;
2. overweight, obesity;
3. pregnancy includes 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 diseases

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

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

Important! Specific pain in the lumbar region in combination with high fever can be manifestations of emergency conditions - renal or gallstone colic, unstable angina pectoris.

Aggravated osteochondrosisis manifested by sharp, shooting pains - lumbago ("lumbago"), radiating to the leg, pelvis when coughing or fast movements. Herniated discs have characteristic features:

• tilt is impossible without first squatting;
• difficult to lift without support (chair, knee);
• In the prone position, the patient is forced to put a pillow.

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

Fractures and dislocationsare accompanied by intense, growing 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 result in back discomfort. Let's take a closer look at a simple and quick help for familiar, annoying pain.

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

Pain in osteochondrosis can be reduced thanks to 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 (ice from the freezer wrapped in a cloth) will help to reduce or prevent it. Apply every couple of hours for two days to the painful focus for half an hour.

It is worth remembering that only a specialist can correctly diagnose the cause of pain and draw up a treatment program. Therefore, we recommend that if you experience alarming symptoms, sign up 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:

• non-steroidal anti-inflammatory - NSAIDs (relieve pain, inflammation);
• heparin ointments (relieve puffiness, improve venous outflow);
• papaverine ointments (relieve pain, relieve pain spasm, dilate blood vessels);
• chondroprotectors (restore cartilage tissue);
• muscle relaxants (eliminate muscle tension).

For the prevention of chronic conditions, a course of injectables is prescribed. The course of treatment of lumbar 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 combined with NSAIDs.

In acute conditions, doctors perform therapeutic blockades. 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 treatment (cryotherapy), warming up 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. Surgical treatment of herniated discs causes professional controversy: the positive effect of the operation often does not justify itself, and the risk of complications is too high.

Preventive measures:

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

Treatment at the Tibetan Medicine Clinic

Tibetan traditional medicine views lumbodynia as 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 constitution Wind (responsible for the nervous system) aggravates the disharmony of the other two constitutions.

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

In the clinic, you will not be offered to "clog" the problem with pills, hormones and injections. After diagnosing the disease using ancient oriental techniques, the patient will receive an individual treatment plan. Basic sample of treatments used by Tibetan medicine doctors:

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