treatment of back pain

When the pain in the back just a thought for sciatica. In fact cause discomfort in the lower back can become even pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, prior to the preparation of a therapeutic scheme, the doctors thoroughly examine the patient. When the back pain in the lumbar region, rather than to treat pathology, can only be decided by the neurologist. Often to conduct the therapy includes doctors of narrow specializations - gastroenterologist, endocrinologist, oncologist, gynecologist, urologist. Depending on the diagnosed disease, further treatment is carried out at home or in the hospital.

As for the treatment of pain in the back

Basic principles of treatment

Pain affecting the lumbar spine, can be of a drawing, aching character, or to show a strong and sharp attacks. If during the examination of the patient revealed abnormalities of the organs of other important systems, the therapeutic scheme includes the following activities:

  • receiving pharmacologic agents for the relief of inflammatory processes, elimination of pain, restoration of damaged bone and joint tissues;
  • the implementation of physiotherapeutic procedures to speed up the regeneration of the vertebrae and skeletal muscles;
  • physiotherapy or gymnastics.

When sharp and severe pain, limitation of movement, patients are assigned drugs for intramuscular injection. As a rule, in this case is the admission in the hospital. After improvement the patient is discharged for further recovery at home.

The right of access to treatment

The main reason for back pain is destructive and degenerative damage of the vertebrae or intervertebral hernia formed. As if successfully passed the treatment, doctors recommend patients to eliminate from their traditional way of life which cause the pathology factor. Otherwise the disease will come back after some time or go in the chronic form, the threat of their recurrence.

If you often have pain in the lower part of the back needs to be replaced with actively playing sports, walks on fresh air

To start to treat sharp or pulling pain in the lower part of the arms should comply with bed rest. When the pathology becomes the inflammatory process, even a small physical activity contributes to its spread. Neuropathologists are advised to purchase an orthopedic pillow and mattress. They will reduce the burden on the patient's back, to prevent squeezing and pinching the muscle and nerve roots. If you can not buy special tools, you need to choose to sleep with a mattress and pillow of medium firmness.

To speed up the recovery must be in the process of treatment to follow these medical recommendations:

  • avoid any physical activity and employment by active kinds of sports. Recuperating yoga, swimming or just long walks on fresh air;
  • exclude from the diet of fatty and fried foods. They negatively affect the condition of the blood vessels located in the lumbar spine contribute to the deposition of harmful cholesterol. Lack of nutritious and biologically active substances is one of the reasons of destruction of bone tissue;
  • do not drink or smoke. If you can not overcome a harmful addiction at all, then at least for the time of treatment should be to forget about it. Toxic tar, nicotine, ethanol adversely affect the veins, arteries and capillaries, slows the healing of bones, joints and cartilaginous tissue in both men and women.

To speed up the recovery will help to get a balanced complex of vitamins and minerals. Some of them contain high amounts of calcium, but these drugs can be taken only as directed by your doctor.

Pharmacologic agents

Despite the effectiveness of folk remedies and physiotherapy, strong pain in the back is able to quickly eliminate the only pharmaceutical medications. If the discomfort is mild, you will help of course dose of capsules, tablets and pills. Despite the intense pain neurologists prescribe and to facilitate the patient's intravenous and intramuscular injections. Many of the drugs used for the treatment of lumbar, show serious side effects and have many contraindications. To avoid the negative effects, would strict compliance with the medical recommendations concerning the doses and the duration of the course admission.

Physiotherapy

Most of these therapeutic measures are prescribed for patients with pain caused by acute inflammatory processes. To procedures started after its release drugs. Physical therapy is used to normalize tissue metabolism, regeneration of tissue, prevention of further degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. With the help of some physiotherapy treatments can get rid of the pain in the back:

  • electrophoresis. Therapeutic manipulation is intended to provide a quick delivery of medications (Nsaids, analgesics, anesthetics, chondroprotectors) in damaged areas of the lower part of the back. In the process of conducting electrophoresis on the back of the patient a cotton swab soaked in the drug solution. Superimposed on top of the special plates, through which current is passed. Under the action of the electric pulse of molecules, chemical substances quickly penetrate into the area of inflammation;
  • ultrasonic therapy. The oscillation of the ultrasonic waves stimulate blood circulation in the lower part of the back. In the damaged tissues begin to penetrate the nutrients and bioactive substances, and molecular oxygen. After holding 5-10 treatments the patient's pain disappear due to the removal of the spasm of the muscles and increase the metabolism;
  • laser therapy. Polarized laser light is used in the treatment of destructive changes in the lumbar intervertebral discs. Under the action of infrared radiation restores the blood supply articular and cartilaginous tissues, normalizes metabolism. Physiotherapy promotes the removal of vertebral column of waste, toxins, end products of the inflammatory process;
  • magnetotherapy. In the course of the procedure, the patient is the effect of the wave magnetic field to stimulate blood circulation in the damaged tissues.
Electrophoresis prescribed to patients for the treatment of back pain and inflammation

Therapeutic manipulation is prescribed for the relief of further damage to the lumbar vertebrae and to prevent the spread of inflammation to healthy tissue. The result is the disappearance of pain and restoration of full range of motion.

For the treatment of severe pain, which can radiate with the foot, hand, tailbone, physiotherapy in combination with taking the medicine. And in the rehabilitation period, or during remission of chronic pathologies of the spine, patients are advised mud baths, baths with mineral water, classical and precise massage, acupuncture.

Recipes from traditional healers

For the treatment of back pain healers, it is recommended to drink plenty of fluids. Pure water, chamomile and rose hip compote of berries and fruits will help you to pull quickly from the spine end products of inflammation, toxins. As the copious drinking in the traditional medicine used infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs. Useful plants contain biologically active substances with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antiseptic properties.

How to cure back pain healing infusions:

  • in a thermos pour 3 tablespoons of leaves, cranberries, st. john's wort and calendula, pour a liter of boiling water and infuse for about an hour. Drain, drink a delicious smoothie instead of coffee and tea;
  • in an enamel or glass bowl, place a few dried fruits of dog rose, bilberry and juniper, pour 2 liters of hot water. Boil in water bath for 30-40 minutes, strain and drink 0.5 cups of infusion before each meal.

Back pain can be eliminated compress or ointment made from natural ingredients. How to prepare the drug:

  1. Melt in a water bath for 3 tablespoons of natural honey, cool and mix with 2 tablespoons of pharmaceutical alcohol.
  2. In the mixture pour 100 ml of petroleum jelly and RUB into the damaged area of the lower part of the back.

This tool is used for health-promoting packs of the back pain. This mixture should not RUB, and spread in a thin layer on the skin. At the top, we need to put plastic wrap, and then wrapped a warm scarf. The procedure takes 3-4 hours.

Treatment of pain in the back, which usually happens in the home. Only when the diagnosis of acute inflammatory process, patients are admitted to hospital. Depending on the reason for the pathology the treatment usually lasts from two weeks to several months. But compliance with medical recommendations is significantly accelerated recovery, as evidenced by the feedback treated patients.

Extracts from herbs save people from lower back pain, the spine is clean of toxins