Back pain is an inevitable phenomenon that we are facing in our lives, sooner or later. Even if you are not sleepers stacker or loader, not a woman brings home a lot of daily pound bags, not the Amateur gardener working in the garden at his dacha in the spring sowing period, and not the athlete weightlifter pain you can not avoid anyway. You can only wonder seems to be sitting, not straining the whole day on the computer, virtually no loads, but by the end of the day you will start to pain in the lower part of the discomfort occurs in the neck, shoulder area and shoulders. What is the problem? Why no reason for the back pain?
Why back pain and how to treat it
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In fact, the causes of back pain are many. And the first of them was anatomical. The main design of a lot of links, when upright, is very fragile: it undergoes longitudinal (compressive) and transverse loads. To be strictly vertical, it can only be in a state of tension, that is, if the ends of it to tie the strings and pull them — the web is straightforward, and is on the wires to let go — to take a shaky, distorted.
Something like this reminds us of the spine: perform the role of the Central core of this remarkable bio-design — of the human body, and the role of the tightening of the threads performing the back muscles. Imagine now that the rod still attached and the body with all its internal organs, and poor fibers-the muscles need to withstand not only the weight of the spine of the rod, but the weight of the whole body, are constantly.
Unconsciously come to the conclusion that really the Creator we created the first Homo erectus, because "the fee for bipedalism" is kind of prohibitive. Open any medical reference in the section "Diseases of the musculoskeletal system," to verify this.
The most common reasons for pain in the back
However, the right to conclude that once a bad back, then you will certainly something seriously sick is not worth it. More than 80% of back pain can occur periodically for the following reasons:
- muscle strain due to physical exertion
- prolonged exposure of the spine in the same position of the body during sleep, sitting on the computer, transport, etc.
- hypothermia back to be in the draft, before the air conditioner, when leaving the hot room in fresh cool air, cold bathing.
- old previously acquired and poorly healed injuries (sprains, bruises)
Much less pain in the back for reasons really serious illnesses. What can the reason be? They are very diverse and are not always associated with damage to the spine segments, as well as the ensuing diseases.
It happens that the person has some kind of illness from the body, and you will experience the pain radiates to the arms, as for example:
- when kidney patients the pain radiates to the lower back
- gynecological diseases in women pain may radiate to the lumbosacral
- in the presence of the tumor the pain can radiate to certain parts of the arms
Therefore, before the treatment of back pain is necessary first to determine his real reason, that is, to conduct a thorough diagnosis of the presence of other possible diseases.
Chronic pain in the back
Always be wary of chronic pain that is present almost always with periods of remission. It is possible that the reason it can be such ailments:
- Low back pain arising from degenerative changes in the tissue of the spinal disk
- Scoliosis — curvature leading to disk displacement, and injury to a nerve root
- Disc herniation with access from the drive of its nucleus into the spinal cord or (even worse) in the direction of the spinal cord
- Spondylolisthesis — slipping of the upper part of the spine of the lower part, as a result of the deformation of the legs of the spine, causing the spine becomes like a ladder with exposed treads
- Bechterew's disease (spondylitis), inflammation of the ligaments and joints, which leads to their immobility. It is mainly affects men. The risk of this rare disease in its ongoing development — the gradual capture of the spine to switch on the internal organs: lung, liver, kidney, heart, blood vessels, organs of vision.
- Cancer — a tumor in the spine may be primary, but most often occurs in the form of metastases from other organs. The percentage of the total number of reasons for one percent.
- Spinal infection tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, syphilis and other diseases as causes of pain are especially rare (about 0.01%)
- Compression fractures — disease, unfortunately, relatively common (about 4%). In youth occurs mainly in athletes because of excessive loads, and injuries in old age — because of the phenomenon, due to which the vertebrae no longer withstand only the weight of the person.
- Myalgia is a chronic, due to persistent hypothermia, inflammation of the muscle tissue
In all cases, after the treatment of pain and inflammation you need to treat the underlying illness that cause pain.
Types of back pain: causes and treatment
The most effective back pain:
- Medical gymnastics (exercises for the arms)
- Laser MLS (after the 2nd session the pain goes away)
- Hivamat (the only treatment that relieves the pain immediately, but it should be like 2-3 times.)
The nature of the pain can pre-determine its cause and prescribe proper treatment.
Acute pain (lumbago) — can have the following reasons:
- Complications of scoliosis — pinched nerves in the result of the disc displacement
- Osteohondroznye deformation of the vertebrae and compression of the nerve root herniated discs
- Spondylolisthesis and other diseases
- Traumas and injuries received as a result of drops In this case, you may need not only conservative but also surgical treatment.
- Diseases of the internal organs.
For diagnosis plays a major role in determining the pain in the back:
Sharp pains may be the result of:
- kidney stones
- suffering from intestinal diseases
- inflammation of the ureter
- rupture of the cyst of women and other diseases
Girdle pain is a very serious signal shows as possible diseases:
- pyelonephritis
- the worsening of pancreatitis
- stones in gallbladder
- myocardial infarction
- rupture of the esophagus
- aneurysm of the lower aorta.
If the pain in the back in the blades, it can mean:
- neuro-muscular myopathy and paralysis in the immediate vicinity of the muscles of the blades, resulting in the development of t.n. "winged" scapula
- osteomyelitis developed after open injuries
- benign tumors and malignant sarcomas of the knives
- myocardial infarction
- aneurysm of the thoracic aorta
Pain in left shoulder blade sharp is also very disturbing, because it indicates such diseases:
- myocardial infarction
- perforated ulcer of the stomach
- intercostal neuralgia
Sharp pain in the upper part of the back:
- pneumothorax (penetration of light)
- pleurisy (accumulation of fluid in the lungs)
- cancer of the lung and bronchus
- attack cholecystitis — the pain is concentrated under the ribs on the right and epigastric region, but its impact is wide: the right scapula and shoulder, the hand, the left side of the sternum
- attack of acute pancreatitis — the pain experienced under the left scapula, in the chest on the left and the heart
As impressive diagnosis says only one thing: when the pain in the back sharp pain, go, without delay, to the physician self-treatment is unacceptable.
Acute pain (sciatica) — sharp dagger of pain of the lumbosacral (sciatica), often radiates to the buttock and leg may be the result of:
- pinched sciatic nerve arising from degenerative disc disease, herniation and displacement of intervertebral discs, spinal stenosis
- inflammation of the sciatic nerve as a result of hypothermia
- spasm of the muscles piriformis
- infectious diseases and tumors
- late pregnancy
The treatment of acute pain caused by progressive diseases of the spine, such as scoliosis, osteochondrosis and other, as well as their complications, should be carried out according to the generally accepted scheme:
The first is the medical treatment for the removal of the acute pain and inflammation:
- taking the pain, the nonsteroidal or steroid anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants
Then the course of medication, improvement of the function of the brain, nervous system and circulatory system
After that, a direct treatment of the underlying cause of pain osteochondrosis, hernia, spondylosis and other disorders:
- restoration of the destroyed bone tissue protectors
- physical therapy, massage, physical therapy
In the most severe cases, to eliminate entrapment use of the operations, however, this rarely happens.
Nagging back pain — most commonly in the lower part of the back pain can be caused by the following reasons:
- Lumbosacral osteochondrosis, spondylosis, and other spinal pathology in the chronic phase
- Inflammation of the lumbar muscles (myositis)
- Adnexitis (inflammation of the appendages) in women)
- Heavy physical activity
- Long awkward pose
- An old injury, often nagging "time"
In any case, the treatment differential. To combine both herbs and folk therapies. For example:
- the pain in the muscles and for the treatment of dry heat, wearing a belt of dog hair
- when adnexitis long used decoctions of the special multi-component herbal
Pain in athletes and due to surge can happen due to over-training, heavy lifting and sharp turns and inclinations of the torso, which becomes stiff. In this case, the treatment is simple exercises for relaxing and stretching the muscles:
- You need to lie down on the couch on his side, tucked under the head and between the legs of the pillow
- Then lie on the floor and hugging her knees, pull them towards the chest
- Lying on your side, stretch your legs at a right angle to the body and rest the hands on the back of the head, tilt the head to the abdomen
- Then, maintaining the lateral position, straighten and bend the top leg at the knee, pulling it up her stomach. The upper part of the hand is taken back and lower under the head. Now try at the same time and the shoulder blades and the knee of the bent leg to tap the floor
Treatment can be supplemented, after after exercise with the friction of gels and ointments and massages, it is also very relaxing pulled muscles and soothes the pain.
Summing up all the above, we can draw the following conclusions:
- The treatment of acute pain should be carried out only by the doctor from the moment of their occurrence. Do not put yourself diagnosis.
- To seek help you need as quickly as possible, because of the potentially harmful to health, and perhaps life, causes.
- Chronic pain, the nature of which you already know that you can treat at home with the use as a pharmaceutical, and folk remedies. However, the control of the physician still must be, as well as the appointment of a special physiotherapeutic procedures, massage, exercise therapy and other treatments.
Health for you and the pain in your life will be less!