Cervical osteochondrosis is a pathological changes in the intervertebral discs and vertebrae of the cervical spine, occurring against the background of metabolic disorders.This form of the disease has some characteristics related to the narrowness of the cervical region and its saturation with nerve endings and important blood vessels responsible for blood circulation in the brain.
The development of osteochondrosis causes pain, worsening of the brain nutrition, dizziness, decreased vision and hearing.The progression of the disease is fraught with serious complications, so the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis is better to start at an early stage.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to get rid of the disease at the end, but with the help of a number of quite effective methods you can forget about pain, restriction of mobility and other symptoms of the disease for a long time.
Medication
An important place in the complex treatment of cervical osteochondrosis is the use of medicines.The following groups are used:
Non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs
NSAIDs are prescribed to relieve pain and eliminate the inflammatory process.Tablets, ointments, gels, injections can be used.As prolonged use of drugs provoke unwanted changes in the gastric mucosa, antispasmodics are often taken at the same time as NSAI.
Hormonal drugs
Hormones are mainly used to relieve radicular syndrome, which occurs in compression and swelling of nerve fibers.Most often prescribes medicines for oral administration and injections directly into the neck.
Anesthetic drugs
In the cervical form of osteochondrosis, one of the important areas of treatment is the use of anesthetics.These drugs are used to administer a subsidiary neuromuscular blockade for the direct effect of anesthetics on nerve fibers, which manages to achieve a temporary excretion of severe pain.There are several ways to introduce anesthetics:
- intradermal;
- subcutaneous;
- muscular;
- perineral;
- Korean
One of the methods for reducing the swelling of nerve tissue for cervical osteochondrosis is the simultaneous use of anesthetic and glucocorticosteroid.This method of treatment allows you to achieve a quick and long -term analgesic effect.The course is approximately 5-7 procedures performed every other day.This way you can treat both cervical and cervical, breasts and lumbar species of osteochondrosis.In addition to the injection directly into the affected areas, the administration of medication at small doses to active points is also practiced.The technique is called "pharmacopuncture".
Annoying means of local use
You can effectively fight cervical osteochondrosis with irritating ointments, rubbing, linification.Medicines activate blood circulation, stimulate metabolic processes, have an irritating and distracting effect.
Chondroprotectors
An important part of osteochondrosis therapy is the use of a group of agents that slow down the process of destruction of cartilage tissue, since the main cause of pain is the injury of the nerve endings due to certain deformities in the cervical region.Chondroprotectors at last cannot cure the disease, but with their competent use it is possible to stop the destructive process.
Improvement of circulatory tools
Improvement of blood microcirculation in the neck is achieved using terrain, actor, nicotinic acid, shortening.In the treatment of osteochondrosis, tablets or injections are prescribed.Medicines increase the properties of the blood fluid and have a stimulating effect on peripheral blood circulation by activating venous outflow.Due to this, the metabolic processes are regulated in the affected area, which helps to relieve inflammation and edema.
Vitamins
Vitamins are used during treatment and during remission.The purpose of their use in the cervical form of osteochondrosis is to improve nerve conductivity, reduction of vestibular and visual disorders that occur as a result of the deformity of the vertebrae and the subsequent disorder of the brain nutrition.The use of vitamins B (especially B6, B12), as well as vitamins C and A, enhance the vascular walls and have an antioxidant, is a must.
Physiotherapy
The use of physiotherapy procedures in the localization of pathological changes in the cervical region is one of the most effective methods in the treatment of osteochondrosis.
Ultraviolet
The effects of UV rays contribute to the synthesis of vitamin D, which contributes to the absorption of one of the most important trace elements-Calcium.Radiators that have anti -inflammatory, analgesic and bactericidal effects are used for the procedure.For the treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, the UOFO method is treated by the posterior surface of the neck, the upper area of the intervertebral, the outer surface of the shoulder and the subccavy part.
The procedure has some contraindications:
- malignant neoplasms;
- blood pathologies;
- Taking medicines, the action of which is enhanced by exposure to UV.
Vibration
You can get rid of cervical osteochondrosis using vibration effects.How does it work?The essence of the method lies in the effects of the lesion area through mechanical vibrations, which causes the pain syndrome significantly softened.Use tape massagers often.There are three types of vibration massage:
- General;
- zone;
- point.
Contraindications:
- vibration disease;
- the presence of dermatitis or areas of skin damage;
- oncological diseases;
- Mental disorders.
Laser therapy
Laser therapy is very effective for cervical osteochondrosis.The method is based on the healing effect of helium-neon lasers, which stimulate bioelectric processes in nerve fibers.The effectiveness of treatment is achieved due to the healing of wounds, analgesic and anti -inflammatory properties of laser radiation.
In the course of the procedure, the treatment of inflamed spinal cord roots, paravertebral (periportide) areas of the affected cervical region is performed.Each root is treated for a maximum of 2 minutes.The total duration of the session is a quarter of an hour.
Electrotherapy
The treatment of such therapy is performed by the use of electrical current.Under its influence, heat is produced in the tissues, which is why the blood flow in the cervical spine is activated, the pain disappears and the process of repairing the damaged tissues is accelerated.
Electrotherapy is not prescribed to patients with pacemakers or metal devices in the body.
Shock wave
The essence of therapy is the effect of acoustic wave on the problem area because of:
- The pain disappears;
- The metabolic processes are accelerated;
- Microcirculation is improving.
Interpretation
What if cervical osteochondrosis is accompanied by acute pain?The tested method is the effect on the painful area with an electric current with a rhythmic change in its frequency.The power of the current should be increased until the appearance of vibration vibrations in the tissues.After a 15-minute procedure, the intensity of pain is significantly reduced
DDT (Diadra Therapy)
In this method of treatment, the affected area is exposed to a double wave or continuous current, which gradually increases to a slight feeling of vibration in the treated area.Even severe pain after several procedures become pain, simultaneously eliminating muscle tension and irritation of the nerve roots.After a full course, the tone of the cervical muscles normalizes, the mobility of the affected part of the spine increases.
Useful electrical neurostimulation
This physiotherapy method is briefly called khan.During the procedure, plates are used electrodes equipped with hydrophilic seals.They are applied throughout the cervical zone, as well as on the field of projection of nerve roots coming out of the cervical region.In order to obtain the therapeutic effect, the current intensity increases until vibration occurs.This method is suitable for treatment in the acute phase of osteochondrosis.
Dutoenzor-Terapy
This is the name of the soft long spine in a horizontal position.Due to the use of the method, muscles relax, their spasm is removed, the tone is normalized and the effectiveness of the spine in the cervical area is restored.The spinal cord unloading and the elimination of vertical squeezing of the discs restores the normal supply of nutrients with the area affected by osteochondrosis.Treatment with the help of childhood therapy helps to eliminate headache, neck pain and dizziness.The method can be prescribed even to elderly patients as well as with heart problems.
Manual therapy
It is possible to effectively treat osteochondrosis of the cervical cervical with the help of a qualified physician therapist who skillfully possesses manual therapy techniques.The method includes a local dosing effect on the elements of the spine to restore the mobility of the damaged segment or its adaptation to new conditions.
How to perform the procedures properly?The movements must be soft, regulated, with elements of light massage in the problem area.At the same time, stretching manipulations are performed while the head plays the role of a lever.
First, diagnostics are performed to identify the degree of restriction of the mobility of the affected part.The purpose of larger manual action is to eliminate the block (restriction).Such an effect cannot eliminate osteophytes or restore cartilage tissue.Its purpose is to increase the mobility of the cervical region and to relieve pain.
The contraindications to the procedure are:
- inflammatory pathologies of the spine;
- malignant neoplasms;
- Recent spinal injury;
- increased bone fragility;
- Hernia on the intervertebral disc.
In the last two cases it is possible to prescribe manual treatment, but it should be done extremely carefully.
Physiotherapy and gymnastics
A regular gymnastics complex may be prescribed in the initial stages of osteochondrosis.With the progression of the disease, an individual training system has been selected.The exercises are performed smoothly, with a gradual increase in the load.Crista or pain should not be allowed.Treatment with exercise therapy is quite effective when combined with physiotherapy.Proper exercise helps to eliminate pain syndrome and increase the mobility of the cervical spine.
In what cases is the operation prescribed?
If the use of conservative methods does not work, patients recommend surgery.His holding is recommended:
- with very severe pain that is not eliminated after medication;
- by increasing the weakness of the muscles of the hands;
- With severe signs of spinal cord strain.
The most commonly used is surgery to remove osteophytes and disc hernias with a larger anteroposter spondylodesis.In the postoperative period, patients should wear a head holder for about 3 months.
Folk methods
How to quickly cure osteochondrosis?Proponents of traditional medicine claim that this can be done with the help of ordinary means.The main drug components for the treatment of this disease are:
- Raw materials of plant origin: herbs, flowers, roots - are used for internal intake or in the form of fluff, baths, compresses, etc.
- Products or medicines of animal origin: fat, bee or snake poison, bile, egg - are used for the preparation of rubber, ointments, compresses for warming and pain relief;
- Chemicals that have a warming, irritant, analgesic effect: alcohol, turpentine, iodine.
Almost all methods of treating cervical osteochondrosis with folk remedies are based on the principle of warming the affected area.They can only be used in addition to traditional therapy.
Some recommendations should usually be treated with caution, as you can get complications instead of benefit.For example, general treatment with horseradish leaves, pre -reduced in boiling water, often leads to burns.In addition, many components of plants and animals are strong allergens - they cannot be used if there is a tendency for allergies.
There are adequate recommendations (such as the use of a tincture of staff branches that have an analgesic effect), but they are not effective enough.
At one time, the so -called "removal of salts" with the help of various herbal tinctures and fees was very popular.The result is often a noticeable deterioration in the patient's condition, which the healers of the people themselves have explained to the departure of excess salts from the body.With osteochondrosis (including in the cervical region), not only the metabolism of salt is impaired, but also all metabolic processes in the affected area.Even with the effective removal of salts, no improvement in the patient's condition can be improved.In addition, the main cause of the disease is the dehydration of the intervertebral discs and with its more progression begins the formation of osteophytes.In both cases, herbal infusions cannot help.
Preventive measures
In order to prevent degenerative dystrophic changes in the cervical region and the development of osteochondrosis, several rules must be followed:
- Do not expose the spine with large loads;
- Not be in a fixed uncomfortable state for a long time;
- By sitting periodically, perform simple exercises: neck turns, circular motions, small massage;
- Avoid sudden movements;
- Do not overfill;
- On time for the treatment of other diseases;
- Avoid injuries;
- If possible, prevent stress;
- stand monitor;
- exercises;
- Eat properly;
- Get rid of excess weight;
- No smoking.