The lumbar spine osteochondria is a dystrophic vertebral disease, in which the normal structure of the entire spine and intervertebral discs in particular is gradually destroyed.It should be said that not only does the back suffer, but the whole body, especially the pelvic organs and the lower extremities.
The reasons for the development
The lumbar area for a person's life in relation to an immediacy experiences a colossal vertical load that cannot fully offset even the large size of the vertebrae.Therefore, the slightest displacements to the human body, the reduction of the muscular corset of the lower back, overweight, injuries, incorrect movements and much more can lead to the development of the disease.Also, you should always remember about age -related changes in the spine about each person.
In summary of the above, the most frequent risk factors can be distinguished, the total of which leads to osteochondria of the lumbar spine:
- Abnormal and irregular loads on the spine (lifting the severity from a sloping position, etc.).
- Overweight (almost every kilogram is important).
- Injuries, including sport.
- Atheist muscle fading (prolonged work in monotonous position, etc.).
- Stimulation diet, poor in minerals and vitamins.
Symptoms
Symptoms of the disease may vary quite widely, however, all the main signs of osteochondrication are generally developed in three syndromes:
- Vertobroogenous Lumbalgia (synonymous lumbago).
- Vertro -carbon lumboyshialgia.
- Vertro -carbon Ischialgia (inflammation of the sciatic nerve).
However, in addition to pain in the lumbar region (with foot irradiation, glutatic, groin area or without such), the back muscles intensity, the weakness in the legs, the crisis during the lower movements and the difficulties of the movements in the lumbar region must be
- Numbness in the legs and a sense of detection of geese on the legs.
- Cramps on the feet.
- Pelvic disorders (delay or urinary incontinence, constipation or diarrhea).
- Weakness in some groups of leg muscles.
These complaints can orient the neurologist to the level of damage to the spine, make a differential diagnosis with other diseases of the spine.
Diagnostics and Signs X -Ray
Osteochondria should be diagnosed with only one type of methods of organic methods - radiological.The depiction of the entire spine structure in modern medicine allows for a better MSCT or MRI study, however, simple radiography has not lost its estimated value (as a sorting study).It is important to remember that the main stage of diagnosis of problems with the spine will be a medical examination, which sometimes allows you to make a diagnosis without an examination at all.
In the neurological state, the pain is detected when palpating the spicy processes of the vertebrae, the back muscle tension and if there is only osteochondria, then there should be no symptoms such as: reduced reflective tendons, weakened sensitivity, symptoms of intensityof the movement of the movement movement of the movement of the movement of the movement.
Treatment
The treatment of the disease includes prolonged complete treatment.The guidelines in the treatment of many - removal of drugs, non -auxiliary methods, as well as the preventive method of physiotherapy exercises, which are partially used in the acute period and do not lose its relevance to date.
medicine
It is a combination of myoorlaxing treatment, anti -inflammatory pathogenic treatment, and the use of neuroprotective drugs.The choice of drugs and dosage calculations proceed from the weight of a person, gender, the presence of consequent diseases.
In the acute period, it is recommended to inject drugs such as Diclofenac, meloxicome.At the same time, they begin to be treated for the removal of muscle spasm and to protect nerve fibers from damage.
Zero
It is represented by natural and manual influences.Given the massive muscle group, a rather extensive level of the anatomical zone, physically can only be an auxiliary method.DDT, electrophoresis, magnetotherapy is used, which allows you to improve the effect of drugs.
However, massage and manual therapy is sometimes able to completely stop the symptoms of lumbar osteochondicity even without drug support.This is due to the fact that muscle spasm can be removed quite well and the pain is not always caused by the inflammatory process, sometimes only careless motion leads to pain, the consequences of which are effectively eliminated in the early hours of pain.
Gymnastics for the osteochondria of the lumbar region aims at the extent of the back muscles and their reinforcement.In the presence of established diagnosis, lumbar osteochondria should be dealt with daily with physiotherapy exercises.Subject to general rules (limiting excessive physical activity, hypothermia), body weight control and exercise for the lumbar area on the disease can sometimes be forgotten for many years.