Many people over the age of 35 (and some even earlier) have constant back and neck pain. Moreover, the pain arises and disappears and intensifies after many hours of sitting. The cause of these painful sensations is almost always osteochondrosis.
Osteochondrosis is a negative (dystrophic) change in the joints (or better said, articular cartilage) of the spine and intervertebral discs. Osteochondrosis occurs not only in the spine, but this problem is most acute in this part of the body.
Symptoms - which is the main one?
The main symptom of osteochondrosis is, as a rule, pain that appears and disappears. Also, the sensations of pain increase with static load, for example, with a long position of the head in an inclined state, the pain in the neck increases. Prolonged sitting causes pain in the lower back. At the same time, gymnastics can alleviate pain to some extent.
It is necessary to understand that similar pains can also occur with inflammation, but in this case they pass quickly. In case of injury, recovery occurs within 3 months. If you regularly have pain in the spine (neck, chest, lower back, sacral area) for a year or more, then you have a hernia in 99% of cases.
Osteochondrosis is a progressive disease, so if not treated in time, the pain will intensify. But the biggest risks are associated with the consequences of inactivity in the treatment of the spine.
Pay attention to the following sensations to start the current therapy:
- feeling numb;
- goose bumps, tingling;
- occurrence of neuralgia;
- impaired mobility.
Most of these signs are associated with compression of the neurovascular bundle. In this case, the compression can be localized in one place, and pain and distorted feelings can be noticed remotely.
Reasons - why is this inevitable?
Osteochondrosis is, in simple words, the wear and tear of the spine. Disorders in the spine are primarily caused by its vertical position and long-term tension of the paravertebral muscles, which are tonic and relax only when stretched or under the therapeutic influence of specialized devices. It is enough to sit for more than 2 hours at a computer or car - this already leads to hypertonicity of the intervertebral muscles of the lower back and neck. And after several years of a sedentary lifestyle, hernias appear on the neck and lower back. That is why it is important to start helping your spine after 30 years! Before the spread of mass inactive labor, sturgeon disease worried people after 40 years. But now this disease is getting younger and begins to manifest from the age of 25.
That is, the main reason for the appearance of osteochondrosis of the spine is muscle spasm. And in the treatment should be primarily restorative work with muscles.
How to treat? Efficient and cheap
Treatment of osteochondrosis of the spine at home can be divided into 3 phases:
- We alleviate acute pain.
- We remove muscle cramps and activate the recovery processes and blood circulation in the spine.
- We do general strengthening exercises - this allows you to tone your muscles and strengthen the effect of the therapy.
Acute pain is easiest to relieve with medication. This is the most effective, but it is worth remembering that this is not a solution to the problem, but the elimination of symptoms.
In the second and third phase, in order to eliminate the causes of osteochondrosis and prevent its development, innovative technology that has gained popularity in Europe can be used at home. It is based on autogravity therapy. The therapy is based on the principle of safe operation with its own weight on the therapeutic tips of the device. Developed by a team of scientists and doctors, the Cordus and Sacrus devices have an anatomical design, whose therapeutic protrusion can sink into the intervertebral muscles or deep ligaments and relieve their tension. No other technology to date can do this so precisely and safely.
Performing the procedure. To perform the therapy, it is necessary to take the device, lie on the sports mat or carpet and place the device under the desired area of the spine. The duration of the study of one segment is on average about 3 minutes. During that time, the tense muscle or ligament relaxes under the action of the apparatus. Due to the effect on the main cause of osteochondrosis - muscle spasms - this method is the safest and most effective.
3 processes take place simultaneously:
- Proprioceptors are activated - sensors that signal the state of the muscles to the brain. When exposed to mechanical or microcurrents for 3 minutes, the impulses are transmitted to a nerve center that regulates muscle tone. Usually within 2 minutes the nerve center gets tired and the tone impulses from the nerve center stop and the muscle relaxes.
- Muscle stretching occurs in the background of relaxation. This ensures removal of compression of the intervertebral disc or nerve, and also restores mobility of the vertebrae and joints.
- By removing the compression of the disc and restoring mobility, in the presence of a hernia, it can be smoothly tightened, and the displaced vertebrae gradually return to their original position.
Even if the pain is localized in one zone, the therapy should be performed on all three parts of the spine. For example, lower back pain can occur due to cramps in the lower back or neck and vice versa.
After unloading the spine, exercises are performed according to the developed method to stabilize the spine and strengthen the muscular corset, which ensures the consolidation of the achieved results.