Osteochondrosis is often called a human being, which is caused by a person's transition to a direct walk, that is, a disease in the civilized world. In fact, the load on the spine of modern people is almost never evenly distributed, and osteochondrosis is characterized by damage to the intervertebral disc. Every year, the disease is increasingly suffering from the populations around the world. At any age, a person can begin to suffer from pain, seizures and other manifestations of osteochondria, which can cause many other diseases, among other things. The development of this disease is not only affected by hereditary factors or age-related changes, but also worsens environmental conditions, and food brings greater harm and other living conditions in the 21st century. The most common type of osteocartilage degeneration is the lumbar spine, and the second is occupied by osteochondralosis of the cervical spine (cervical osteocartilage bones).
The main causes of osteochondrosis in the cervical area
Despite the adoption of advanced treatments, the development of science and medical technology still faces a variety of diseases associated with the spine. Among the important causes of osteochondrosis, it can be called:
1. For objective reasons, pay special attention to your spine
- Hereditary tendency: Osteochondrosis can be inherited. If a relative has this disease, you should take all possible precautions to prevent it from developing
- Age-related changes: As we age, the body itself produces less and less useful substances, which should also maintain the state of the spine. To make the development of osteochondrosis slower, you should already take care of the situation of your youth
2. Reasons related to a person's lifestyle. If they are unstable, they are easily eliminated and even better follow the principles of a healthy lifestyle
- Nutrition: What a person eats directly affects his health. A noticeable rapid improvement, consuming salt from products in chocolate and alcohol, including preservatives and dyes, including salt, sugar, flour and rejection of dishes. And, instead, you should include products that help bones and cartilage structures in your diet (e. g. , yogurt-like products)
- Overweight: The natural consequence of malnutrition is weight gain, which leads to increased vertebrae load
- Hypothermia: Any type of hypothermia should be avoided. If this happens, it will be treated soon, extending it to the end
- Spine injury inevitably affects its condition
- Hypoemia: Small movements negatively affect the function of all parts of the spine
- Poisoning can also affect the disc and prevent the absorption of useful microscopic and macroscopic elements. Smoking and alcohol are the main reasons for drunkenness
- Stress: It seems that lack of sleep, depression, and negative emotional states have nothing to do with discomfort in the cervical osteochondrosis test. But, that's not the case
Symptoms of cervical vertebrae
Treatment of osteochondral disease in the cervical spine must be started as early as possible. Like any advanced form of disease, it can be more difficult, with consequences affecting the entire body. Sometimes, the symptoms of osteochondrosis are attributed to other diseases. If there is any deviation from the norm, you should consult your doctor immediately and modify your lifestyle. Symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis include:
- Pain is mainly in the occipital area, between the shoulder blades, and the neck
- Feel on the shoulders
- Numbness of fingers (mainly during sleep)
- If the brain circulation is disturbed due to the development of osteochondrosis in the cervical spine and a person is often dizzy, then the "flies" flashing in front of his eyes flash.
- Angina pectoris may be fake at the foot - cervical bone, bone, bone, and bone, and false angina usually occurs
- Headache
- In some cases, there is even visual deterioration with osteochondrosis in the cervical area.
- Noise, congestion, ears ring. In some cases, hearing loss is possible
- Due to limited head pain
- Lack of oxygen can be expressed in shortness of breath, nore and fatigue
- Nausea, sometimes vomiting
- Blood pressure fluctuations
Without proper treatment, symptoms may take more acute forms: for example, upper limb paralysis may occur, hernia often occurs in the cervical area, and sleep is disturbed due to pain, memory deterioration, and sleep is disturbed.
Treatment and prevention of osteochondral diseases of the cervical spine
diet. An important factor leading to successful treatment of cervical osteochondrosis is the observation of diet, which does not mean giving up most products with osteochondrosis, on the contrary, mononuclear, meager nutrition is accidental. To lose weight, you should follow score power 4-5 times a day.
Which products are important for repairing cartilage fabrics:
- Meat (low fat, not fried)
- Fish and seafood
- Dairy products including cheese, cheese, kefir
- olive oil
- Vegetables and fruits, fresh, not canned or otherwise processed. Broccoli, green, with a particularly rich date, is very necessary for calcium osteochondrosis
- Group
- Nuts and seeds
- egg
- Magnesium can "supply" bananas, cucumbers, oatmeal, dried apricots, beans
Products for neck osteocartilage degeneration, you will have to refuse:
- Bakery and sweetness
- Fat, acute, salty food
- Canned food
- Carbonated and alcoholic beverages
- Fast food
- Lard and sausage
- Strong tea and coffee
With osteochondrosis, you should drink 2. 5-3 liters of water, remaining drinks, regardless of soup.
Physical therapy procedure. This type of treatment has long been an excellent way to reduce pain and edema, improve blood microcirculation, relax and remove toxins. In the physical therapy procedure in modern medical practice, various opportunities:
- Electrophoresis and galvanizing
- Overclocking Program (UHF)
- Magnetic therapy
- Ultraviolet rays
- Paraffin and mud
- massage
drug. Due to severe pain, drugs that can reduce them can reduce inflammation. To supplement the lack of micro-elements in the body, it is recommended to take vitamins and food additives that can restore the necessary balance, which is difficult to achieve today using food alone. Good effect on cervical area with ointment designed to relieve inflammation and pain
Medical Sports. The sport offers the opportunity to take different positions. Because modern people are inactive and spend more often time sitting in a sitting position or lying down position, strengthening the spine's gymnastics is irreplaceable. Exercise should not cause pain, discomfort and injury. With osteochondrosis in the cervical area, physical therapy exercises are designed to strengthen the muscles of the neck:
- Lying on your stomach, gently lift your head (directly backward), keeping it in this position for 1-2 minutes, lowering
- In the same position, turn the head to the left and right
- Exercise, easy to perform during workdays, sit at the table: place your palm on your forehead, resist forever ("ass"), then cross your arms at the back of your head, and also place your head on your palm, resist.
- This exercise does not require special conditions to achieve: turn your head to the left and right, lean your head to the shoulder to the shoulder, tilt it back and forth, and rotate your head. It is best to sit slowly during dizziness and interrupt these exercises
- Since the cervical area is directly related to the rest of the spine, it is important to strengthen the back: for this, you need to lie on your back, tighten your legs to your chest and roll (it should be done on a hard surface); lie on your back, place your feet on a chair and pull your head to your knees; kneel, hold your hands behind you, try to bend your knees with your forehead
It is recommended to practice regularly, at least a few minutes a day, otherwise the effect of the exercise will be very small. You should also properly organize a place to sleep: a suitable mattress (unpushed, flat, strong surface) and is very important for osteochondrosis on the neck strap neck, a special shape of a special hard pillow that can be lying on the bed.
Folk therapy. Although osteochondrosis is a scourge of modern people, people have long suffered from this disease, so traditional medicine has many prescriptions for eliminating pain, edema, improving general conditions and preventing:
- For external use at home, you can make ointments and rubs: Red bone berry berries poured with 2/3 of alcohol, worth a week - then you can start using this rub; rub with butter on the hop cone and rub it to the collar area
- For internal use, crumbs are made, brewed soaks, brew herbal tea: It is recommended to brew 2 tablespoons of herbal tea based on St. John's wort, bell, hops, hops - brew 2 tablespoons of grass per 0. 5 liters of water.
Take measures to treat osteochondrosis in the cervical spine, and don’t forget that preventing the disease is always more effective. Furthermore, any disease requires comprehensive treatment as it provides an impact on the entire organism.