Osteochondrosis of the lumbar region is a disease that deforms and destroys the cartilage tissue of the intervertebral discs in the lower back.Without a cartilage layer, the distance between the vertebrae is significantly reduced.And with the smallest sharp turns, they can be displaced.The main danger of the disease is the ability to form an intervertebral hernia.
Can't you lean up to pick up an object that has fallen to the floor?Do you suffer acute pain in the lumbar spine and often go, wrapping the waist in a warm scarf?Do not neglect the condition that bothers you.
Lumbar osteochondrosis can be dragged with its duration for a long time.You do not need to experience the body for strength.Love your body.And it will regain.
The lumbar region is the greater part of the load of the entire body weight than the chest and cervical departments.Therefore, this subspecies of osteochondrosis is the most common.
Fact.According to WHO statistics, osteochondrosis of the lumbosacral department has been diagnosed mainly in the population of the population for 30 years.
The causes of osteochondrosis of the lumbosacral department
- A long stay in a sitting position resulting in the muscle corset weakens and the load on the spine grows
- Weight lifting workouts or regularly lifting weights
- Storage distortion and with it and walking
- After bruising, falls and fractures
- Flat legs.When you move the set of the foot, they usually soften the degree of skeletal pressure on the spine but with flat feet, all the weight lies on the intervertebral discs
- Excess weight
- A constant stay in a posture devoid of convenience
- As a complication after bone tuberculosis or osteomyelitis (infectious inflammation of the bone tissue), ankylosing spondel (inflammation of the joints of the spine) or rheumatoid arthritis (lesion of the connective tissue, mainly in the joints)
- Hormonal malfunctions, altered blood composition
- Age -related transformations (vertebrae and intervertebral discs lose their elasticity with age)
- Stress and chronic insomnia
- Hypothermia
Symptoms of lumbosacral osteochondrosis
- At the point of pinching of nerve fibers, tingling, burning, "crawling geese", numbness begins
- The rapid onset of fatigue and sudden attacks of irritability
- Deviations in the sequence of the menstrual cycle
- Too tense muscles on the lower back
- Sweating
- Skin becomes pale and dry, a person often freezes
- Low pain: duration pain and lumbago (shooting with acute pain).They can be given to the ass and limbs.At the same time the legs literally the word "not behaving" or tingling
Fact.Do you know what the lower back flashes mean?They are also called "Venus's Taps".This is an anatomical characteristic inherent mainly in female physics.The pronounced voids show the normal body weight of their owners, good muscle development and circulation.During the Renaissance, such a visual characteristic delighted sculptors and artists from the 15th century.
Pain syndromes are distinguished depending on the reasons for their occurrence:
- Radiculopathy: caused by compression of radicular structures
- Compression myelopathy: Pain occurs due to compression of the spinal cord
- Compression myeloyamia: occurs due to narrowing of the arteries and veins of the power supply
- Sciatica: Due to the pinching of the sciatic nerve that passes along the ass and the thigh
Who to call for help?
If you find any of the signs of the disease, consult a neurologist.He will check, determine the probable cause of pain and prescribe the necessary diagnosis.
Diagnosis of osteochondrosis of lumbar
Each diagnosis begins with the doctor who conducts an initial examination.During this procedure, the doctor will determine if you have scoliosis, kyphosis, displacement of one of the ass or flattening of lordosis.
The neuropathologist will direct you to examination: CT (computed tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and radiography.
Methods for treating osteochondrosis of the lumbar
After analyzing the diagnostic results, your doctor will choose the desired course of treatment.The methods of treatment are different: this can be drug therapy, physiotherapy or, in the case of emergency, surgery.
So what is the essence of the medical method.It involves taking a number of medicines.We give their approximate list.
- Analgesics: Eliminate the pain but do not relieve the cause of its appearance
- NSAIDs (non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs): Fighting pain and swelling
- Mussorelaxants: relax the muscles
- Chondroprotectors: Due to the improvement of metabolic processes in cartilage tissues, they slow down the deformation of cartilage and even regenerate them
- Diuretics: Removing swelling
- In vitamins B: Remove excess fluid, improve metabolism in cells
- Immune agents as a whole and medicines to improve blood flow to the pathological zone
Sometimes, in severe cases, to relieve acute pain immediately, you need to "bomb" the body with powerful injections.Then the doctor makes the patient the so -called blockade paravertebral.The specialist introduces an anesthetic into the output point of the nerve spine, which causes temporary loss of tissue sensitivity.
As a very effective way of combating the disease, physiotherapy has established itself.See more in the Osteochondrosis General section
Well, of course, the whole theoretical physical education (LFK) is also in search.It strengthens, relaxes and stabilizes the muscles of the back, improves blood circulation and metabolic processes.
But if none of the above methods is effective, then a neuropathologist can direct you to a neurosurgeon for the treatment of sacral osteochondrosis.And he, in turn, will confirm or disprove the need for surgery.
Fact.A curious detail for avid drivers.How is it easier to withstand driving in a car if your back hurts?Place the roll under the base of the back.And be sure to install a backrest on the head of the seat - such a precaution will prevent injuries by stopping the car sharp.
Types of operations
At the world level, the microdicetomy has won universal recognition among professionals.This duration surgery takes about 20-30 minutes, it is performed with the help of general anesthesia.Microdictomy is performed under a neurosurgical surgical microscope.The surgeon removes hernia without touching the surrounding tissues, more special - without injuring the nerve structures.You can walk the next day after surgery.And the hospital is operated on the 2-3rd day.
A variety of operations is the installation of special implants.The surgeon eliminates the damaged intervertebral discs and instead puts sliding titanium implants.The patient lies in the hospital for 3-4 days.He will be able to walk on the second day.
Question-answer:
I heard that the weight should somehow be tolerated and lifted in order not to harm the spine.How exactly?
With independent transportation of goods, keep the body upright.And place the weight itself closer to the torso.If you lift something heavy from the ground, do not bend forward, focusing the load on the body.Sit down and lift the load due to knees.
What are the stages of osteochondrosis development?
Stage 1.Preclinically.The height of the disc is reduced.A crack is formed in the fibrous ring (the outer layer of the intervertebral disc from cartilage fibers).Lumbar muscles begin to get tired quickly.You feel some rear discomfort.
Stage 2.Disorders of the metabolic processes in the nucleus (the central part of the intervertebral disc, which consists of gelative cartilage): its cells become dead or completely destroyed.The structure of collagen (the protein structure is based on the connective tissue) of the fibrous ring is also impaired.Local pain, one cannot cope with the physical activity he had previously considered quite feasible.
Stage 3.Complete destruction of the fibrous ring.The adjacent vertebrae ceases to be stable.Every uncomfortable posture causes pain.Due to the pinching of the nerve roots that move away from the spinal cord, the limbs can become less sensitive and mobile.
Stage 4.The tissues from the intervertebral disc are covered with scars, leading to the immobility of the affected joint of the spine.The description of the clinic here depends on individual physiology.
Can pregnancy cause osteochondrosis?
Yes, the mass of the embryo gradually increases and the center of gravity of the woman's body is shifted, the lower back suffers from excessive loading.In addition, metabolism changes;The body lacks minerals and vitamins.But during the fetal camp, most medicines and physiotherapy procedures are contraindicated.So carefully follow the advice of the therapist and a gynecologist.