At the onset of pain in the back arises immediately thought of the sciatica. Actually the cause of the sensations uncomfortable back can become even the pathology of the gastro-intestinal tract. Therefore, before building the therapeutic regimen of the physician thoroughly examined the patient. When the back pain in the lower back, rather than deal with a pathology, can be solved only by a neurologist. Often, the conduct of the therapy connect with doctors of narrow specializations gastroenterologist, an endocrinologist, gynecological oncologist, a urologist. According to the diagnosed disease, the treatment is done at home or in the hospital.
The basic principles of the treatment
The pain affecting the lumbar spine, may include dragging, aching nature, or manifest itself by strong, and strong attacks. If during the examination, the patient is not detected the pathology of the organs of other systems of life, in the therapeutic regimen included the following activities:
- the receipt of pharmaceutical preparations for the relief of inflammation, elimination of pain, recovery damaged bone and joint tissues;
- the achievement of physiotherapy treatments to accelerate the regeneration of the spinal column and the skeletal muscles;
- physiotherapy or gymnastics.
When sudden and severe pain, restriction of movement, patients are assigned to drugs for intramuscular injection. Generally, in this case, we proceed to a hospitalization to the hospital. After the improvement of the patient's condition, prescribe for the continuation of the recovery at home.
The right approach to treatment
The main reason of back pain are a way destructive-degenerative damage to the vertebrae or formed intervertebral hernia. Like it should have been nor was the treatment, the doctors recommend the patients to eliminate their way of life which provoked pathology factor. Otherwise, the disease comes back after some time or passes into the chronic form, the most dangerous of its relapse.
Start treating acute or pulling pain at the bottom of the back should be the respect of bedrest. When the cause of the pathology is an inflammatory process, even a small physical activity contributes to its dissemination. Neuropathologists are invited to buy orthopaedic pillows and mattresses. They will reduce the load on the toes of the back, will prevent settling and entrapment of muscles and nerve roots. If you can not buy a special equipment, you need to select the sleeping mattress and a pillow of medium hardness.
To speed the healing needs to be in the process of treatment to stick to to medical recommendations:
- avoid any physical activity and active sport. The phase of rehabilitation, you can do yoga, swimming or just time to walk in the open air.
- exclude from the diet of fatty foods and fried foods. They have had a negative influence on the state of the blood vessels located in the lumbar region of the spine, promote the deposition of bad cholesterol. The deficit of nutrients and biologically active substances, one of the reasons of destruction of bone tissue;
- do not drink and do not smoke. If you are not able to overcome the dependence on harmful quite, at least during the treatment it is necessary to forget. Toxic of tar, nicotine, ethanol will have a negative impact on the veins, arteries and capillaries, slowing down the recovery of bone, articular, and cartilaginous tissue in men and women.
The speed of recovery will help you to receive a balanced complex of vitamins and trace elements. Some of them contain high amounts of calcium, but these drugs can be taken only on doctor's prescription.
Drugs
Despite the effectiveness of medicines, and physiotherapy, pain in the back are able to quickly eliminate only the pharmaceutical preparations. If the sensations are mild, will help the stability of the reception of capsules, dragees and tablets. And if intense pain neurologists prescribed for the relief of the state of a patient by intravenous and intramuscular injections. Most of the medications used for the treatment of the kidneys, have serious side effects and have a lot of contraindications. To avoid the negative consequences will allow for the strict adherence to medical recommendations regarding the applied dosage and the duration of within receipt.
Physiotherapy
Most of these therapeutic measures is not affected in patients with pain caused by an inflammatory process acute. The boarding procedures after its suction pharmacological. Physiotherapy is used for the normalization of tissue exchange and tissue regeneration, news alerts to degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. With the help of a physiotherapy procedure, you can get rid of the pain in the back:
- electrophoresis. Handling is designed to provide a fast way of delivery of medication (NSAIDS, analgesics, anesthetics, chondroprotectors) in the damaged areas of the size. During the electrophoresis on the patient's back have cotton swabs dipped in medicinal solution. Top superimposed special plate, which is ignored by the current. Under the effect of electrical impulses of the molecules of the chemicals to penetrate quickly in the field of inflammation;
- the ultrasound therapy. The oscillation of the ultrasonic wave to stimulate blood circulation in the back. In the damaged tissues begin to penetrate nutrients and biologically active substances, as well as molecular oxygen. After the 5-10 procedures of patient will disappear from the pain as a result of the lifting of the spasm of the muscles and increase the metabolism;
- laser therapy. Laser polarized light is used in the treatment of the changes are destructive in the intervertebral discs in the lumbar. Under the action of the infrared radiation recovers the blood circulation in joints and cartilaginous tissues, normalizes metabolism. Equipment of physiotherapy promotes the removal of the vertebral column, slag, toxins, end products with an inflammatory process;
- the magnet therapy. During the procedure the patient is a wavelength of the magnetic field for the stimulation of the blood circulation in the tissues.
Handling is assigned for the relief of further damage to the lumbar vertebrae and to prevent the spread of the inflammation on the healthy tissue. The result is the disappearance of the pain and restore full range of motion.
For the treatment of severe pain, which can lead to the leg, the arm, the coccyx, hardware physiotherapy combines with the receipt of drug product. And in the period of rehabilitation or during the remission of chronic pathologies of the vertebral column of patients are recommended for mud, baths of mineral water, a classical and precise massage, acupuncture.
The recipes of the traditional healers
For the treatment of back pain, the traditional healers recommend drinking a lot of fluids. Pure water, chamomile tea and rosehip, berry compote and fruit will help you get out of the spine of the final products of the inflammation, wastes and toxins. As abundant of the beverage in the folk medicine uses of infusions and decoctions of medicinal plants. The useful plants contain biologically active substances with anti-inflammatory properties, analgesic and antiseptic.
How can you cure back pain healing herbal teas:
- in a thermos, pour 3 tablespoons of the cranberries leaves of st. john's wort and calendula, pour a liter of boiling water and infuse for about an hour. Drain, drink an infusion scented instead of coffee and tea;
- in an enamel or glass is the ability to place handles dry, the berries of dog rose, bilberry and juniper berries, pour 2 liters of hot water. Simmer in a water bath for 30 to 40 minutes, strain and drink 0.5 cups of infusion before each meal.
The pain in the back, you can eliminate compress or ointment based on natural products. How to cook the drug:
- Melt in a bath of water 3 tablespoons of honey, let cool and mix with 2 tablespoons of pharmacy of the alcohol.
- In the mixture gently, introduce 100 ml of petroleum jelly and rub it into the damaged areas of the size.
Such a tool is used and healing compresses for back pain. To do this, the mixture does not rub, and spread a thin layer on the skin. At the top, you need to put plastic wrap, then wrap a scarf hot. The duration of the procedure is about 3-4 hours.
The treatment of low back pain is usually held at the house. Only at the time of diagnosis of acute inflammatory process in patient госпитализируется to the hospital. Depending on the cause of the pathology of the therapy lasts from two weeks to several months. But in the case of adherence to medical recommendations improves significantly the recovery, as evidenced by the comments cured patients.
