About 80% of middle-aged people suffer from back problems. The most common disease of the spine in medical practice is cervical osteochondrosis.
Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is associated with deformation of the vertebrae and intervertebral discs caused by destructive processes in bone and cartilage tissues. The development of the disease is facilitated by a lack of physical activity, or vice versa - muscle overload, the habit of often taking wrong positions, hypothermia, physical inactivity, posture problems, sleeping in an uncomfortable bed and a number of hereditary factors. The immediate cause of the disease is an increase in the level of salts in the blood lymph, which, in turn, causes changes in the depreciation of the spine, loss of elasticity of the cartilage. Problems with the cervical spine can occur with obesity and metabolic disorders, which involve an imbalance of the mineral compounds in the bone tissue.
It is better to entrust the process of diagnosing and treating the disease to specialists in the field of medicine, but in the initial stages of the manifestation of the disease, you can try the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis at home.
Symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis most often appear already at the stage when irreversible changes in the structure of the vertebrae have occurred and the physiological functionality of the intervertebral discs is lost. The space between them decreases, the nerve roots and the vertebral artery passing through the cervical spine are compressed, sensitivity and characteristic unpleasant symptoms appear.
Signs of disease to watch out for:
Information on what cervical osteochondrosis is, symptoms and treatment at home will help to suspect the presence of this disease in the initial stages and to take independent measures in time to prevent its further development.
It is impossible to get rid of osteochondrosis if it is not treated. In addition, therapeutic measures in this case will be aimed not so much at eliminating the clinical signs of the disease as at combating the causes of the disease. Good results can be achieved with an integrated approach to healing, combining the use of medications, physical therapy, massage and alternative treatments.
Folk remedies for cervical osteochondrosis are an addition to traditional treatment, they help to significantly alleviate the patient's condition and are welcomed by most doctors.
All these methods have common goals:
At the same time, none of the existing recipes of traditional medicine is able to cope with the accumulation of salt deposits in the bone tissue. This must be taken into account in order to understand that folk remedies are good as preventive measures or in tandem with drugs, but not as independent therapeutic methods.
Healers in the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis use many folk recipes. All are based on the use of essential oils, plants, animal fats, roots and poisons. In certain proportions, they are combined with alcohol, vodka or moonshine, turpentine and iodine tincture, which makes it possible to obtain effective painkillers, anti-inflammatory and warming agents that can be used both externally and internally.
Three groups of drugs for cervical osteochondrosis can conventionally be distinguished, which have been used in folk medicine for centuries: decoctions and infusions, rubs and compresses. The most popular and available are:
Within a few days it will be possible to personally assess the effectiveness of the broth - in the shade of urine. If its color has changed to orange, it means that the process of removing salts has actively begun. As the course continues, the color of the urine will gradually lighten.
It is worth noting that some of the components used in folk recipes for cervical osteochondrosis, it is categorically impossible to combine them with drugs! There are drugs that cause severe allergies or poisoning. As a rule, they contain poisonous fruits of plants or herbs.
Therefore, having decided to integrate the traditional treatment with the methods of the "grandmother", you should inform your doctor to receive individual advice and choose a series of safe procedures.
Improving physical education: exercises for cervical osteochondrosis at home will bring undoubted benefits in the treatment process. It is allowed to use various devices and simulators to increase the effect of procedures. Properly selected physical exercises will help to quickly weaken or even relieve the patient of debilitating pain, stretch the ligament apparatus and relax the cervical muscles. Individual recommendations for performing gymnastics for cervical osteochondrosis at home can be obtained from the doctor, but there are also universal training methods. For example, the therapy of cervical osteochondrosis according to Bubnovsky.
Professor Bubnovsky's method is widely used in kinesitherapy for the treatment of many diseases without surgery and drugs and gives very impressive results.
To solve problems associated with the cervical spine, the doctor offers a simple set of exercises 20 times for each of the points:
Massage for cervical osteochondrosis, as an effective means of relaxation, helps to relax muscles, relieve tension and relieve the body of stiffness.
To get a high-quality service, you can contact a professional masseur, but if you wish, you can also learn the secrets of self-massage.
It's simple: there are no universal techniques, there are only three massage rules for yourself:
Of course, it is impossible to cure osteochondrosis with massage, but when done correctly and regularly, it will help relieve symptoms, improve the patient's well-being and mood.
A variant of an alternative method of treating cervical osteochondrosis with folk remedies is the use of applicators. From the eighties of the last century to the present, this technique has many fans. An applicator is a specially designed device that features an object with a needle-like surface. Among patients with cervical osteochondrosis, the most common applicators are Lyapko and Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov's development is a plastic product in the form of a carpet with sharp knots on the surface. Lying on such a device, the patient undergoes massage and acupuncture therapy on the reflex zones. The Lyapko applicator is its improved version, in which, in addition to the reflex and acupuncture effects, a galvanic-electric effect is used due to the metal needles embedded in the tubercles. Such therapy at home allows you to activate blood circulation in the problem area, accelerate metabolic processes in the body, improve the elimination of toxins, reduce muscle tone, but alone it is not enough for the effective treatment of osteochondrosis.
Treatment of osteochondrosis of the neck at home is simple and at the same time very difficult. On the one hand, all therapies are available to most people and are relatively easy to repeat. On the other hand, they require a certain amount of time, patience, self-control and regularity of repetition. And whatever the expectations from alternative therapy, it is worth remembering: if, within a week of starting treatment with home remedies, the symptoms of osteochondrosis have not disappeared and have not become less intense in manifestation, it is imperative to consult a doctorso as not to aggravate your already serious situation