In our time, osteochondrosis is one of the most common diseases. Most often it affects the neck, which is connected with the functionality and structure of this vertebral part.
The fact is that the neck has considerable mobility, due to the need to constantly turn and bend it. Such increased activity often leads to injury to the vertebral discs, their destruction and the further development of osteochondrosis.
Symptomatology
Neck osteochondrosis is a progressive disease. During its development certain changes occur in the structure of intervertebral discs. The presence of this disease may indicate the following symptoms:
- Pain of varying intensity at the site of injury. Often it gives to other parts of the body. For example, pain often spreads to teeth, ears, eyes, hands, shoulders, etc. Possible localization of pain in the area of the heart.
- Noise and tinnitus, slight numbness of the tongue, reduced quality of vision and impairment of hearing (these symptoms occur if the artery is pinched, which is responsible for feeding the brain).
- Dizziness, migraine and loss of consciousness.
- Pronounced tension in the neck, always aggravated after sleep and when the head is tilted.
- Violation of movement coordination.
- Change in voice (weakening of tone, hoarseness, etc.).
- The appearance of snoring while sleeping.
- Numbness of fingers and weakness in hands.
Cervical osteochondrosis results from:
- Problems with the correct posture.
- Accumulation of salts in the blood and lymph.
- Hereditary predisposition.
- Improper diet and lack of exercise.
- Deformations of intervertebral discs.
- The progression of any infectious disease.
- Bruises or injuries.
- Excess weight.
- Violations of metabolic processes in the human body.
- Sedentary lifestyle.
- Frequent hypothermia.
- Prolonged stress and nervous tension.
- Heavy physical labor.
As can be seen from the above, a sedentary and sedentary lifestyle is mainly to blame for the appearance of cervical osteochondrosis. Therefore, this disease often occurs in office workers who are forced to spend 8 hours a day in a sitting position.
It can occur at any age. In some cases, the first symptoms of osteochondrosis become noticeable already at school.
Stages of development
The disease develops in stages. The stages of its development are as follows:
- The gradual destruction of the spinal discs: the appearance of microcracks, reducing the density and strength.
- The emergence of protrusion, accompanied by pinching of the nerves and pronounced pain syndrome.
- The appearance of hernia and vertebral deformities.
- The occurrence of severe pain and disability.
It is important to start the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis in time, since the development of this disease can lead to:
- Worsening of the blood supply to the neck.
- Restriction of mobility of the cervical spine.
- Curvature of posture.
- The destruction of intervertebral discs.
- Narrowing of the holes between the vertebrae and pinching the nerves.
First aid for severe pain
Cervical osteochondrosis is always accompanied by pain of varying intensity in the affected area and other parts of the body. You can reduce it using the following methods of traditional medicine:
- The rubbing of the following components: 300 ml of ethyl alcohol, 10 ml of iodine, 10 tablets of dipyrone (crushed into powder), 10 ml of camphor alcohol. All ingredients should be mixed and rubbed with the resulting solution sore point. The pain disappears instantly.
- A potato-honey compress, for the preparation of which you will need the following ingredients: one crushed raw potato and 2 tablespoons of natural bee honey. Compress applied to the affected area of the spine for 2 hours.
- Well helps to reduce the pain of herbal tea, made from birch leaves and cranberries. They are brewed in a separate container and insist, and then they drink tea throughout the day.
- Rubbing of well chopped garlic and ginger root with the addition of a small amount of butter. All mixed and rubbed with the resulting mass, the site of pain. The rubbing helps to quickly get rid of a strong pain syndrome.
Traditional methods of treatment
Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis is best done with the help of traditional medicine.
Her methods are completely safe for health and do not cause unpleasant side effects, which cannot be said about traditional treatment.
Most of the folk remedies include the use of the following components:
- Natural herbs, plant roots, vegetable oils, etc.
- Animal products of honey, bile, animal poison, etc.
- Chemical preparations: iodine, alcohol, turpentine, etc.
The above components can be used for both external and internal use.
In the process of treating this disease, herbal baths have become very popular:
- From dried birch leaves, collected in May. The leaves should be well steamed with boiling water and then added to the water. Therapeutic bath should be taken no more than 30 minutes.
- From horse chestnut, which should be boiled for 10 min. The resulting broth is poured into the bath and steamed in it for 25 minutes.
- From the needles, which are pre-boiled for 20 minutes, and then add the resulting broth to the water. Bath should take no more than 25 minutes.
The course of therapeutic baths is a week.
The following infusions and decoctions are highly effective:
- Tincture on pine buds, which has an analgesic effect. For its preparation, the kidneys are well washed and ground. Then they are covered with sugar in a ratio of 2: 1, put in storage in a dark and cool place for 14 days. Tincture should be taken orally 3 times a day.
- Celery tincture. The root of the plant is finely ground, 3 g of the obtained powder is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for 8 hours. The resulting tincture is taken in a teaspoon 3 times a day before meals.
Various compresses are also widely used:
- Honey compress: 200 grams of bee honey, 100 grams of fresh aloe juice and 300 ml of medical alcohol diluted in pure water.
- Egg-mustard compress: 100 g of mustard powder, 100 ml of medical alcohol, diluted with a small amount of pure water, 100 ml of camphor alcohol 6 whipped egg whites.
For the preparation of compresses should be well mixed all the ingredients and insist them in a dark and cool place for 12 hours. The mixture is soaked in a clean cloth and a compress is applied to the neck area twice a day. The course of treatment with compresses is 12 days.
Physiotherapeutic methods
In the treatment of osteochondrosis, various physiotherapeutic procedures are widely used, which allow:
- Eliminate pain.
- Normalize metabolic processes.
- Improve the condition of soft tissue.
- Improve the mobility of the vertebral divisions.
- Normalize blood circulation.
Physiotherapy in the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis includes a set of the following measures:
- Shock wave therapy.
- Electrotherapy.
- Laser therapy
- Balneotherapy
- Magnetic therapy
- Detoxortherapy.
- Ultraviolet.
- Acupressure massage.
Hirudotherapy also gives a good effect in the treatment of osteochondrosis. Healing leeches have unique properties that have a special effect on the entire body.
Hirudotherapy allows you to:
- Get rid of stagnant blood in places of defeat.
- Reduce swelling and pain in the affected area.
- Improve blood circulation in the blood vessels.
- Normalize sleep.
- Eliminate pain in temples, migraine and dizziness.
- Improve blood circulation in the brain.
The advantages of using traditional medicine in the treatment of osteochondrosis
- Use natural ingredients that are completely safe for human health and well-being.
- High efficiency of treatment with folk remedies, since they are based on methods that have been tested for centuries.
- No side effects.
- The ability to completely cure osteochondrosis of the first and second stages.
- The availability of most ingredients for the preparation of therapeutic baths, tinctures, compresses and decoctions.
Prevention
Please note that osteochondrosis is much easier to prevent than to cure. Therefore, we should not neglect the prevention of the occurrence of this disease.
Preventive actions include the following:
- Ensure regular physical exercise, walks in the fresh air, daily morning exercises.
- Monitor your own weight, normalizing and balancing the daily diet.
- Always monitor your posture and the correct position of the spine while sitting, walking and lying down. Try to keep your back straight, do not overload the spine, avoid injuries and bruises.
- Do not lift weights.
- Eliminate the foci of all infections in the body.
- Do not supercool.
- Get rid of bad habits.
Thus, cervical osteochondrosis is successfully treated with the help of traditional medicine. In this case, various herbal baths, tinctures, compresses, rubbing and decoctions have become widely used. In addition, complex physiotherapy and hirudotherapy, which have a good positive effect, are often used to treat the disease.
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