Osteochondrosis belongs to the most popular diseases of today. In recent years, this ailment is beginning to disturb the younger generation.
The reason is that young people today move very little .In most cases, they are very long and often spend their time in a sitting position at the computer.
Therefore, osteochondrosis leads the list of popular diseases.
The most common manifestations of osteochondrosis
Vertigo is the most important symptom of this ailment, it appears in the areas that are responsible for motor coordination and the course of vestibular reactions.
Vertigo should be attributed to independent signs of a disease that can cause dysregulation when walking.
In addition to dizziness, symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis can be:
- Headache;
- Noises in the head;
- Loss of consciousness;
- Weakness in muscles;
- Hearing loss, vision and memory;
- Instability of the emotional sphere.
However, there are times when this disease can occur in a more complex form and accompanied by a vomiting.
For example, with a corny head turn can cause an attack of severe dizziness , which is accompanied by involuntary horizontal movement of eyeballs, tingling and panic attacks.
This condition can disturb the patient for several hours, until the pressure in the spinal cord is reduced to normal.
If you do not turn in time for help to a doctor, the ending can be tragic.
To understand how dizziness occurs in cervical osteochondrosis, you need to know the types of this disorder:
- Central dizziness arises from disorders and brain diseases. Such violations include trauma, swelling and hemorrhage.
- Peripheral dizziness occurs due to injury to the inner ear or vestibular nerve.
- Systemic dizziness occurs in the event of failure of one of the systems that is responsible for orientation in space( visual, muscular or vestibular).With such a dizziness, you need to conduct a thorough diagnosis and comprehensive treatment.
- Non-systemic dizziness occurs for neurogenic reasons, namely because of stress or overwork.
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Diagnosis of dizziness in cervical osteochondrosis
Various diagnostic tests are available to determine dizziness. First of all, the patient needs to measure blood pressure in a standing and lying position.
To assess the maintenance of equilibrium, the Romberg breakdown is used.
How and what to treat dizziness and nausea caused by problems in the cervical department?
In order to eliminate all the symptoms of compression , the following activities of should be undertaken:
- The implementation of an invertebral new-block blockade, which can eliminate muscle spasms and pain.
- Use medication: voltaren, ibuprofen or analgin can help. The positive effect is injected with vitamins, which belong to the B-group.
- Conduct reflexotherapy sessions, thanks to which you can reduce muscle spasms.
- Application of manual therapy and massage.
To eliminate degenerative changes, the following measures should be performed:
Spinal discharge .The person, being in a sitting position, puts the greatest load on the disks. And if you sit for a few hours a day, then you must necessarily warm up every 30 minutes, doing stretching exercises.
Even for those who do not experience this ailment, it is necessary to know how to sit and sit properly, how to sleep and get out of bed. And also to walk and wear weight. The load on the discs decreases with weight reduction.
Regeneration of metabolic processes in the spine .As you know, there are no blood vessels in the intervertebral discs. Nutrition and the elimination of metabolic products occurs diffusely with the work of deeply located muscles.
For constant power supply of a disk and its operation, it is necessary to carry out one most simple exercise.
For improved nutrition of intervertebral discs, you need to eat foods rich in trace elements.
Also it is necessary to do regular massage( classical, vacuum or point), to deal with physiotherapy exercises , laser and magnetotherapy.
When these recommendations are implemented, the metabolism in the spine improves, and muscle pain and tension go away.
In order to prevent degenerative processes in the spine, it is necessary to abandon bad habits, try not to experience nervous disorders and not to suffer from viral seasonal diseases.
Complex therapy of dizziness in osteochondrosis includes activities aimed at removing a dangerous symptom, eliminating degenerative processes in the disk and preventing disease.
Video with preventative exercises
Watch a video story with simple exercises that are easy to perform at home for the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis: