Pain in the lumbar region is the most common phenomenon not only among the elderly, but also among young people and children.
Lumbago appears in the lower back because of the pathological conditions of the human body, signaling the presence of significant health problems.
The main causes of lumbago
Lumbago is a sudden disease that occurs more often in men engaged in sports or manual labor and working in cold damp areas.
Enough of the excessive tension of the muscles of the back when lifting weights for the emergence of lumbago in the lower back.
The development of the disease affects the narrowing of the channels of the spinal cord in the lumbar region.
Lumbago with sciatica appears due to the following reasons:
- Osteochondrosis is a degenerative pathology of the intervertebral discs, which leads to disturbance of the depreciation functions;
- Spondylosis - displacement of the spinal column;
- Pregnancy - increasing the weight of the uterus leads to a change in the center of gravity of the body and increased strain on the spine;
- Hypodinamia - low motor activity;
- Overweight body;
- Inconvenient shoes high-heeled;
- Sleep on a hard surface for a long time.
Backache in the lower back can occur due to stretching of the vertebral ligaments, the processes of aging of intervertebral cartilage, hypothermia, trauma and congenital pathologies of the spinal column.
The reason for the appearance of the lumbago is the infringement of the short lumbar spines, squeezing the pulpous nucleus into the spinal canal.
A provoking factor may be a cold , which causes an inflammatory process.
The most common symptoms and signs of the disease
With radiculitis, the pain is localized in the sacral region and gives in the leg. There are no pronounced pains in the back with this disease.
Lumbago is characterized by a sharp sudden pain in the lumbar region, which does not allow the patient to straighten or bend, causing it to be in a semi-bent position.
In any attempt to move the symptoms of the disease increases.
Pain carries the transient character of and passes to the buttocks and hips, so patients can not stand and sit.
Any movement, in which the root is not relieved from squeezing, is painful. The patient finds the position of the body through the pain in which the pain sensations recede slightly: lies on his side, on the abdomen, takes the knee-elbow position, etc.
Symptomatic lumbago disappears 4-5 days after the onset or does not abate a long time. This is due to the involvement in the disease of not only the muscles, but also the joints of the spine, ligaments, spinal cord and its membrane.
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Before treatment, lumbago should be visited by a specialist who, after necessary examinations and establishing the cause of the disease, will prescribe appropriate treatment.
Medical treatment of lumbago is carried out with painkillers: analgin and aspirin in pure form or with the addition of codeine. After the end of the acute period, gymnastics, massage and warm baths are prescribed.
Backache, the treatment of which was carried out repeatedly, but the symptomatology returned after a while, requires spa treatment on hydrogen sulphide, radioactive, mud and balneological resorts.
With the help of professional massage of active points of the lumbar region, you can achieve good results.
Principles of treatment:
- Bed rest - the ideal option is to be in the supine position on the orthopedic mattress. When walking, a special belt supporting the spine is used. With the help of crutches, the waist is also "unloaded";
- Medications - with ineffectiveness of analgin, baralgina and sedalgin, more effective drugs are prescribed: solpadine or trigan. To remove muscular spasm follows no-spy or other antispasmodics( muscle relaxants), which should not be taken without consulting a specialist. Anti-inflammatory drugs are needed to eliminate inflammation in the place of jamming of the nerve roots, which will also remove swelling of the affected areas.
- Vitamin therapy ( vitamin B, ascorbic acid and minerals) - is used to improve nutrition of the affected parts of the spine;
- Rubbing - with the help of various ointments based on horse chestnut, butadione, menthol, bee or snake venom and anesthesin, you can achieve a local anti-inflammatory and anti-edema effect, which reduces pain.
Video with recommendations for the treatment
See the video from the series of TV shows "Live Healthily" with Elena Malysheva, about the recommendations regarding the treatment of lumbar lumbar spine. The video also shows the rules for performing massage with lumbago
