Osteochondrosis today can rightly be called one of the scourges of the present - according to the medical statistics of this pathology about 80% of elderly patients are affected.
Under the term osteochondrosis, physicians understand the complex, degenerative nature of the changes taking place in the intervertebral discs.
The earliest signs of the disease can manifest themselves at the age of 20-30 years and in the absence of timely treatment - makes itself felt by many problems with the spine, constant pain and the development of the intervertebral hernia.
An important component of the treatment of osteochondrosis and stopping the progress of degrading changes in the intervertebral discs of the spine is the intake of certain vitamins that will not only strengthen the defenses of the body, but also help stop all destructive processes, contributing to a speedy recovery.
The Importance and Beneficial Effect of Vitamin Therapy
In the process of treating such a pathology as osteochondrosis, medics are used as a non-medicament course - therapeutic physical exercises and massage, gymnastics, manual therapy, and treatment with various medications.
But in any case, the course of treatment will be incomplete if it is not supplemented with the intake of vitamins and( or) vitamin complexes. It is vitamins that positively influence the structure of the spinal cartilage, from which the intervertebral discs are formed, slowing the development of degenerative, destructive processes.
About what vitamins are necessary for the health of the spine with osteochondrosis, where to get them and will go further.
The positive effect of vitamins in the treatment of osteochondrosis is as follows: 
- interferes with the deposition of calcium salts in bone tissues;
- protect cartilage tissue from the negative influence of external and internal factors;
- allows to improve the passage of impulse along nerve fibers;
- normalizes the patient's muscular sensitivity and strengthens all processes of cartilage and bone tissue regeneration;
- exerts an anesthetic effect and strengthens the immune system.
What vitamins are needed for the body?
All vitamins prescribed for osteochondrosis of any department( cervical, lumbar or thoracic) are conventionally divided into water-soluble( based on group B) and fat-soluble. In the first group of vitamins, doctors include the following:
- Vitamin B1 - it helps to improve the nutrition of all nerve fibers, strengthen the immune system several times, maintaining metabolic processes in the cartilage tissues at the proper level.
- Vitamin B2 - it gives all cartilages and tissues elasticity, helps protect cells from the negative effects of toxins, helping to strengthen muscle fibers and tissues.
- Vitamin B6 - has a general, positive strengthening effect on the body, improving blood flow and the work of the entire central nervous system, increases muscle tone and strengthens at times immunity.
- Vitamin B12 - improves, normalizes metabolic processes in the body, also positively affecting the central nervous system, removes inflammation in the body.
- Vitamin C is the most important of the list of vitamins, very necessary for osteochondrosis and other diseases of the spine. It significantly increases the resistance of the organism, strengthening the immune system several times, the regeneration of the skin, bones and cartilaginous tissues intensifies, anti-inflammatory abilities are activated, toxins are effectively eliminated, all metabolic processes are intensified. So vitamin C or as it is called - ascorbic acid enhances the body's ability to absorb vitamins such as B1 and B2, A and E.
Groups of fat-soluble vitamins that are prescribed for osteochondrosis:
- Vitamin A or Retinol - protects the cartilaginous tissue from the negative actions of internal and external factors, takes the most active part in the formation of blood cells, because it is with their help that the entire body is supplied with the necessary substances and components.
- Vitamin D , aka Calciferol - at times improves metabolic processes, helping to assimilate calcium in the human body.
- Vitamin E is a natural antioxidant that protects tissues from the negative of free radicals, improves the condition of the vascular system, strengthens the walls of veins and arteries, rejuvenates the dermis.
- Vitamin K or Phylloquinone - improves blood clotting, strengthens bone tissue, protecting the cartilaginous tissue of the vessels, is essential for normal lung and heart function.
Along with the course of taking special vitamins, the patient is shown to enter into the diet such compounds and minerals as calcium and magnesium, zinc and phosphorus. They help the regeneration of all tissues in the body, strengthen immunity and the central nervous system, participate in the formation of blood.
Natural sources of vitamins
To restore cartilaginous tissue in the treatment and prevention of osteochondrosis, it is recommended to introduce into the diet specific products from which the body receives the necessary vitamins:
- So the vitamin B1 is absorbed from such products - porridge and barley porridge, buckwheat, legumesand crops, all nuts, cabbage and tomatoes, apples and yeast, fruits of potatoes and berries.
- Supplier of vitamin B2 in the body are: any dairy product, eggs, especially a lot of it in the yolk and meat, in particular it contains enough lamb and veal, as well as oatmeal and buckwheat, mushrooms, sea and river fish, cerealsand yeast.
- Vitamin B6 in sufficient quantities contain lamb and pork, any fish, sea or river, seeds, in particular
of sunflower, cereals - semolina and buckwheat, eggs and all dairy products. - Vitamin B12 can be supplied in sufficient quantities in pork and beef, eggs and dairy products, mushrooms and fish, greens, in particular spinach and lettuce.
- Vitamin With contain rose hips and pepper( sweet its varieties), spicy greens - dill, parsley, coriander, all citrus fruits, berries, radish and apples, apricots and plums.
- To supply the body with vitamin And in large quantities in the body is capable of carrots and apricots, both fresh and dried, pumpkin, liver and dairy products, fish oil and egg yolk, melon and sea buckthorn, beans.
- Vitamin D contains fatty sea fish, as well as fish oil, liver, all dairy products, yolk eggs, mushrooms and potato fruits, seeds and oatmeal. But with regard to vitamin D, it is necessary to make a certain clarification, its main supplier is the sun, since it is under its influence that the latter develops in the body.
- Vitamin E is supplied with all vegetable oils, eggs( yolk) and all dairy products, it is assimilated from nuts and legumes, it contains both sea varieties of fish, cereals and seeds, seabuckthorn fruits and green vegetables and fruits,spicy greens.
- Vitamin To comes from liver, meat - in particular from mutton and beef, tomato and plum fruit, cereals and kiwi, herbs.
What vitamin complexes are necessary for osteochondrosis
A complete and balanced diet is able to supply the body with enough vitamins, macro and trace elements. But it is worthwhile to clarify that even a cardinal reorganization of one's own diet is not able to fully cover the daily requirement of the body for vitamins.
In this case, doctors recommend not only changing their own diet, making it full and varied, but also introduce vitamin complexes into the course of treatment.
Each of them is chosen by the attending physician in view of the course of the disease and the general condition of the patient, but most often the doctors prescribe the following: Vitrum and Duovit, Pentovit and Decamevit, Calcium-D3 and others. What preparations and vitamins are necessary for an organism at an osteochondrosis - video about a subject:
Most often, the course of taking vitamins is a month. If necessary, the patient is shown to take a break and repeat the course of admission after 3 months.
The main thing that should be remembered by any person - vitamins are not an independent means of treatment, but there is only an addition to the medicament course, physiotherapy exercises and massage.
Summing up, one thing can be said - vitamins for osteochondrosis are an essential element of an effective and effective course of treatment. But before taking these or other vitamins, the patient should undergo a test - the body of each individual and in some patients this or that vitamin can be either overabundant or it may be missed at the moment.
It is important to regularly undergo medical examination in the laboratory and with the help of hardware methods, controlling the level of vitamins, macro and microelements in the body, preventing the destruction of bone tissue and cartilage.
