If your back hurts, that's just a thought about the sciatica. Actually, it's because discomfort in the lower back can become even pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, before the preparation of a therapeutic regimen, the doctor to thoroughly examine the patient. When back pain in the lumbar region, than to treat pathology, can only be decided by a neurologist. Often, to carry out the therapy involves the doctors of narrow specializations - gastroenterologist, endocrinologist, oncologist, gynecologist, urologist. Depending on the diagnosed disease, additional treatment is carried out at home or in hospital.
Principles of treatment
Pain affected the lumbar spine, can be a drawing, aching character, or to show a strong, sharp attacks. If during the test, the patient is not detected abnormalities to the authorities of other vital systems, the therapeutic system is, inter alia, the following activities:
- receiving pharmacological agents of the inflammatory processes, to relieve, eliminate, pain, restoration of the damaged bone, joint tissues;
- the delivery of the physiotherapy procedures in order to speed up the regeneration of the vertebrae and skeletal muscles;
- physical therapy or the gym.
When a sharp, strong pain, the persons to restrict the movement of the patients assigned to drugs by intramuscular injection. As a general rule, in this case, the admission to the hospital. After improving a patient's further recovery at home.
The correct approach to the treatment
The main reason, lower back pain destructive degenerative damage to the vertebrae or inter-vertebral hernia is formed. Like if you have successfully completed the treatment, doctors recommend patients to eliminate the traditional way of life, which provoked the pathology factor. Otherwise the disease will return after a while, or a chronic form, the threat of recurrence.
Let's start handle, sharp or pulling pain in the lower back should meet the bed. When pathology becomes inflammatory process, even mild physical activity contributes to the spread of the virus. Neuropathologists recommend that you purchase an orthopedic pillow, mattress. Reduce the burden on the patient's back to prevent pinching, pinching the muscle and nerve roots. If you can't buy special tools, you must select sleep mattress, a pillow of medium hardness.
To accelerate recovery to treatment to follow these medical recommendations:
- avoid physical activity, the employment of active types of sports. Recovery yoga, swimming or just long walks in the fresh air;
- excluded from the diet of fatty, fried foods. Adversely affect the condition of the blood vessels located in the lumbar spine contribute to the harmful cholesterol deposition. The lack of nutrients, biologically active substances one of the reasons that the destruction of the bone tissue;
- I don't drink or smoke. If you can't beat a harmful addiction, then at least at the time of treatment should be forgotten. Toxic tar, nicotine, alcohol adversely affects the veins, arteries and capillaries, slowing down the recovery of the bone, joint, cartilaginous tissue of the men and women.
To speed up recovery will help you get a balanced complex of vitamins, minerals. Some of them contain large amounts of calcium, but these drugs can be taken only as directed by your doctor.
Pharmacological agents
Despite the fact that the effectiveness of folk medicine, physiotherapy, strong pain in the back can quickly eliminate just pharmaceutical drug. If the pain is mild, helps, of course, intake of capsules, pills or tablets. But despite the intense pain a neurologist can prescribe to alleviate the patient's intravenous, and intramuscular injection. Many of the drugs for treatment, lumbar, exhibit severe side effects and many contraindications. To avoid the negative effects of the strict compliance with doctor's recommendations on dosage, duration of course, admission.
Physiotherapy
Most of the therapeutic measures are not prescribed to the patients the pain is caused by acute inflammatory process. Procedures started after the relief medications. Physical therapy used to normalize tissue metabolism, tissue regeneration, the prevention of further degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. With the help of some physiotherapy treatments get rid of back pain:
- electrophoresis. Therapeutic manipulation intended to fast delivery of drugs (nsaids, analgesics, anesthetics, chondroprotectors) the damaged areas of the lower back. The process of conducting electrophoresis of the patient with a cotton swab soaked in the drug solution. Each other at the top of the special plates, through which the current through. Under the measure the electrical impulses of the molecules of chemical substances quickly penetrates the area of inflammation;
- ultrasonic treatment. The oscillation of the ultrasonic waves can stimulate the blood circulation to the lower back. The damaged tissue begins to penetrate the nutrients, bioactive materials and the molecular oxygen. After holding 5-10 treatment of the patient's pain disappears due to cease the spasm of muscles, increased metabolism;
- laser therapy. Polarized laser light is used in the treatment of destructive changes in the lumbar intervertebral discs. Under the action of infrared radiation, restores the blood supply to joints, cartilage tissues, normalizes metabolism. Physiotherapy will facilitate the removal of the vertebral column, the waste, toxins, end products of the inflammatory process;
- magneto therapy. During the procedure, the patient is the effect of the wave magnetic field, to stimulate the blood circulation to the damaged tissues.
Therapeutic manipulation required, the relief, the further damage to the lumbar vertebrae, as well as prevent the spread of inflammation to healthy tissue. The result is the disappearance of pain and restoration of full range of motion.
To treat severe pain, which may radiate to the leg, arm, tail bone, physiotherapy combined with medication. As well as the rehabilitation period, or remission, of chronic diseases of the spine, the patient is recommended to mud bath, bath, mineral water, classic, accurate, massage, acupuncture.
Recipes of the traditional healers
The treatment of low back pain cure recommended to drink a lot of fluids. Pure water, chamomile, rosehip compote of berries and fruits will help you to withdraw quickly to the spine end of the products of inflammation, the toxins. Than ample to drink the traditional medicine used infusions, decoctions of herbs. Useful plants of biologically active substances, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-septic properties.
How to cure back pain healing infusion:
- in a thermos pour 3 tablespoons of leaves, cranberries, St. John's wort, calendula, pour a liter of boiling water and infuse for an hour. Channel, drink tasty beer, instead of coffee and tea;
- an enamel or glass bowl place a handful of dried berries, dog rose, blueberry, juniper, pour 2 liters of hot water. Simmer in a water bath for 30-40 minutes, strain and drink 0.5 cups of infusion before each meal.
Back pain can be eliminated a poultice or ointment made from natural ingredients. How to prepare the drug:
- Melt in a water bath for 3 tablespoons of natural honey, cool, then mix with 2 tablespoons of pharmaceutical alcohol.
- The mixture is poured in 100 ml of petroleum jelly and RUB into the damaged areas of the lower back.
This instrument is used for health support packages for the back pain. This mixture should be RUBBED, and then spread a thin layer on the skin. The top of do we do foil, then wrapped a warm scarf. The procedure takes 3-4 hours.
Treatment of low back pain usually takes place in the home. Only if the diagnosis of an acute inflammatory process, the patient in the hospital. Depending on the cause of the pathology of treatment is usually about two weeks to several months. But compliance with medical recommendations is significantly accelerated recovery, as the feedback can be cured patients.
