Incorrect posture, long hours working on a computer, insufficient bed or too soft, habit of keeping your phone shoulders while you are busy – any of these factors can lead to cervical osteochondrosis.
Usually, the disease affects people over the age of 40, but it has recently spread significantly among young people.
Signs of cervical osteochondrosis
- Cervical spine movements are usually accompanied by pain in the nape and side of the neck (if this is not the neglected phase of the disease).In this regard, the patient has problems with head movements: turning, inclination and any other exercise can increase pain.In this case, it has gone beyond the cervical area and stretched along the hand, thus creating an impact effect.
- In addition to pain, cervical osteochondrosis is manifested in work impaired vision, weakened hearing instruments, and small (rejecting taste receptors) and large (numbness of tongue and face) in the body.
Symptoms of the initial stage of the disease
In the body, the process of separating water molecules from the slurry nucleus begins, that is, the dehydration reaction proceeds.Therefore, cervical vertebrae are implanted, after which the elasticity of ligaments and muscle tissue is lost and becomes a "suspended position."This is the result of reduced levels of the spinal cord in the neck: the muscles are closer to the ligaments of adjacent disks, which violates the integrity of the cervical vertebrae design.This defect leads to malfunction of cervical motor equipment: they lose their fixation, transfer and become movable.
Discomfort in the neck
The most obvious sign of this disease is neck pain or severe periodic pain.From the occipital part, they are spread to the clavicle, shoulders, and sometimes even the chest, which can cause the patient to suspect angina.The pain can be exacerbated when tilting and turning your head and taking a deep breath.
Violation of sensitivity
Due to violations of nutrition-vasculature, shoulder blade bones, certain areas of the shoulders and hands are reduced in skin sensitivity.This symptom is accompanied by tingling, weakness, and cold.
It's a dull pain
The third in the list of signs of the initial stage of osteochondrosis is persistent pain that occasionally calms down.It usually intensifies at night and when tilting below 45°.The scene of this pain capture: the neck itself, shoulders and forearms.
Acute disease
In the final, neglected phase, fundamental changes are observed in the disc: their protrusions and prolapses.The vertebrae segment begins to function, unstable: its function is no longer performed.Non-Ko bones and vertebrae joints are subject to defects such as joints and subluxation.
All these changes elicit a protective response in the body: In order to increase the mobility of the vertebrae and restore the support and protective function of the spine, the defender began to "paste" the vertebrae movement segment, thus limiting its further movement.
Sharp neck pain
Due to muscle overvoltage, hypothermia, excellent physical exercise or acute pain in the neck during sleep, more commonly in the occipital part of the bone.That is, all causes of the disease itself are directly related to defects in the cervical region.It can be done on its own every other day and can last longer if osteochondrosis develops at an accelerated rate.
Headache
The headache spreads from the occipital bone of the neck to the crown, forcing the patient to feel ruptured and squeezed.Pain comes with many other symptoms: abnormalities, disorders of visual and auditory organs, discomfort in various parts of the body - all of these signs, including the pulsation of headaches, are associated with vertebral arteries.When thrown back, sharp turns or inclines, these signs begin to put pressure on the patient with new force.
Dizziness
Dizziness may be constant, but weak, and can last for several hours, and is so powerful that the balance is completely lost and a person falls, and the possibility of additional injuries that are not associated with the cervical spine is high.
If the head is damaged in the fall, the disease will reach an extreme risk level and the chance of recovery will quickly roll to zero.To prevent fatal outcomes, it is necessary to regularly massage damaged areas during the initial stages of cervical osteocartilage degeneration, thereby improving blood circulation and ridding of stupidity and/or acute pain.
Noise in the ears
Chronic "background" noise, the sound of the ears, and sometimes even pulsating pain, cause the failure of the nervous system: the brain no longer fully senses the surrounding environment and environment.
Patients with cervical cartilage become an irritable, aggressive, ineffective person, and lose the ability to think wisely and get rid of obsessed thoughts.That is, rest becomes almost impossible, which puts a person in depression.
After only a while, consciousness is lost, thus providing the patient with at least some rest.But this will not affect the body's work.
Again, to prevent such deviations from normality, you should massage the field, neck and head.The exercises should be complex to cover all areas to be restored.The purpose of massage is to restore the correct operation of the cervical vertebrae and strengthen and stretch the cervical and shoulder muscles.
Treatment of osteochondrosis
The first stage of the disease
In the initial stages, osteochondrosis in the cervical spine is not dangerous.It does not require medication or intensive treatment.Only prevention is needed, i.e.:
- Active and healthy lifestyle; useful products contain essential muscle and bone mass elements as well as medium calories;
- Regular morning exercises, better – active or at least one feasible exercise;
- Reject alcohol, tobacco and excess caffeine;
- Avoid the rise of heavy objects (mulses in patients with osteocartilage and hore bones);
- Continuously monitor postures (should be standing and sitting directly);
- The correct comfortable bed, repeating the bend of the body;
- Special movement of the neck.
The progressive stage of disease
When osteochondrosis begins to fluidize into severe forms, the treatment process is the wear of special collars, exercise therapy, physical therapy and massage.
If the disease has managed to develop into a complex form, it is time to resort to drugs.Effective means: anti-impurities, analgesics and NSAIDs.Physical therapy procedures using paraffin, drug electrophoresis, and other drugs may also have positive effects.
Chronic Roles
The final stage of osteochondrosis in the cervical vertebrae is chronic.In this case, cartilage protectors and vitamins B6, B12 are used.As ancillary medicines - External medicines: ointments, gels, creams, containing non-replacement anti-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory ingredients and drugs for tissue regeneration.
The clinic provides a variety of treatments through the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis:
- vacuum therapy;
- acupuncture;
- laser therapy;
- Manual therapy (relaxation after response);
- Dry traction;
- Drug acupuncture;
- Electrical stimulation;
- Magnetic flux.
These methods are effective at any stage of disease development, including the latter.These procedures themselves are conducted in the context of an outpatient setting and they are based on a comprehensive program designed to provide symptoms of the disease and its causes.
The process of complete treatment consists of 10 to 15 sessions and eliminates only one specific syndrome, lasting 1-3 sessions.
Like most diseases, osteochondrosis requires a preventive approach.At the beginning of the disease, a person should “score anxiety” and be treated.After all, there is no guarantee of progression of the disease, so you need to remember that beating any disease is a healthy lifestyle and treatment even before pain symptoms.