Thousands of years ago, when monkeys came down from the trees, the man's spine was the first to test a vertical load. This led to the fact that there were preconditions for its diseases. In the modern age of high technology, forced position at work and the General sedentary lifestyles are increasingly the question arises – what to do if back hurts? Answers to this question you can hear a lot, but only a set of proper therapeutic and preventive measures will help you forget about back pain.
Just like any disease, back pain requires the right approach to determine its causes. Typically, these pain associated with spinal pathology. It is therefore necessary to consult a neurologist and a radiology research, the best of them will be MSCT or MRI. Instrumental studies will help to determine the level of spinal lesions, and detect the presence of indications for surgical treatment.
Drug therapy to relieve severe pain
What to do for back pain? The most rapid effect is obtained from drug therapy. Standard treatment includes:
- Medication that relaxes the muscles
- Anti-inflammatory painkillers
- Vitamin therapy
- Chondroprotectors
Drugs, allowing to remove a muscle spasm you need to use in the first hours of acute-onset pain. Relaxation of muscle tension allows you to quickly remove the resulting compression of the spinal roots, remove cramps from the muscles. This leads to a strong reduction of pain. Also relieve muscle spasm is the most important step in the treatment of spinal pathology.
Anti-inflammatory drugs allow you to quickly ease pain and inflammation, if the sore back. They can be used in injections and tablets as well as externally — in the form of an ointment or gel. Vitamin. Strengthens and protects the nerve fiber from harmful external influences.
Vitamins of group "b" have the ability to improve the conduct nerve impulses, which helps to remove many negative phenomena, in addition to pain.
Chondroprotectors – preparations comprising of chondroitins and glucosamine — those substances that exist in healthy cartilage of the intervertebral joints and discs. Inflammatory process noted the lack of them.
Important! All medications should be taken only as directed by your doctor. Otherwise, we can expect the development of complications, exceeding the required dosages and other unpleasant things.
Non-drug ways to cope with illness
Unfortunately, drug therapy of pain are not always available. In the presence of Allergy, intolerance, severe concomitant diseases, pregnancy, use of many drugs is impossible. And it was the pregnancy or concomitant diseases often provoke the development of pain. What should you do if a really bad back, and drugs are contraindicated? It will help drug-free methods:
- Massage. Massage is one of the safest medical procedures. The only absolute contraindication is cancer in the patient. Massage will relieve muscle spasm, reflex reduce pain, and improve blood flow to all tissues. This will have a positive impact on General health.
- Physiotherapy is also a safe treatment. The effects of electric currents, magnetic fields, subcutaneous administration of anesthetics allows to achieve remarkable results. Muscle spasm reduced pain in the back are for a very short time to strengthen weak muscles, and nutrition of tissues is significantly improved.
However, before carrying out the procedures necessary to consult a doctor / physical therapist to identify the most appropriate method of treatment and identify possible contraindications (allergic reactions, oncopathology, thyroid disease, etc.).
- Manual therapy and acupuncture. These methods are similar in effect to massage, but operate on a more subtle level of interconnection reflexes.
Slight pain, displacement or stretching of the muscles reflexively triggers a series of responses. The result is a reduction or elimination of pain, restoration of sensitivity. It is also one of the ways to keep the body in good shape, if you have back pain. However, to entrust this procedure only to professionals. In addition to the above methods of therapeutic effects, there is another completely safe and highly effective method of control and prevention– physiotherapy.
Physical exercises to combat pain and prevention
The ancient Greeks said – the movement of life. The occupation of physical therapy in any case does not exclude the performance of other rehabilitation measures. However, exercises for pain in the back can be a means of first aid, no access to other ways. This is due to increased blood flow to inflamed areas, which contributes to more rapid excretion of toxic substances in the inflammation that cause pain. Here are the examples of some exercises:
- Exercise the cat. Standing on all fours, prognut arc back down as much as possible, then hold this position for a few seconds. Repeat 3-4 times. This charging when back pain is especially effective for the chest and waist.
- Standing, interlock hands behind the back, seizing with one hand the wrist of the other hand, then push them back in the lumbar region. Exercise relaxes tense back muscles — primarily the thoracic and transfers the load on the muscles of the arms.
- Sitting on a chair, tilt your head down as much as possible, gradually and very carefully. Try to reach the chin of the chest. If touched or pain does not allow it, gradually pull the head to its original position and a bit ago. Repeat a few times. Effective exercise takes the load off the neck muscles.
Perform daily these exercises you sick and lower back. Executing them should not be afraid to measure pain. This is just evidence that strain weakened and inflamed areas. If you have a weakened back muscles (especially for people leading a sedentary lifestyle), physiotherapy will help to strengthen muscles and reduce the load on the spine.
Ideal activity, which includes work almost all the muscles of the body, is swimming. Also, reducing complex can include a contrast shower and cold water, that the reflex effect on the whole body.
It is important to know that charging is when the back pain will be effective only in the case of regular and correct execution. Exercises to learn better to do it under the supervision of a doctor-specialist of physical therapy. Then they can perform independently at home. Remember — the health of your back depends on You.