Osteochondrosis in the cervical region is a dystrophic degenerative disease that affects the cartilaginous tissues of the intervertebral discs, causing the pathological change of the vertebrae.The need for hospitalization only occurs with an exacerbation with strong deterioration in well-being, generally caused by the paving of the vertebral artery with an enthusiastic vertebra.
In most cases, the treatment of osteochondrosis is carried out at home.The patient is shown during chondroprotectors, massage and physiotherapeutic procedures, compliance with a saving diet.But the main method of therapy for the disease is daily medical education or gymnastics.Patients are also recommended for swimming, yoga, long walks in fresh air.
Drugs
In cervical osteochondosis therapy, drugs from various clinical and clinical groups are used.To eliminate acute pain from the neck and nape, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, pain relievers in tablets or injection solutions are used.And the use of ointments and plaster helps to get rid of the uncomfortable sensations of low or medium severity, including with a warming action.
With osteochondrosis of 1 or 2 degree of severity, chondroprotectors are included in therapeutic patterns.They are stimulants of the regeneration of the cartilaginous tissue of intervertebral discs and damaged ligaments, tendons, muscles.With the help of a long (from 3 months to several years), the course of chondroprotectors manages to partially restore hyalin cartilage, to normalize the operation of the cervical column.
The concentration of active ingredients (glucosamine, chondroitin) of drugs in the damaged tissue area is gradually increased.Soon, their analgesic, decongestant and anti-inflammatory action begins to appear.Chondroprotectors are not used in the treatment of 3rd degree osteochondrosis, as destructive processes have affected almost all connective structures.
| Group of clinical and firm drugs used in the treatment of cervical osteochondosis | Pharmacological action and therapeutic effect |
| Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | Relief of inflammatory processes, reducing the severity of pain and swelling, increasing the volume of movements |
| B Vitamins B | Standardization of the innervation of skeletal muscles, restoration of the optimal transmission of the excitation and metabolism of mediators, the regeneration of damaged nerves |
| Funds that improve blood supply | Improvement of the rheological properties of blood and nutrition of damaged nerve roots, stimulation of blood circulation in the brain, elimination of headaches and dizziness |
| Musory | Relaxation of skeletal muscles, the release of raped nerve roots and blood vessels |
Medical physical education
The use of pharmacological preparations, warming compresses, massage procedures will not help eliminate the symptoms of cervical osteochondosis, to stop its progress.Only the regular daily physiotherapy exercises slow down, then completely stop the destruction of the cartilage tissues.The exercise complex is compiled by an exercise therapy doctor, taking into account the patient's pathology stage and the patient's sport preparation.The first training sessions are also checked under his control, then the patient is engaged in the house.
Neck exercises for osteochondrosis.
In the exercise execution process, there should not be uncomfortable sensations, including a natural vertebrogenic, the increase in blood pressure.The movements must be smooth, with a small amplitude.It is only in this way that blood circulation can be improved in the cervical column and at the same time avoid loads on the damaged intervertebral discs.As a rule, doctors of exercise therapy include the following exercises in the treatment complex:
- Lie on your stomach, rest your hands on the ground.Holding the back evenly, raise the head and the upper half of the body, linger in this position for a minute, then sink gently.First, do 3 to 4 times, because the muscle corset is reinforced-10-15 times;
- Lie on your stomach, stretch your hands along the body.Turn your head first in one, then in the other direction, touching the floor of the ground with one ear.Perform exercises 10 times on the right and left;
- Sit on a chair or stool, take a deep inspiration and lean forward, trying to touch the chest chin.Exhale, lean back, throwing your head a little.Repeat 15 to 20 times;
- Sit, put your hands on your forehead.Try to fold your head forward, resistant to your palms simultaneously for a minute.Repeat exercise 5 to 7 times;
- Sit, put your palms on your own.Slowly, slowly turn the head first to the right, then to the left.Perform 10 rotations in one, then in the other direction.
It is strictly forbidden to train during the exacerbation of cervical osteochondosis due to the high probability of pinching the nerve or tightening the vertebral artery.The training must also be interrupted with the SRAS, the flu and other infections that cause the temperature increase.
Massage
In the treatment of cervical osteochondosis, classic, emptiness, acupressure are used.Healing procedures contribute to improving blood circulation and strengthening muscle corset, stabilizing vertebrae and intervertebral discs.At home, you can massage yourself 1 to 3 times a day in one of the following methods:
- Take your hands behind your back with a tight gentle towel and produce intensive friction from the back of the neck.At the last stage of the massage, make several energetic taps with your palms;
- The procedure must start with a soft friction of the skin, then kneading.Make a few strokes, pinch, cut the movements.The finger pads for 10 minutes massage the skin around the protruding vertebrae.Complete massage with caresses and friction.
In a pharmacy or medical equipment store, you can buy special massage - in wood, equipped with edges or electricity.These devices facilitate massage at home.Some models have a heating function, there are several speed modes.
Applicators have proven themselves in the treatment of cervical osteochondosis.These are small carpets or rollers with many pointed points.In contact with the skin, the receptors located in the subcutaneous tissue are irritated.Blood begins to add damaged discs and vertebrae, normalizing the tissue trophic.
Folk remedies
After the main treatment of osteochondrosis, making a lasting remission, vertebrologists allow the use of folk remedies, but only with proven clinical efficiency.The therapeutic effect of most compresses or friction is to increase body temperature in the neck due to the irritation of sensitive nerve endings.It is not practical to use positions positioned as regeneration stimulants.Microelements, vitamins, other biologically active substances are unable to penetrate the skin surface into vertebral structures and restore them.
Infusions or internal uses have various therapeutic properties.Some of them can slow down or weaken the effect of pharmacological drugs.Therefore, the feasibility of using folk remedies must be discussed with a vertebrologist or a neurologist.
Before applying the mixture for compresses or applications, you need to rub your small quantity in the elbow elbow.If an hour later, the skin does not appear redness, rashes, a small rash, you can then carry out medical procedures.
Compresses and Applications
Physiotherapeutic procedures with Ozokerte and paraffin can be carried out at home.These natural hydrocarbons have approximately the same melting point, so they are often combined with each other.Paraffin and ozokerite are sold in pharmacies and are relatively inexpensive.They are mixed in a proportion 1: 1 and melted in a double boiler, then cooled at a temperature of 40 to 45 ° C. A layer of a hot mixture is applied at the back of the neck with a large brush or a wooden spatula and solidification awaits.Another layer is distributed on top.In total, the procedure is repeated 4 to 5 times.The application time is 1 to 2 hours.
The most popular procedure for the treatment of cervical osteochondosis in popular medicine is a compress.It is particularly popular to apply to damaged discs and fresh vertebrae, greased with honey, cabbage leaves, horseradish, burdensions, plantain.But the best therapeutic effect has a compress with a sea salt solution. To prepare it in 200 ml of lukewarm water, a tablespoon of Grand-Stallin salt is diluted.Wet a large sterile towel in the solution and applied on the neck until it is completely dry.
Sharpening
For the preparation of friction, vodka or ethyl alcohol diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio is used.It is preferable that people with sensitive skin insist on vegetable raw materials on olive, sunflower or linseed oil.Most often, friction with various parts of the garden horseradish - roots, flowers and arrows are used in therapy for cervical osteochondrosis.They are cut into small pieces, placed in a glass or a container in opaque ceramic, stamped and poured by vodka or oil.They insist in a warm place where the rays of the sun do not penetrate for 1 to 2 months, trembling periodically for better extraction of bioactive substances.Rub the waste twice a day at the back of the neck.
Instead of the horseradish, you can use nettle, burdock, Sabe fish, plantain.Folk healers recommend adding 3 drops of juniper, fir, pine, a tablespoon of a 0.5 liter gum turntable of finished dyes.
Plant -based infusions
With cervical osteochondosis, you should drink a lot of liquids - in the absence of contraindications up to 3 liters per day.This helps to eliminate toxins, toxins, tissue disintegration products, the harmful mineral salts of vertebral structures.The use of approximately 2 glasses of infusions based on plants per day will also eliminate slow inflammatory processes, muscle cramps, relieve pain and stiffness of movements.For their preparation, thyme, chamomile, sage, coltsfoot, nails, bear ears, corn stigma is used.
How to prepare healing tea:
- Pour into a thermos on a teaspoon of dry plant materials;
- Pour 2 liters of boiling water, insist 2 to 3 hours;
- Cool, filter, take 0.5 cup 3-4 times a day after meals.
A decoction of birch buds will help improve well-being, increase the volume of movements in the cervical region.2 tablespoons of raw materials are poured with 2 cups of hot water and languages over low heat for 15 minutes.Cool, filter, take 100 ml three times a day during meals.
On the Internet, there are often recommendations on the use of a large number of dishes with gelatin - jelly, jelly, fishing flood, berry jelly.The allegedly contained in food, collagen provides the regeneration of the destroyed cartilage.In fact, this chondroprotector is quickly broken down into the gastrointestinal and removed from the body.This method of therapy does not only accelerate the treatment of osteochondrosis, but also contributes to its progression due to a rapid increase in body weight.