Osteochondrosis is often referred to as a disease caused by the transition of a person to a direct path, an illness of a civilized world. In fact, the charge of the spine in modern people is almost never evenly distributed, and osteochondrosis is characterized by damage to the intervertebral discs. Every year, this disease suffers more and more from the population all over the world. At any age, a person can suffer from pain, seizures and other manifestations of osteochondrosis, which also cause a number of other diseases. The development of the disease is not only influenced by hereditary factors or age -related changes, as before, but also an deteriorating environmental situation, food that causes more harm in the 21st century than the advantages and other living conditions of people. The most common type of osteochondrosis is the lumbar spine, the second place is occupied by osteochondrosis of the cervical spine (cervical osteochondrosis).
The main causes of osteochondrosis of the cervix region
Despite the progressive treatment methods, the development of science and medical technologies, the modern world is still different types of diseases associated with the spine. The following can be referred to among the important causes of osteochondrosis:
1. Causes of an objective
- Hereditary disposition: Osteochondrosis can be inherited. If relatives suffered from such a disease, you should take all possible preventive measures to prevent your development
- Age -related changes: With the age, the body itself creates fewer and less useful substances that should also keep a spine in a healthy state. So that osteochondrosis develops more slowly, you should already take care of your condition in youth
2. The reasons associated with the way of life of a person. They are easy to eliminate if they are not stable and it is even better to immediately follow the principles of a healthy lifestyle
- Nutrition: What a person has direct who affects his health directly. A noticeable, quick improvement brings the rejection of salt, sugar, flour, flour and fat dishes from the consumption of products, which include preservatives and dyes of chocolate and alcohol. On the contrary, you should involve the diet that helps with the construction of bones and cartilage (e. g.
- Obesity: The natural sequence of malnutrition is a weight gain, which leads to an increase in the load on the vertebrae
- Hypothermia: any kind of hypothermia, designs should be avoided. If this happened, it quickly happened and brought it to the end
- In the end, spinal violations inevitably affect their condition
- Hypodynamics: Small mobility has a negative effect on the functioning of all parts of the spine
- Intoxication also influences the intervertebral discs, which prevents the absorption of useful micro and macro elements. Smoking and alcohol are the main reasons for poisoning the body
- Stress: It seems that lack of sleep, depression, a negative emotional state do not related to the symptoms that are tested with osteochondrosis of the cervical spine. However, this is not the case
Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine
The treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine must be started as early as possible. Like any disease in advanced form, it is treated much harder and the consequences influence the entire body. Sometimes symptoms of osteochondrosis are attributed to other diseases. In the event of deviations from the standard, you should immediately consult a doctor and revise your lifestyle. The symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis include:
- Pain, mainly in the occipital region, between the shoulder blades, in the neck
- Feeling in the shoulders
- Deafness of the fingers (mainly in sleep)
- If the brain circuit is disturbed due to the development of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, a person is often dizzy, the so -called "flying" flashes in front of his eyes
- FEETINGS OF ANGINA PECORIS can turn out to be wrong - with osteochondrosis of the cervix Hotel, false angina pectorus often occurs
- Headache
- In some cases there is even a deterioration in vision with osteochondrosis of the cervix region
- Noise, congestion, ringing in the ears. In some cases, the hearing is deteriorated
- Due to the pain of the head head are limited
- Lack of oxygen, which can be expressed in the cordly of the breath, snoring and increased fatigue
- Nausea and sometimes vomiting
- Fluctuations in blood pressure
In the absence of proper treatment, symptoms can assume acute forms: for example, paralysis of the upper extremities can occur, hernia often occurs in the neck area, sleep is disturbed due to pain, the memory deteriorates.
Treatment methods and prevention of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine
Diet. An important factor that leads to the successful treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervix region is to comply with a diet that does not mean to give up most products with osteochondrosis. To reduce the weight, you should adhere to the breakage 4-5 times a day.
Which products are important for the restoration of cartilage tissue:
- Meat (low -fat, not fried)
- Fish and seafood
- Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, kefir
- olive oil
- Vegetables and fruits, both fresh, not preserved or other processing. Broccoli, green, data is particularly rich in osteochondrosis through calcium.
- Groups
- Nuts and seeds
- Egg
- Magnesium can "deliver" bananas, cucumbers, oatmeal, dried apricots, legumes
Products from which you have to reject osteochondrosis of the neck:
- Bakery and sweet
- Fat, acute, salty food
- Fuel
- Carbonated and alcoholic drinks
- Fast Food Products
- Lard and sausages
- Strong tea and coffee
With osteochondrosis you should drink 2, 5 - 3 liters of clean water, the remaining drinks, soups are not taken into account.
Physiotherapeutic methods. This type of treatment has long established itself as an excellent method for reducing pain and edema, improving blood microcirculation, relaxation and removal of toxins. Among the physiotherapeutic methods in modern medical practice, a whole range of options: 
- Electrophoresis and galvanization
- Ultra frequency procedure (UHF)
- Magnetotherapy
- Ultraviolet
- Paraffin and mud baths
- Massage of the collar zone
Medicines. In the case of severe pain, medication that you can reduce are taken to relieve inflammation. In order to replenish the lack of micro and macro elements in the body, it is recommended to take vitamins and food additives that can restore the necessary balance, which is difficult to achieve today. A good influence on the cervix region has ointments that are also supposed to reduce inflammation and pain
Medical physical education. The movement offers the opportunity to take a different position. Since a modern person is inactive and often spends time in a seat or lying position, the gymnastics to strengthen the spine is simply irreplaceable. Exercises should not pain, symptoms and also violate. With osteochondrosis of the cervix region, physiotherapy exercises aim to strengthen the muscles of the neck:
- Lying on the stomach, carefully lift your head (right back), hold it in this position for 1-2 minutes, lower it
- Turn your head to the right in the same position to the right
- Exercise that can easily perform on the working day sits at the table: with your palms, resting on the forehead, resist ("butt") forever, then press your arms on the back of the head and also rest your head into your palms and resist.
- This exercise also requires no special conditions for fulfillment: turn your head to the left and right, tend your head in both directions to the shoulders, the tipping of the head back and forth and the rotation of the head. It is better to interrupt these exercises that are slowly and during the dizziness
- Since the cervix region is directly related to other parts of the spine, it is important to strengthen your back: because you have to lie on your back, tighten your legs on your chest and rollers (they should be carried out on a hard surface). Place on your back, put your feet on a chair and pull your head to your knees. knelt, clung his hands behind his back and tried to get his knees with his forehead
It is recommended to be carried out regularly at least a few minutes a day, as the effects of you are minimal. You should also really organize a place for sleep: the suitable mattress (not with a flat, solid surface) and, which is extremely important with osteochondrosis of the neck of the collar zone, a special hard pillow of a certain shape for the correct position of the head and neck during sleep should also be on the bed.
Folk remedy. Despite the fact that osteochondrosis is a scourge of a modern person, people have suffered from this disease for a long time, and therefore traditional medicine has many recipes for removing pain, edema, improvement in general condition and prevention:
- You can make ointments and rubbing for external use at home: The red elderberry berries are poured with 2/3 with alcohol and are worth a week - then this rubbing can be used. Hop cones are grated with butter and rubbed into the collar area
- For the internal use, infusions are brewed, herbal teas are brewed: herbal teas are recommended, on the basis of St. John's wort, bells, hops - 2 tablespoons of grass per 0, 5 liters of water, usually brewed 5 minutes, and then the mixture is half an hour, filtered and with several techniques with several techniques.
Do not forget that prevention of the disease is increasingly effective to take measures to treat osteochondose of the cervical spine. In addition, each disease requires an integrated treatment approach, since the impact on the entire organism should be provided as a whole.