Osteochondrosis - a degenerative diseases of the intervertebral discs, which is characterized by the thinning of the disk drive, MS area, and the increase in marginal osteophytes. The tissue of the intervertebral disc, to harden from cartilage is changing into bone. Under the influence of these changes, a disc of impact on the nerve endings, causing pain.
The symptoms of osteochondrosis:
- nagging pain in the back, which is a sudden movement;
- the pain in his body;
- atrophy of the limbs;
- cramps in muscles, difficulty in moving.
If you hit the cervical spine, the illness has the following symptoms:
- the pain in your shoulders, arms, and head;
- the syndrome of vertebral artery disease (dizziness, noise in the head, the color patch in the eye, the throbbing of a headache).
The disease can develop due to the following reasons: heredity, metabolic disorders, poisoning, infection, obesity, eating disorders, aging, trauma to the spinal column, improper posture, sedentary work, bad environment, high load, stress, hypothermia.
The prevention and treatment of cervical degenerative disease of the disk
The treatment is aimed at the removal of pain, restoration of function of spinal roots, mild degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs. In the early stages of the disease conservative method of treatment. In the later stages of the operation.
The duration of treatment depends on the severity of the disease, and can vary from 1 month to a year.
The conservative therapy includes such methods as the following:
- physiotherapy;
- massage;
- physiotherapy;
- chiropractic;
- traction of the spinal column;
- reflexology;
- of the medicinal product.
As a prevention, it is recommended to conduct a healthy way of life, in order to avoid excessive physical activities on a regular basis for the development of the back muscles.