Osteochondrosis is the most common cause of back pain.Damage to intervebrebral discs that are basically the development of the disease is in each person who has reached 40 years, and up to 50. years, 70% of the population is already amazing.At the same time, today osteochondrosis is becoming more and more in young people, and even adolescents.INTERVERTEBRAL HERNIA, Radicolite, brain power disorders - All complications are osteochondrose that threatens disability and often lead to disability.

Currently efficient treatment methods that allow not only to remove symptoms, but help to rebuild the destroyed areas of vertebrae, in traditional medicine, there is almost no.Therefore, it is so important to understand which factors lead to disk destruction, what needs to be changed in their lifestyle to stop the development of osteochondrose.And which measures should be taken to deal with existing changes and start the recovery processes in the spine.
What is osteochondrosis?How is the disease progressing?
Osteochondrosis is a disease in which destruction processes in the spinal segment prevail over the recovery processes, which is manifested in pain, mobility limit, etc.During the development of this disease, radiculitis (radiculopathy), how they can form.
Intervertebral disc ("Disk") is a ring of elastic fabrics, the fibers are woven into overseas and basic vertebra.Due to its special structure, the intervertebral disc protects each vertebra from destruction, and also ensures the mobility of the entire spine (stick, twist).
In the center of the intervertebral disk, it is a core for filling, which reminds the rubber pillow filled with liquid.In the adult consisting of 70% of the water, as well as carbohydrates that can be tied and gave water.At the time of the load at the appropriate segment of the spine, the core gives water and lightly, and after the cessation of the effect is taking the previous form.Such a pillow for shock -Aabsorbing allows the spine to stretch and turn off up to 80% of the shock load that comes to the spine.

Degenerative-dystrophic processes usually begin by deterioration in the function of absorption of an intervertebral disk strike.
- Deterioration of blood supply to intervertebral disk.In adults, the food of interverters is performed by diffusion: the blood is only on spins, and the discs are powered during dynamic loads (the outflow of the dynamic ingredients, the flow of nutrients). Thus, interventional discsIt is difficult to specifically in the conditions of sitting lifestyle (hypodynamy).
- Changes in a pulp disk jezgl.With the decline in blood supply, water supply, sugar and amino acids is disturbed to the nucleop core.Therefore, the production of carbohydrates connecting water.The core is dehydrated, its structure made from the fibrous-like gel, the ability of spring and extinguishing the recording is worsening.This increases the load on the fibrous ring and vertebrae, are more likely to be blocked and injured.
- Changes in the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disk.Due to the flattening of pulposis nucleus, the increased load is located on the disc ring.In the conditions of poor blood supply, the fibrous ring is losing strength.The availability of the spine appears, which can lead to the formation of intervertebral hernia, moving vertebrae and damage to the spinal cord or nerve roots.
- Disk protrusion.Formation of intervertebral hernia.How fibrous ring fibers weakens, for example, the Fulpic core begins, for example, according to the intervertebral channel (disk protrusion).Such astonishing can further lead to rupture of fibrous rings and form a kile.Read more about the process of forming an intervertebral hernia in a separate article - "Efficient treatment of intervertebral hernia at home".
- Spondylosis - destruction of interface joints (spondylthread), osteophyte growth and environmental ligaments.In parallel with the formation of intervertebral hernia in osteochondrose, they adhere to the damage to intervertebral joints, devastating changes in the vertebrae (cartilage) and ligaments.

Since the shock-absorbing function of the interverter disc is not performed, vertebrate and small intervertebral compounds begin to be injured all the time.
Spine instability is also the cause of damage to the cartilage of the body of vertebrae and articular processes.As a result, bone tissue grows, osteofiti appear(from Greece: osteo - bone, FITO - plant)- Growth of bones.The appearance of osteophytes is popularly called the formation of spikes or salt deposition.
- Osteophytes can constantly irritate the ligaments of the vertebral segment, which gradually leads to its surroundings and limiting movements in the affected spine.
- Osteofiti can also be injured near soft tissues, of which the result of the accumulation of dead cells in them, which the body reacts with inflammation (edema).
- Osteophytes on the surfaces of vertebrae facing intervebrebral discs damage fibrous ring fibers, accelerating the formation of the hernia.Osteofit, which grows towards the intervertebral canal, increases the compression of spinal cord, blood vessels, nerve roots.
- Osteophyte growth can lead to the envelope of neighboring vertebrae and complete loss of mobility in the vertebrae segment.
Symptoms and signs
Symptoms and signs of osteochondrose - back pain!Initially, the pain in the back may occur due to the overcrowding of the rear muscles trying to control the excessive reinforcement (phase 3) so that the muscles protect the spinal cord that is in the vertebral column.The braincoat is the central part of the nervous system, so the body tries to prevent its damage (grip, irritation).After that, the cause of pain can already be vertebrae vertebrae, hernial protrusion even with a small size.At the time of the phenomenon, the person, usually feels strong pain (it's called Lader cervical or lumbar ladder).

Due to back pain, a person inadvertently strives to take a position in which pain intensity decreases - thus-were charged, forced pose.At the same time, the spine is in a non-violent position that reduces the discounts of disco depreciation.This increases the risk of their further harm.
As offenses progress in the joints, environmental development for rook bodies, articulated surfaces and ligaments, patient's spine begins to lose mobility.Partial, then complete the limitations of movement in the affected spine.
Complications of osteochondrose spine
There are several phases of development of the complications of osteochondrose spine.Their events depend on the department where the destructive process occurs.
- Discogenic radiculite (radiculopathy), in which hernian protrusions grip the nerve root (a pile of nerve fibers, which stretches from the spinal cord and then divided into the nerve that goes to one or another area of the body).Pain is due to the mechanical effect of the herk on the spine, and adding inflammation (edema).
- Vascular-brown syndrome, in which vessels are clenched, the roots of the spinal cord.It manifested with damaged movements in the hands (with cervical osteochondrose) or lower extremities (with lumboslam), as well as loss of sensitivity.With this complication, the work of internal bodies may suffer, the affected nerves are leaving (urination, sexual function, intestinal operation, etc.), hypertension can be developed and the worsening and worsening memory.Sometimes vascular breaches, a sharp movement in the affected area of the spine - more often, is suddenly unfolded.There is a sharp pain and sudden weakening of the muscle on the affected side - syndrome "paralytic ishias".
- Violation of blood to spinal cordcaused by compression of the boat that feeds the spinal cord.Extreme degree of complications is an ischemic spinal stroke.The result of this complication is weakened movements in the limbs (parez, paralysis), loss of sensitivity, deterioration of the work of internal organs to complete rejection.In some cases, this can lead to the death of the patient, for example, when a well-being seriously suffered.
The symptoms of discogenic radiculitis depend on the spine:
Location | Symptoms and signs |
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Cervikal, cervical-thoracic radiculite | Depending on the level of damage, pain and damaged sensitivity in the neck, shoulder, forearm, appears.A muscle weakness in these departments can be noticed. Universal nerve neuralgia are often joined, in which strong pain in the back of the head is noticed.Arrhythmia may occur. |
Radicolite size of the lumbar cross | It is manifested in pain in the lower back, which is often combined with pain during the sciatic nerve - Ishias, Ishiradicolite.The weakness of the feet muscles is also developed, a breach of sensitivity in thigh, lower legs, and legs. |

The rasedac vertebrate or intervectors with subsequent acquisition of blood vessels and naughty may require emergency surgical intervention.
Reasons for the development of osteochondrose spine
Osteochondrosis is called multifactorial disease - I.e.There may be a lot of reasons for his appearance.Here we will allocate two key factors that gradually lead to the defeat of intervertebral discs and subsequent changes in the spine:
- Deterioration in the conditions of power of intervertebral disks, as well as cleaning their tissues.
- Excessive load on the spine, leading to the accumulation of dead cells in the tissues of the segment vertebra.

Updating the tissue of intervelebral disks depends on the sufficient flow of blood and lymph flow directly to interverters, nor are they not suitable blood or lymph containers (used in the tissue cleaning body).The food and disc cleaning is carried out indirectly, ie slowly.This is the reason that in this area does not just quickly appearLack of nutritional ingredients and starvation of oxygenbut also fastDamaged and dead cells accumulateas well as elaborated substances.Cleaning fabrics of "slag" is necessary, otherwise there will be no room for new functional cells, and then fabric gradually lose its function (for example, the chickens of pulposis will stop spring, depreciation and will be disproportionate).
Updating the tissues of intervertebral disks depends on the sufficient flow of blood and lymph flow.The speed and strength of these processes affects muscle microvibration created (mainly) muscle during physical stress.In this regard, one of the reasons for the lack of food and cleaning is hypodynamy when the rear muscles are relaxed or in a static position.
As osteochondrosis develops, blood supply, lymphs, lymph and venous outflow in spine can worsen due toMuscle spasm.The body gives the muscle signal to keep the vertebrals in a certain position compared to another in the affected area.Long times overreabent muscles squeezed the vessel, which further worsens the situation.
Most people are obvious that the spine may suffer in the event of an unusual sharp raising weight or when injuries, however, can be damage to the spine and not so tangible in the event of a violation of the neuromuscular depreciation system.Constant microtrows in low-flow lymp conditions to accumulate dead cells, prevents the growth of functional cells continues to crop tissue.
Violation of neuromuscular depreciation as one of the main causes of osteochondrose

Breach of neuromuscular depreciation as one of the main causes of osteochondrose to reduce the load on the spine when walking, weight lifting, etc.The body has a whole system of neuromuscular depreciation.It is ensured by the functioning of the nervous body and skeletal muscles that communicate in agreement to ensure smooth movements and extinguishes the loads on the bones, joints and, of course, spine.So most shock loads should be extinguished the foot.Also, the muscles of the legs and back are included in depreciation.If this does not happen (for example, unpleasant high shoes do not allow foot to work), interverters are subjected to shocks for which they are not intended.Below are the factors leading to discord in the neuromuscular amplification system:
- Breach- Different types of spinal curvature that prevent it from the "spring", the use of non-social furniture in the office, etc.
- Breaching, running techniques (properly when you start, transfer weight from the toe to the heel);
- Carrying shoes with high and no heel, which negatively affects the ability to depreciate foot.
- Excessive loads(Playing sports, exhausting physical work), traumatic joints and spine
- Obesity- excess weight moves the focus of the body as well as the fat tissue threatens blood muscle supply, nerve impulse behavior;
- Driving in transport that sits without depreciation (in standing position you can spring legs);
- Disorders of the function of the nervous system, for example, due to the frequent use of painkillers that negatively affect nervous conductivity.
- Kidney disorderDue to excess shaping in the body decay.This may be related to insufficient physical activity - a prerequisite for the work of the lymphatic system, which is responsible for cleaning tissues from metabolic products and dead cells, as well asliver diseases, chronic foci of inflammationetc.
Hypodynamy
One of the reasons widespread osteochondrose in the last decades is the epidemic of the sitting lifestyle.The back of the rear and printing in ordinary life are not sufficiently involved and rapidly weaken, and strong muscles for the health of spine that are not overloaded with static tension, but are busy dynamic work.The back of the back is the fastest weakening with a hypodynamy that is full of the following consequences:

- Insufficient support of the spine in negligence movements, leading to the overload of intervertebral discs, moving the vertebral and the appearance of intervertebral hernia.
- Detaching blood supply in spine: The dynamic operation of skeletal muscles is a prerequisite for blood flow to any organ, including spine.As a result of insufficient operation of the back of the back, destructive changes in the progress of intervertebral disks - cells die from lack of nutrients and oxygen.And dead cells accumulate, interfere in the restoration.
- Deterioration of lymph flow and venous drain, leading to accumulation of dead cells in tissues.The work of skeletal muscles is especially important for the operation of the lymphatic system, because most of its vessels (for example, lymphocapilars) have no muscle walls, and "pushing" lymphs depends on the work of skeletal muscles.
4 Principles of efficient treatment
To not only remove symptoms, but to deal with the cause of osteochondrose, spondylosis, radiculitis and Ishi, the following tasks need to be addressed:
- Create opportunities for cleaning tissues from dead cells.This is a necessary condition for recovery to interfere with further formation of osteophytes and release space for tissue regeneration.To do this, restore / strengthen the lymph flow and the venous drain from the affected segments;
- Improve blood supply to the affected area;
- Improve the tone of all muscles that support your spine.This will enable:
- Create stimulation conditionsownBlood flow and lymphatic flow in spine;
- Return the work of the neuromuscular amosculation system, which is needed for adequate spinal support, to prevent new damage.
- Eliminate the pain, because it will give the opportunity:
- Remove muscle clamps that block blood flow in the spine;
- Avoid forced pose.
Medications (medicinal) therapy
Today, the drugs of the following groups are used in the treatment of osteochondrose and its complications:
- Necepoid Anti -inflamatory medications (NSAIDS)- in the form of tablets or drug injections.These funds have the ability to reduce pain, reduce inflammation activity.However, the effect of their use does not last long - from a few hours to two to three days.Therefore, such funds must last for a long time - weeks, and sometimes months.At the same time, these medications negatively affect the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract.Their long-term reception is full of gastritis development, ulcerative lesions.In addition, they can negatively affect the work of kidney, liver and contribute to the development of hypertension.And, at the same time, these funds do not contribute to cleaning discs from dead cells.Therefore, their use is just a way to relieve symptoms for a while, but not to eliminate the main problem.
- CTEPOID (Gopmonal) Anti -inflamatory medications.As a rule, they are used for heavy and impenetrable pain that accompany Kiler, radiculitis, etc.Gopmone have the opportunity to remove inflammation manifestations (due to the oppression of the immune system), alleviate pain.But they also negatively affect the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines, promote the rinsing of calcium from the bones, inhibit the production of own gopmons.And do not contribute to cleaning the focus of dead cells.
- Papasmolics- Drugs that affect muscles or nerves that go into muscle and cause relaxation of skeletal muscles.This means helping to release muscle clamps for a while, reduce pain and improve blood flow.But at the same time, they do not help clean the tissues from dead cells.Therefore do not contribute to the healing for osteochondrose.
- Epiduvision block- Introduction of painkillers and gopmonal assets in the space between the solid brain and the peristeum covering vertebra.As a rule, it is used, for intensive pain - in an acute period of intervertebral hernia, with severe radiculitis, Ishias.Depending on the composition, such injection helps mitigate pain in a period of several hours to a few days.After the expiration date, the disease manifestation returns, as the procedure does not help restore metabolic processes on disks.In addition, when performed, there is a risk of violations of blood vessels and nerves.

As osteochondrosis and the development of complications progressesYou must resort to drugs ever more often, increase dose.This leads to high financial costs, as further health deterioration due to the side effects of medications.
The therapy of drugs, as a rule, is supplemented by immobilization of one or friends of the spine using orthopedic corsets of different degrees of rigidity.