How to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis

Osteochondrosis of the cervical area is a degenerative-dystrophic disease that affects the cartilage of the intervertebral disc, which causes pathological changes in the vertebra. The need for hospitalization only occurs with severity with sharp deterioration in well -being, usually provoked by opening the vertebral artery with vibrant vertebrae.

In most cases, the treatment of osteochondrosis is performed at home. Patients are shown chondroprotectors courses, massage and physiotherapy procedures, compliance with the surviving diet. But the main method of therapy for this disease is daily physical medical or gymnastics education. Patients are also recommended for swimming, yoga, walking in fresh air.

Symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis

Beginning, let's remember the most common symptoms of osteochondrosis in the cervical region.

• Pain in the neck;
• neck muscle cramps;
• headache;
• Christ when turning or rotating neck.

In fact, there are many symptoms and these facts again confirming the seriousness of the disease and the need for a quick response from the patient. Indeed, in the future, the quality of life will only worsen.

Characteristics -Processing stage of illness and symptoms

In the process of developing the disease, experts distinguish 4 stages:

• Stage I. At this stage, there is a transition in the intervertebral disc, a violation of their stability. In this case, one can feel muscle tension in the affected area and slight pain. Due to poor symptoms, as a rule, this level is almost invisible.
• Stage II. The destruction of fibrous rings begins, the distance between the vertebrae is reduced. Symptoms - pain is localized at certain points and increases while tilting or turning the head. Also at this stage, increased fatigue may appear.
• Level III. The fibrous ring has been completely destroyed, the shape of the hernia. The spinal column is defective, the pain becomes stronger. To reduce discomfort, one had to limit movement. Explicit signs are frequent dizziness, fatigue.
• Stage IV. This level is characterized by complete immobility of the damaged area in the spine. Periodically, the extinction of pain is possible, but then it will be returned, strengthening several times.

Diagnosis of a disease

To identify the cause of the pathology, the patient describes the unpleasant symptoms of his or her condition. After hearing the patient, the specialist sends it to one of the following methods of research.

1. Radiography.  Currently, this diagnostic method is considered inactive, especially in the last stage of the development of the disease.  
2. Duplasound duplex scanning.  This method is used in cases where experts involve a violation of blood flow to the artery that gives the brain to the food. This study shows the blood flow rate and determines whether there are obstacles on the road.  
3. CT (Tomography is calculated).  This method is more informative than radiography, as not only reveals the problem, but also allows you to determine the presence and size of the hernia, even with difficulty.  
4. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).  The most informative method for diagnosis of osteochondrosis, which allows you to create bone structure, presence of hernia, and even their developmental direction.

Methods for home osteochondrosis treatment

Treatment of cervical spinal osteochondrosis should be complex. Initially, it is necessary to stop the pain using ointment, gel, cream, compress the home. In this case, daily training, gymnastics training is also important in this case. In addition, you need to change your lifestyle completely - to review your diet, move more, visit fresh air, etc.

With accurate compliance with the instructions, careful attitudes towards the advice of the doctor, the patient achieves good results in a short time. Home treatment pursuing certain goals: to save the patient from pain; increase blood supply to the brain; normalize sleep; Remove anxiety and irritation; Stop the shoulder zone numb; Increase the preservation of cervical spine and neighboring area.

A therapeutic bath

Another effective way for the treatment of people's osteochondrosis is the use of therapeutic baths. This procedure contributes to relaxation, reduces blood pressure, relieves spinal columns. It is not possible to bathe with oncology pathology, hypertension, and heart disease. As a major component, you can use needle branches, chamomile, dried mustard, birch leaves. Good results are indicated by the addition of horse chestnut stew to the bath.

The following bath will help from the cervical department osteochondrosis:

1. Dripidar. This method will eliminate the inflammation process, provide healing, restore and absorb action. A procedure requires 20-50 ml of pure turpentine.
2. Needle. Good remedies for the treatment of cervical vertebral osteochondrosis. Ready -made needle extract can be purchased at the pharmacy and add it to the bath.
3. Chamomile. 300 gr. The dried flower of the plant is poured with 5 liters of water. The mixture must be boiled for about 20 minutes, then insist for 20 minutes and filter. Take a chamomile bath for half an hour.

Therapeutic gymnastics for cervical spinal osteochondrosis

But it is a special therapeutic gymnastics that helps with cervical osteochondrosis. Check your own experience. If you want to beat this unpleasant disease, there is no other way. Thanks to gymnastics, the muscles surrounding the cervical spine around it, leading to the right joint support and vertebrae.

With normal implementation, positive changes are observed. The normal patent of the blood vessels is restored, leading to loss of pain, general improvement in well -being, restoring the normal functioning of the brain, and therefore the soul. Those who want to get rid of all kinds of mental problems, such as panic attacks, depression, phobias can also not forget the cause of their body. And cervical osteochondrosis is one of these reasons.

Gymnastics confirm the fact that for normal functioning of the spine it is necessary to strengthen the muscles associated with it. There are dynamic gymnastics, as well as static training. Exercises to practice depend on the severity, the characteristics of the disease. But as a practice shows to achieve a positive effect, both types need to practice.

Dynamic training

Dynamic exercises for the treatment of cervical spinal osteochondrosis are simple movements and head rotation. But this clear simplicity contains the key to eliminating cervical osteochondrosis. This practice with normal implementation helps strengthen the muscles, restores cartilage tissue, which is the intervertebral disc. Also, without certain conditions, which we will talk about a little below, the effect of practice is not only important, but it can even be dangerous.

1. Tilt your head down, lowering the chin to the chest. Raise your head and throw it back.
2. We tilt your head to the left, right. The ears lean on the shoulder of the same name.
3. Turn without tilt to the right, to the left, holding the neck vertically. That is, we turn our head to the right and look to our right, as well.
4. Head rotate clockwise and fight clock. (This exercise is careful, not for everyone).

Often a person cannot turn his neck, he says he is painful or uncomfortable. The scripes, the cracks were heard around the neck, as if the sand was grinding there. But over time, "small sand", training is easier and easier and after a while one forgets that there is a problem with the neck. Of course, this doesn't happen immediately. Someone in a few weeks, months, for someone in six months, a year. Yes, there is no other way. You need to do training for a long time and often, there will only be positive effects over time. In order for the neck to restore time and naif to wait for a quick decision, there is no miracle. After quickly releasing the pain with the pill, you will not get rid of the cervical osteochondrosis. To get rid of the disease, you need to work.

But using special conditions, you want to do training, they will not be a burden to you. Training must be done slowly, connecting awareness. Only in this case will it have a positive effect and you will not harm yourself. You need to start with a dozen repetition in each direction and do it slowly, carefully without pain and unpleasant sensations. It is important at this time not to be disturbed by external thoughts, but to direct all attention to the sensation in the body. The neck is relaxing, you feel the muscles, they are not tense. During movement, you feel how the neck stretches, but does not contract. Therefore, you revive consciousness and not injure the neck.

During consciousness, you just rest from the day -to -day diving, as your attention is disturbed from the thought of rewarding and in the sensation of the neck. By itself, consciousness can be the miracle of healing. You need to practice sitting on a chair, gradually adding one, two movements a day, carrying about fifty in each direction. In some cases, when there is no pain, you can increase the rate. Also keep in mind that you do not need to direct all attention to training. So you will not feel your neck and will not have a positive effect. In this case, the number of repetitions should be delayed.

It occurs as a result of training, you lose consciousness, violate the principles of heart, do not speak to your body and injure the neck. For example, residual pain arises. It should stop doing complex until the pain passes, and also waits for a few days to give the neck to recover. Only after that can you return to practice again. Also, many do not recommend spinning their heads. If you have strong and old osteochondrosis, it is best to exclude the last exercise.

Static training

As a practice showing successful treating cervical osteochondrosis can also be static training, and often they help better. People, do it, also after a few weeks, months, six months, a year eliminating problems such as dizziness, headache, and mental disorders. Static load is the easiest way to strengthen the neck muscles without movement. Indeed, often with major problems with cervical vertebrae, any movement leads to further pain and trauma. But if you can't move your neck, you can strengthen the muscles, passively using weight, and it is very easy. So, what is useful and effective. They are easy:

We lie on your back, rest. We lift our heads, ripping the back of the head from the floor about a centimeter. We hold the head on the weight of the neck with the neck muscles until the fatigue is clear. We just looked up. We lowered our heads. Usually, the first exposure is seconds, over time. However, time must be selected individually. We do the same thing as lying on the stomach. Hands together, in front, put our heads in the hands. We ripped the head off the floor. We lowered our heads. We do the same thing on the right and on the left. To get started, a repetition is enough, over time, training can be repeated up to 5 times.

It is also important to include awareness here. While holding the head, we direct the attention of not to the neck and imagine how it relieves, even though the muscles are tense. This is very important. When we lower your head, do not rush to do the following repetition. Lying for a few seconds, also relieving the neck, imagining how fun energy spreads in it. Exposure time is small first, seconds. Over time, it can increase to a minute and more. Also, to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis, static exercises are used to sit or stand, when we rest on the head and try to hold this cutter with neck muscles.

Therefore, to forget the cervical osteochondrosis and to eliminate many unpleasant symptoms that worsen our lives, you need to open the neck with dynamic exercises, and strengthen the neck muscles. To do it regularly for some time. At the same time, do not forget about the relaxation of the neck, consciousness, to know the sense of proportion. By training the neck muscles, we reduce the burden on the diseased intervertebral disc, increase blood flow, restore their normal work. It should also be noted that training for cervical osteochondrosis is used not only for treatment, but also for prevention.

Effective strength training

Dr. The famous Bubnovsky, who successfully treats osteochondrosis, recommends, with problems in the cervical spine in the spine, to perform such strength exercises that strengthen the neck muscles, such as push -ups in the bar and pull in the horizontal bar. He personally says that someone who is regularly attractive in the horizontal bar will not hurt the cervical osteochondrosis. Of course, strength training is not suitable for weak, old, very sick. But to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis as an additional method, such people can do it at least completely, not completely. If you do not have a bar, place two chairs together or something else from the furniture and the neck muscle work with a small push-up.

General information

The inactive lifestyle features of office workers and those who like to relax in front of the TV or behind the monitor screen often cause osteochondrosis. The first signs of the disease can be clear at the age of 25 and, if left untreated, complications can cause serious consequences.
In this article we will consider what is cervical spinal osteochondrosis, the main cause of the disease, symptoms and stages, treatment methods, and answer other questions that occur in patients with osteochondrosis.