How to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis

Osteochondrosis of the cervical region is a degenerative-distribution disease that affects intervertebral disc cartilage tissues, causing pathological change in vertebrae. The need for hospitalization occurs only with exacerbation with a marked deterioration in the good, usually caused by the paving of the vertebral artery with an enthusiastic vertebra.

In most cases, the treatment of osteochondrosis is performed at home. The patient is shown the course of chondroprotectors, massage and physiotherapeutic procedures, compliance with a sparing diet. But the main method of therapy for the disease is daily medical physical education or gymnastics. Patients are also recommended for swimming, yoga and long walks in fresh air.

Cervical osteochondrosis symptoms

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

• Neck pain;
• neck muscles cramps;
• headache;
• Cryst when turning or turning the neck.

In fact, there are many symptoms and this fact confirms once again the seriousness of this disease and the need for a rapid response of the patient. In fact, in the future, the quality of life will only get worse.

Characteristics of the stages of the disease and symptoms

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

• Step I. At this stage, there is a change in intervertebral discs, a violation of their stability. In this case, a person may feel muscle tension in the affected area and a slight pain. Due to weakly expressed symptoms, as a rule, this stage is almost imperceptibly.
• Stage II. The destruction of the fibrous ring begins, the distance between the vertebrae is reduced. Symptoms - Pain located at certain points and increasing during the slope or turning the head. Also at this stage, increased fatigue may appear.
• Stage III. The fibrous ring is completely destroyed, a hernia forms. The spine of the spine is deformed, the pain becomes much stronger. To reduce discomfort, a person is forced to limit movements. Explicit signs are frequent dizziness, fatigue.
• Stage IV. This stage is characterized by the complete immobility of the damaged area of the spine. Periodically, the extinction of pain is possible, but later it will necessarily return, intensifying several times.

Disease diagnosis

To identify the cause of pathology, the patient describes the doctor's unpleasant symptoms of his condition. After listening to the patient, the expert sends him to one of the following research methods.

1. Radiography.  Currently, this method of diagnosis is considered misinformation, especially in the latest stages of disease development.  
2. Duplex digitization by ultrasound.  This method is used in cases where an expert involves a breach of blood flow in the arteries that give the brain to food. The study shows the blood flow rate and determines if there are obstacles in its way.  
3. CT (computed tomography).  This method is more informative compared to radiography, as it not only reveals the problem, but also allows you to determine the presence and size of the hernias, although with difficulty.  
4. Magnetic resonance imaging (magnetic resonance imaging).  The most informative method for the diagnosis of osteochondrosis, which allows you to distribute bone structures, the presence of hernias and even the direction of their development.

Methods for the treatment of osteochondrosis at home

The treatment of cervical spine osteochondrosis should be complex. Initially, it is necessary to stop pain using ointments, gels, creams, domestic compresses. In this case, the daily work and gymnastics exercises are also important in this case. Also, you will need to completely change the lifestyle - to review the nutritional diet, move more, visit fresh air, etc.

With accurate accuracy with instructions, careful attitude towards a doctor's advice, the patient achieves good results in a short time. Home treatment seeks certain objectives: Save the patient from pain; improve blood supply to the brain; normalize sleep; Remove anxiety and irritability; Stop dormancy of the shoulder zone; Improve innervation of the cervical spine and neighboring areas.

Therapeutic baths

Another effective way of folkloric treatment of neck osteochondrosis is the adoption of therapeutic baths. This procedure contributes to relaxation, reducing blood pressure, relaxing the spine column. It is impossible to bathe with cancer pathologies, hypertension and heart disease. As main components, you can use needle branches, chamomile, dry mustard, birch leaves. Good results are shown by the addition of decoction of horsepower to bath.

The following baths will help from the cervical department osteochondrosis:

1. Dip. This method will remove the inflammatory process, provide healing, restoration and absorption actions. A procedure will require 20-50 ml you will wait pure.
2. Needles. A good medicine for the treatment of cervical vertebra osteochondrosis. The finished needle extract can be purchased at the pharmacy and add it to the bath.
3. Chamomile. 300 gr. Dry flowers of plants are spilled with 5 liters of water. The mixture should 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 spine osteochondrosis

But it is special therapeutic gymnastics that helps in cervical osteochondrosis. Checked his own experience. If you want to defeat this unpleasant disease, there is simply no other way. Thanks to gymnastics, the muscles surrounding the cervical spine around, leading to the proper support of the joints and vertebrae.

With regular implementation, positive changes are observed. The normal forviety of blood vessels is restored, which leads to the disappearance of pain, a general improvement in the well, restoring the normal function of the brain and therefore the psyche. Those who want to get rid of all kinds of mental problems, such as panic attacks, depression, phobias should not forget the body cause of their diseases. And cervical osteochondrosis is just one of the reasons.

Gymnastics confirms the fact that, for the normal functioning of the spine, it is necessary to strengthen the muscles associated with it. There is dynamic gymnastics as well as static exercises. What exercises should be practiced, depending on the severity, the characteristics of the disease. But as practice shows to achieve a positive effect, both types need to practice.

Dynamic exercises

Dynamic exercises for the treatment of cervical spine osteochondrosis are simple movements and head rotation. But this apparent simplicity contains the key to getting rid of cervical osteochondrosis. This regular implementation practice helps to strengthen muscles, restore cartilage tissues, ie intervertebral discs. Also, without certain conditions, which we will speak a little below, the effect of practice will not only be insignificant, but it can also be simply harmful.

1. Include your head down, lowering your chin into your chest. Raise your head and throw it back.
2. We lea to the left head to the right. The ear leans into the shoulder of the same name.
3. Rotate no tilt to the right, on the left, holding the neck of the neck vertically. That is, we turn our head to the right and look to our right, also to the left.
4. The rotation of the head clockwise and against the clock. (This exercise is careful, not for everyone).

Often, a person simply cannot turn his neck, he says he is painful or not comfortable. Skripes, crackling are heard around the neck, as if the sand is grinding there. But over time, "sand is smaller", the exercises are more easily and easier, and after some time a person forgets that there were problems with the neck. Of course, it doesn't happen immediately. Someone in a few weeks, months, for someone in six months, a year. Yes, there is no other way out. You need to exercise for a long time and regularly, there will only be a positive effect over time. For the neck to recover time and the naive await fast results, there are no miracles. Having removed the pain quickly with pills, you will not get rid of cervical osteochondrosis. To get rid of the disease, you will have to work.

But when applying special conditions, you want to do exercises, they will not be a burden to you. Exercises must be performed slowly, connecting awareness. Only in this case will there be a positive effect and you will not get hurt. You need to start with a dozen repetitions in each direction and do it slowly, carefully, without pain and unpleasant sensations. At the moment, it is important not to be distracted by strange thoughts, but to direct all attention to the sensations of the body. The neck is relaxed, you feel her muscles, they are not tense. During the movement, you feel like the neck extends, but don't contract. Then you turn on consciousness and don't hurt your neck.

During consciousness, you only relax from the noise of everyday life, as your attention is distracted from demanding thoughts and is in the feelings of the neck. By itself, consciousness is capable of miracles of healing. You need to perform exercises sitting in a chair, gradually adding one, two movements a day, taking about fifty in each direction. In some cases, when there is no pain, you can increase the pace. Also remember that you do not need to direct all attention to exercise. Therefore, you will not feel your neck and will not have a positive effect. In this case, the number of repetitions should be approximate.

It turns out that, as a result of the exercise, you have lost consciousness, violated the principle of caution, non -violence to your body and injured the neck. For example, residual pain appeared. It is necessary to stop performing the complex until the pain passes and also wait a few days to give the neck to recover. Only after that can you practice again. Also, many do not recommend turning their heads. If you have strong and old osteochondrosis, it is better to delete the last exercise.

Static exercises

As practice shows the successful treatment of cervical osteochondrosis can also be static exercises and often help even better. People, performing them, also after a few weeks, months, six months, a year got rid of problems such as dizziness, headaches and mental disorders. Static load is the simplest way to strengthen neck muscles without movements. In fact, often with major problems with cervical vertebrae, any movement leads to pain and additional trauma. But if you cannot move your neck, you can strengthen your muscles, passing the weight and is done very simple. So what exercises are useful and effective. They are simple:

We lie down on your back, relax. We took our heads, tearing the back of the head of the floor for about an inch. We follow the head in the weight of the neck with the neck muscles to the obvious fatigue. We just look up. We lowered our heads. Normally, the first time the exposure is a few seconds, over time increases. Anyway, time must be selected individually. We do the same lying in the stomach. Hands together, in front, put your head in your hands. We rip our head from the floor. We lowered our heads. We do the same on the right side and on the left side. For starters, a repetition is sufficient, over time, exercise can be repeated up to 5 times.

It is also important to include awareness here. As we hold our heads, turn our attention to the neck and imagine how it relaxes, even if the muscles are tense. This is very important. When we lower our heads, we do not rush to perform the following repetition. Lying for a few seconds, also relaxing the neck, wondering how pleasant energy spreads inside it. The exposure time is first small, a few seconds. Over time, it can increase to a minute and even more. Also, to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis, static exercises are used seated or standing when we rest our hand on our head and try to resist this cutter with the neck muscles.

Therefore, to forget cervical osteochondrosis and get rid of many unpleasant symptoms that significantly make our lives worse, you need to open your neck with dynamic exercises and strengthen the static neck muscles. Do this regularly for a while. At the same time, do not forget the relaxation of the neck, consciousness, knowing the sense of proportion. By training the neck muscles, we reduced the load on painful intervertebral discs, improved blood flow, restores its normal work. It should also be remembered that the exercises for cervical osteochondrosis are used not only for treatment but also for prevention.

Effective strength exercises

The well -known Dr. Bubnovsky, who successfully treats osteochondrosis, recommends, with cervical spinal problems in the spine, to perform strength exercises that strengthen the neck muscles well, such as push -ups in the bars and pulling the horizontal bar. He personally says that someone who periodically pulls in the horizontal bar will not harm cervical osteochondrosis. Obviously, strength exercises are not suitable for weakened, elderly and very sick people. But to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis as an additional method, these people can perform them at least in full force, not completely. If you do not have bars, add two chairs or something more furniture and elaborate the neck muscles with small pushups.

general information

A sedentary lifestyle feature of office workers and those who like to relax in front of the TV or behind the monitor screen usually cause osteochondrosis. The first signs of this disease may manifest at the age of 25 and, if not treated, complications can lead to serious consequences.
In the article, we will consider what is cervical spine osteochondrosis, the main causes of this disease, its symptoms and internships, treatment methods, and answer other questions that occur in patients with osteochondrosis.