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The back hurts: what to do?

Column diseases and back muscles "become younger" each year.Even adolescents of our time face various problems, not to mention the elderly.In pain treatment, diagnosis plays an important role.It is necessary to find the cause of the disease, it is only then that effective therapy is possible.

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The main reasons why a person suffers from back pain can be distinguished:

  • vertebral column diseases;
  • Hernia (protruding in the canal where the spinal cord is located);
  • back diseases;
  • benign and oncological tumors;
  • Damage to internal organs;
  • sedentary lifestyle;
  • Excessive physical activity.

Varieties of back pain and possible causes

Let us see in more detail the location options of pain and the possible causes of their appearance.

In the lower back area

Most often, the elderly suffer from such pain.The main reason is the local inflammatory process.Manifestations of the disease:

  • After a certain distance traveled, the pain appears in the back and gives it to the leg;
  • With an additional charge, unpleasant sensations are increasing;
  • Standard of the legs;
  • The pain is relieved if you fold your back.

The causes of back pain above the lower back can be recognized by analyzing the nature of the sensations.For example, the pain surrounded by pain, which concentrates under the left ribs and enters the lower back, accompanied by a intestinal disorder, a high body temperature, vomiting, nausea, speaks of pancreatitis.

Acute pain in the lower back is associated with:

  • rupture of cysts in women;
  • kidneys;
  • inflammation of the ureter;
  • Acute intestinal diseases.

In the lumbar region on the right

Pulling the pain in the right side can talk about:

  • oncology;
  • myositis;
  • Scoliosis;
  • passing through the vertebrae of degenerative processes.

Strong, clear and acute pain above the lower back appears after severe hypothermia, injuries, with appendicitis, hernia, an inflammatory process.In this area, it hurts the pathology of the kidneys, when the liquid is not completely excreted from the body.Acute pain may indicate urolithiasis and bile stones disease.

Above the lower right back, it also hurts (sculptures, burning) with:

  • Cyphosis;
  • Scoliosis;
  • inflammation of the nerve roots of the spinal cord;
  • bone form of tuberculosis;
  • Osteomyel.

With damage to the spine, not only suffers himself, but also the muscles of this area.

In the lower back area on the left

The painful pain in the left side, which does not even go to the rest that occurs during walking, and with physical tensions, and during the race, and after a long trip or at the end of the working day.If he does not pass after rest, the reasons can be:

  • osteochondrosis;
  • Scoliosis;
  • alteration of blood circulation;
  • Infectious lesion of the spine.

If it hurts when walking and passes after rest, it can be caused by the radicult, a movement of the spine, diabetes mellitus (in the stage where it affects the joints) and a pinch of the nerve root.

The painful pain on the left, above the lumbar region, occurs in office employees, teachers and other people with a sedentary lifestyle.This may indicate the start of osteochondrosis, bad posture and recent hypothermia.

Important!Acute and surrounded pain that gives the left shoulder can be a symptom of myocardial infarction.

Stomach ulcer "gives" here.The nature of the pain is to sew.

Muscle pain in the back

Located in the lower back, accompanied by muscle overvoltage.Very often appears in the morning or after rest, after prolonged muscle relaxation.If the muscles are loaded for a long time, the pain increases gradually.The reasons for his appearance:

  • Net lifting of severity;
  • On the pressure due to sitting work, an uncomfortable and / or incorrect posture;
  • Hypothermia (constant painful pain, cutting pain, it is difficult to straighten your back).

Pinched nerve

Most often, the sciatic nerve is pinched (the disease is called "ishias") for osteochondrosis, the spasms' muscles are pressed by the nerve.In this case, it can hurt in the back and lower back area, sacrum, neck.The pain caused by nerve clips is often given in the leg, the buttocks.Their other causes are distinguished: spasms of pear -shaped muscles, late pregnancy (pain can talk about the threat of miscarriage!), Infection, displacement of the intervertebral disc, narrowing of the vertebral canal.

Intervertebral hernia

Pathology symptoms include:

  • loss of sensitivity of toes and arms;
  • pain that gives the arm or shoulder;
  • Pain that gives a leg or buttock.

The last two symptoms differ in the location of a hernia.

The most common cause of hernia is the deformation of the intervertebral discs associated with a disturbed metabolism.The dry disc, dehydrated, loses elasticity.Consequently, it exceeds and the distance between the vertebrae decreases.With a net load and active physical exercises, a hernia can also be formed.

In the blades area

The scapula is a triangular paired bone located near the bone and the collarbone.The muscles responsible for movements in the shoulder area are attached to it.The types of pain under medicine shoulder blades are divided into several groups:

  • By nature - sharp, pulling, pulsating, painful and burning, etc.;
  • By location - under the right spatula of the back of the rear, in the middle, on the left, between the ribs, giving to the chest;
  • In terms of duration - with net beginnings, occurring periodically, intensifying or decreasing - the value also has how much the attack lasts.

The main reasons:

  • Pelle-reflective syndrome (painful or severe pain in the shoulder, under the shoulder blade or above, can cover the whole shoulder and part of the sternum, is accompanied by crunch when the shoulder or the hand turns);
  • Stomach ulcer (pain and dull pain that increases or weaken after taking medication is more often located on the left, accompanied by stomach burns, nausea, vomiting);
  • osteochondrosis (painful pain, accompanied by an altered visual function, dizziness, radiant pain in the hands);
  • intercostal neuralgia (intensifies with a long step, deep breathing, cough, serious physical activity, sudden movements, sneezing);
  • Angina pectoralis (the attack begins with pain in the middle of the chest, which spreads quickly and gives under the scapula on the left, to the spine, under the collarbone on the left).

Which doctor contact?

With back pain, you must contact a neurologist.The doctor will prescribe diagnostic measures according to your clinical image.

Osteochondrosis: the danger of the disease

The main manifestation of osteochondrosis is the degenerative processes that take place in the vertebrae and the intervertebral discs.Pathology can be located in the neck, chest and lower back.

Signs and reasons

Consider how pathology manifests itself and why it appears.

Symptoms of osteochondrosis:

  • The main symptoms of osteochondrosis are pain.It can be acute, intensifying during the move, forcing the patient to take non -natural poses in which this does not hurt.There is also constant, moderately intense and boring pain.
  • A feeling of fatigue in the back.
  • Stock when moving the members.

The danger of the disease is that it is "masked" for other pathologies.Due to the compression of nerve roots, muscle cramps occur, etc.He is often confused with:

  • gastritis and other gastrointestinal lesions;
  • Muscles of myositis;
  • chest pectoralis;
  • Kidney colic.

With a combined lesion of several nerve roots with osteochondrosis, radicular syndrome may appear.

Diagnosis

The disease is diagnosed at several stages:

  • Collect an anamnesis, study the patient's complaints, the history of his illness;
  • Patient examination, evaluation of the approach, body position, skin condition, symmetry on both sides of the body, volume of movements, etc.;
  • Ray X separately each spine, can be prescribed a functional radiography;
  • Tomodensitometry - directed images of one or two parts of the spine;
  • Magnetic resonance imaging-visualization of nervous processes, vessels, intervertebral discs.

Who is a neurologist he treats?

The neurologist is engaged in diseases of the nervous system, which is based on a violation of the function of nerve cells, neurons and the weakening of the relationship between them.The inflammation of the spinal cord and the brain also falls into the specialist's area.

This checks:

  • A feeling of location in space, coordination of movements;
  • tactile sensitivity and temperature;
  • a feeling of pressure on the body by placing objects of different weights;
  • the ability to stand in the installation of Romberg;
  • Reflexes of the skin and tendons;
  • The strength of the members' muscles;
  • Indication samples (for example, touch the tip of the nose with your finger).

What symptoms to contact a specialist?

You should contact a neurologist if you have the following symptoms:

  • Convulsions, loss of consciousness;
  • Sudden dizziness;
  • Trendy and uncertain guy;
  • Headaches more often once a week;
  • Visual function altered in the bottom of the headache, vomiting, nausea, jumping in blood pressure;
  • Vision loss (transient);
  • muscle weakness, which increases and does not restore;
  • trembling in the legs and arms;
  • slow reactions;
  • stiffness in the body;
  • pain in the back, arms, legs, shoulders;
  • Deterioration of memory;
  • Reduced skin sensitivity, tingling, numbness;
  • Insomnia or excessive drowsiness;
  • a change in the perception of taste and smell;
  • Attacks of fear, panic, tachycardia, chills, warmth without reason.

How does a neurologist differ from a neuropathologist?

The neuropathologist studies the pathological morphology of the nervous system and neurologist nervous diseases.

Back pain treatment

Consider a list of the main methods of processing back pain:

  • Manual therapy;
  • Surgical treatment products (in emergency cases);
  • physiotherapy;
  • Therapeutic blocking (injections of pain relievers with prolonged effects);
  • Vertebral extension - dry and in water;
  • take drugs;
  • Exercise therapy;
  • massages;
  • Post-isomometric defense of the muscles.

Back pain exercise

To stretch the spine and strengthen the muscle corset that keeps your posture, it is useful to do the following exercises.They can be done if you have not had back injury.

  • Screws on a horizontal bar at least 30 seconds a day.
  • Lie on your back on a gymnastics carpet.Press the shoulder blades to the floor, fold your legs in your knees.Take the knees to the right as much as possible until they touch the ground, then - on the left.

Important!Exercises cannot be done with pain syndrome.If this suddenly happens during training, you should stop gymnastics.

  • Get up, put your feet on the shoulder-light.Hands - On the belt.We make circular movements in the direction of the needles of a watch and vice versa.10 times in each direction.
  • "Boat".Lie on your stomach, stretch your hands.Then we fold the body so that the chest, head and legs stand out from the ground.Repeat 15 times, persistent for 1-2 seconds at the first point.
  • Hold on all fours, straight arms, a little in front of your head.We take the return and bottom basin, touching the heels.Repeat 10 times.
  • To approach the wall, press with a pool, heels, neck, shoulder blades.Hold on for 1 minute, increasing time every day, until you reach 10 minutes.
  • Lie on your stomach, stretch your arms forward, keep your legs together.In turn, we raise a straight leg to the maximum height, without leaning on the knee.Linger at the top for 1-2 seconds.Lower.Repeat with another foot.Do 10 times for each leg.