The back hurts: What should I do?

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

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

• diseases of the spine;
• hernia (convexity in the canal where the spinal cord is located);
• Reverse diseases;
• benign and oncological tumors;
• Damage to the internal organs;
• A sedentary lifestyle;
• Excessive physical activity.

Varieties of back pain and possible causes

Let's take a closer look at the possibilities for localization of pain and the possible causes of their appearance.

In the area of the lower back

Most often, older people suffer from such pain.The main cause is the local inflammatory process.Manifestations of the disease:

• After some distance, pain appears from the back and gives it to the leg;
• With more loading, unpleasant sensations increase;
• Leg norm;
• The pain is relieved if you bend your back.

The causes of back pain over the lower back can be recognized by analyzing the nature of the sensations.For example, a surrounding pain that concentrates under the ribs on the left and passes into the lower back, accompanied by intestinal disorder, high body temperature, vomiting, nausea, talk about pancreatitis.

Acute lower back pain is associated with:

• rupture of cysts in women;
• Kidney stones;
• ureter inflammation;
• Acute intestinal diseases.

In the lumbar region on the right

Pulling pain in the right side can talk about:

• Oncology;
• myositis;
• scoliosis;
• Transition into the vertebrae of degenerative processes.

Severe, acute, acute pain over the lower back occurs after severe hypothermia, injuries with appendicitis, hernia, inflammatory process.In this area, it hurts with kidney pathology when the fluid is not completely separated from the body.Acute pain may indicate urolithiasis and bile disease.

Above the lower back to the right also hurts (carving, burning) with:

• kyphosis;
• scoliosis;
• inflammation of the nerve roots of the spinal cord;
• bone form of tuberculosis;
• Osteomil.

With damage to the spine, not only he suffers, but also the muscles in this area.

In the area of the lower back left

Sick pain in the left side, which does not go away even at rest, which occurs when walking both with physical tension, and when running, and after a long trip or at the end of the work day.If it does not pass after rest, the reasons may be:

• osteochondrosis;
• scoliosis;
• impaired blood circulation;
• Infectious spinal lesion.

If it hurts when walking and passing after rest, then this can be caused by radiculitis, displacement of the spine, diabetes mellitus (in the stage when it affects the joints) and pinching of the nerve root.

Sick pain on the left, above the lumbar region, is found among office workers, teachers and other people with a sedentary lifestyle.This may indicate the onset of osteochondrosis, poor posture and recent hypothermia.

Important!The acute, surrounding pain it gives to the left shoulder can be a symptom of myocardial infarction.

Gastric ulcer "gives" here.The nature of the pain is sewn.

Muscle pain in the back

Localized at the lower back, accompanied by muscle surge.It often occurs in the morning or after rest, after prolonged muscle relaxation.If the muscles are loaded for a long time, then the pain gradually increases.The reasons for its appearance:

• sharp weight lifting;
• overvoltage due to seated work, uncomfortable and/or incorrect posture;
• Hypothermia (constant pain, cutting pain, it is difficult to straighten your back).

Pressed nerve

Most often, the sciatic nerve is pinched (the disease is called "Ishii") for osteochondrosis, the muscles with spasms are pressed by the nerve.In this case, it can be harmed in the area of the back and lower back, sacrum, neck.The pain caused by nerve pinches is often applied to the legs, the buttocks.Their other causes are distinguished: pear muscles, late pregnancy (pain can indicate the threat of miscarriage!), Infection, displacement of the intervertebral disc, narrowing the spinal canal.

Intervertebral hernia

Symptoms of pathology include:

• loss of sensitivity of the toes and weapons;
• pain that gives to the arm or shoulder;
• Pain that gives up to foot or ass.

The last two symptoms differ in the location of hernia.

The most common cause of hernia is the deformation of the intervertebral discs associated with impaired metabolism.The disc dries, dehydrates, loses elasticity.As a result, it protrudes and the distance between the vertebrae decreases.With sharp loading and active exercise, hernia can also be formed.

In the area of the blades

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

• By nature - sharp, pulling, throbbing, sick, as well as burning, etc.;
• by localization - under the right spatula from the back from the back, in the middle, on the left, between the ribs, giving to the chest;
• In terms of duration - with a sharp debut, periodically emerging, enhancing or decreasing - the value also has how much the attack lasts.

The main reasons:

• Shovel syndrome (pain or severe shoulder pain, under the shoulder or above it, can cover the entire shoulder and part of the sternum, is accompanied by a crunch when the shoulder or arm rotates);
• Gastric ulcer (pain, dull pain, which increases or weakens after medication, localizes more often to the left, accompanied by acids, nausea, vomiting);
• osteochondrosis (diseased pain accompanied by impaired visual function, dizziness, radiation of pain in the hands);
• Metostal neuralgia (increases with long walking, deep breath, coughing, serious physical activity, sudden movements, sneezing);
• Angina pectoris (the attack begins with pain in the middle of the chest, which quickly spreads and gives under the shoulder blade to the left, to the spine, under the clavicle on the left).

Which doctor to contact?

You should contact a neurologist with back pain.The doctor will prescribe diagnostic measures based on your clinical picture.

Osteochondrosis: The danger of the disease

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

Signs and reasons

Consider how the pathology is manifested and why it appears.

Symptoms of osteochondrosis:

• The main symptoms of osteochondrosis are pain.It can be acute, intensify when moving, force the patient to occupy unnatural postures in which it does not hurt.There is also a constant, moderately intense, dull pain.
• Feeling of fatigue at the back.
• Stock when moving limbs.

The danger of the disease is that it is "masked" for other pathologies.Due to the compression of nerve roots, muscle cramps and more appear.It is often confused with:

• gastritis and other gastrointestinal lesions;
• Myositic muscles;
• Angina pectoris;
• Renal colic.

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

Diagnostics

The disease is diagnosed in several stages:

• gathering anamnesis, studying the patient's complaints, the history of his or her illness;
• patient examination, gait assessment, body position, skin condition, symmetry on two sides of the body, volume of movement, etc.;
• X -Ray separately each spine may be prescribed functional radiography;
• Computed tomography - directed photos of one or two parts of the spine;
• Magnetic resonance imaging-visualization of nerve processes, vessels, intervertebral discs.

Who is a neurologist who heals?

The neurologist is involved in diseases of the nervous system, which is based on impaired nerve cell function, neurons and the weakening of the relationship between them.Inflammation of the spinal cord and brain also falls into the field of the specialist.

This checks:

• Feeling of location in space, movement coordination;
• tactile and temperature sensitivity;
• feeling of pressure on the body by placing objects with different weights;
• the ability to stand in the romberg posture;
• skin and tendons reflexes;
• the strength of the limb muscles;
• Indicant samples (such as touch the tip of the nose with a finger).

What symptoms to contact a specialist?

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

• Convulsions, loss of consciousness;
• sudden dizziness;
• trembling, uncertain gait;
• headache more often once a week;
• Impaired visual function against the background of headache, vomiting, nausea, jump in blood pressure;
• loss of vision (transient);
• muscle weakness that increases and does not recover;
• trembling in the legs and arms;
• slow reactions;
• Stiffness in the body;
• back pain, arms, legs, shoulders;
• Memory deterioration;
• decreased skin sensitivity, numbness, numbness;
• insomnia or excessive drowsiness;
• change in the perception of taste and smell;
• Attacks of fear, panic, tachycardia, chills, heat for no reason.

How is a neurologist from a neuropathologist?

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

Treatment of back pain

Consider a list of basic methods of treating back pain:

• Manual therapy;
• Surgical treatment products (in emergencies);
• physiotherapy;
• therapeutic blockade (injections of painkillers with long -term effects);
• Spinal extension - dry and in water;
• drug administration;
• Exercise therapy;
• massages;
• After isometric relaxation of the muscles.

Back -and -back exercise

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

• VIS on a horizontal band at least 30 seconds a day.
• Lie on your back on a gymnast rug.Press the shoulder blades to the floor, bend your legs in your knees.Take the knees to the right as much as possible until they touch the floor, and then to the left.

Important!Exercises cannot be done with pain syndrome.If it suddenly happens during a workout, you should stop gymnastics.

• Get up, place your legs shoulder -a width off.Hands - on the belt.We make circular motions clockwise and back.10 times in each direction.
• "Boat".Lie on your stomach, stretch your arms up.Then we bend the body so that the chest, head and legs get off the floor.Repeat 15 times, holding for 1-2 seconds at the top point.
• Stand fours, straight your hands, just in front of your head.We take the pelvis back and down, touching the heels.Repeat 10 times.
• To get closer to the wall, press on it with pelvis, heels, nape, shoulder blades.Stay for 1 minute, increase time every day until you reach 10 minutes.
• Lie on your stomach, stretch your arms forward, keep your feet together.In turn, we raise a straight leg to the maximum height without bending on the knee.Reduce at the top for 1-2 seconds.Lower.Repeat with another leg.Do 10 times for each leg.