How to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis

• Phase I. At this stage, there is a shift in intervertebral discs, their stability violations. In this case, one can feel muscle tension in the affected area and a little pain. Because the symptoms are expressed weakly, as a rule, this stage is almost invisible.
• Phase II. Destruction of fibrous rings begins, the distance between the spine is reduced. Symptoms - pain is localized at certain points and increases during tilting or turning the head. Also at this stage, increased fatigue may appear.
• Phase III. The fibrous ring is completely destroyed, hernia is formed. The spine is deformed, the pain becomes much stronger. To reduce discomfort, a person is forced to limit movement. Explicit signs are often dizzy, fatigue.
• Phase IV. This stage is marked by complete immobility of the damaged spinal area. Periodically, the extinction of pain is possible, but then it will return, intensify several times.

Diagnosis of disease

To identify the causes of pathology, the patient describes the symptoms of an unpleasant doctor from his condition. After hearing the patient, the specialist sent him to one of the following research methods.

1. Radiography.  At present, this diagnostic method is considered not informative, especially in the last stage of disease development.  
2. Ultrasonic Duplex Scan.  This method is used in cases where a specialist involves violation of blood flow in the arteries that gives the brain to food. This study shows the rate of blood flow and determines whether there are obstacles in the path.  
3. CT (Computed Tomography).  This method is more informative than radiography, because it not only reveals problems, but also allows you to determine the existence and size of the hernia, even with difficulties.  
4. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging).  The most informative method for the diagnosis of osteochondrosis, which allows you to see bone structure, the presence of hernias, and even the direction of their development.

The method for the treatment of osteochondrosis at home

Treatment of osteochondrosis of the neck spine must be complex. Initially, it was necessary to stop pain using ointments, gels, creams, home compresses. In this case, Daily Self -ssage, gymnastics exercise is also important in this case. In addition, you need to change your lifestyle completely - to revise the nutritional diet, move more, visit fresh air, etc.

With accurate compliance with instructions, careful attitude to the doctor's advice, the patient achieves good results in a short time. Home care pursues certain goals: to save patients from pain; increase blood supply to the brain; normalize sleep; eliminate anxiety and easily offended; Stop the numbness of the shoulder zone; Increase the neuroscase of the neck spine and neighboring regions.

Bathing therapy

Another effective way for the treatment of the people of osteochondrosis neck is therapeutic bath adoption. This procedure contributes to relaxation, reducing blood pressure, loosening the spine. It is impossible for bathing with oncological pathology, hypertension, and heart disease. As the main component, you can use needle branches, chamomile, dried mustard, birch leaves. A good result is shown by the addition of a horse -estret stew to the bathtub.

The following baths will help from the cervical department's osteochondrosis:

1. Dripidar. This method will eliminate the inflammatory process, provide healing, recovery, and absorb action. One procedure will require 20-50 ml pure centralized.
2. Needle. Good drug for the treatment of cervical vertebral osteochondrosis. The needle extract can be purchased at the pharmacy and add it to the bathtub.
3. Chamomile. 300 gr. Plant dry flowers are poured with 5 liters of water. The mixture must be boiled for about 20 minutes, then insist for 20 minutes and filter. Bathing chamomile for half an hour.

Gymnastics Therapy for cervical spine osteochondrosis

But it is a special therapeutic exercise that helps cervical osteochondrosis. Check your own experience. If you want to beat this unpleasant disease, there is no other way. Thanks to the gymnastics, the muscles that surround the surrounding neck spine, which leads to the right support of the joints and vertebrae.

With regular implementation, positive changes are observed. Normal patency of blood vessels is restored, which causes loss of pain, general improvement in well -being, restoring the normal function of the brain, and therefore the soul. Those who want to get rid of all types of mental problems, such as panic attacks, depression, phobias also should not forget the causes of their bodies. And cervical osteochondrosis is just one of these reasons.

Gymnastics confirm the fact that for the normal function of the spine it is necessary to strengthen the muscles associated with it. There are dynamic exercises, and static exercises. Which exercise to be practiced depends on its severity, disease features. But as shown by the practice to achieve positive effects, both types need to practice.

Dynamic exercise

Dynamic exercises for the treatment of osteochondrosis of the neck spine are simple movements and head rotation. But this clear simplicity contains the key to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis. This practice with regular implementation helps strengthen muscles, restore cartilage tissue, namely intervertebral discs. Also, without certain conditions, which we will discuss a little below, the practice effect is not only not significant, but it can even be dangerous.

1. Tilt your head down, lower your chin to your chest. Lift your head and throw it back.
2. We tilt your head to the left, right. Ears lean on the shoulder of the same name.
3. Turn without tilting to the right, left, holding the neck vertically. That is, we turn our heads to the right and look to our right, also to the left.
4. Head rotation clockwise and to the clock. (This exercise is careful, not for everyone).

Often someone can't turn around, he says that he is painful or uncomfortable. Skrikes, crushing is heard on the neck, as if the sand is grinding there. But over time, "smaller sand", exercise is easier and easier and after some time someone forgets that there is a problem with the neck. Of course, this did not happen soon. Someone in a few weeks, months, for someone in six months, a year. Yes, there is no other way out. You need to do exercises for a long time and regularly, only there will be a positive effect from time to time. So that the neck can restore time and naive to wait for fast results, there is no miracle. After eliminating pain quickly with the pill, you will not get rid of cervical osteochondrosis. To get rid of this disease, you must work.

But by applying special conditions, you want to do exercises, they will not be a burden for you. Exercise must be done slowly, connecting awareness. Only in this case there will be a positive effect and you will not endanger yourself. You must 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 foreign thoughts, but to direct all attention to the sensation in the body. The neck is relaxed, you feel the muscles, they are not tense. During the movement, you feel how the neck stretches, but does not contract. So you activate consciousness and not hurt the neck.

During awareness, you only relax from everyday commotion, because your attention is disturbed from a fussy mind and is in a sensation in the neck. In itself, awareness is able to heal the healing miracle. You need to do the exercise sitting in the chair, gradually adding one, two movements per day, carrying about fifty in each direction. In some cases, when there is no pain, you can increase speed. Also remember that you don't need to direct all attention to the exercise. So you will not feel your neck and will not get a positive effect. In this case, the number of repetitions must be estimated.

It happens that as a result of this exercise, you lose consciousness, violate the principle of care, there is no violence in your body and injure the neck. For example, the remaining pain appears. It is important to stop doing complex until the pain passes, and also wait a few days to give the neck to recover. Only after that you can return to practice again. Also, many do not recommend turning their heads. If you have a strong and old osteochondrosis, it's better to exclude the last exercise.

Static exercise

Because the practice shows successful in treating cervical osteochondrosis can also be a static exercise, and often they help better. People, who do it, also after a few weeks, months, six months, a year to get rid of problems such as dizziness, headaches, and mental disorders. Static load is the simplest way to strengthen neck muscles without movement. Indeed, often with big problems with cervical vertebrae, each movement causes further pain and trauma. But if you cannot move your neck, you can strengthen the muscles, passively using its weight, and it is done very simply. So, what exercises are useful and effective. They are simple:

We lay on your back, relaxed. We raised our heads, tore the back of the head from the floor about a centimeter. We hold the head above the neck weight with the muscles of the neck until the clear fatigue. We just looked up. We lowered our heads. Usually, the first exposure is a few seconds, over time. However, time must be chosen individually. We did the same thing lying in the stomach. Hand together, in front, put our heads in hand. We tore our heads from the floor. We lowered our heads. We do the same on the right side and on the left side. To start with, one repetition is enough, over time, the exercise can be repeated up to 5 times.

It is also important to include awareness here. While holding the head, we direct the attention not to the neck and imagine how it relaxed, even though the muscles were tense. This is very important. When we bowed our heads, don't hurry to do the following repetition. Lying for a few seconds, also calming the neck, imagining how pleasant energy spreads in it. Exposure time is the first small, a few seconds. Over time, it can increase to one minute and even more. Also, to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis, static exercise is used to sit or stand, when we put hands on the head and try to hold this cutter with the muscles of the neck.

So, to forget the cervical osteochondrosis and get rid of many unpleasant symptoms that significantly worsen our lives, you need to open the neck with dynamic exercises, and strengthen the neck muscles with static. To do it regularly for some time. At the same time, don't forget about neck relaxation, awareness, to find out the sense of proportion. By training the neck muscles, we reduce the burden on sick intervertebral discs, increase blood flow, restore their normal work. It must also be remembered that the exercise for cervical osteocondrosis is used not only for treatment, but also for prevention.

Effective strength exercise

Dr. Bubnovsky is known, which managed to treat osteochondrosis, recommend, with problems in the neck spine in the spine, to do such strength exercises that strengthen the neck muscles well, such as push -ups on the stem and attract the horizontal stem. He personally said that the person who is regularly interesting in the horizontal bar will not hurt cervical osteochondrosis. Of course, strength training is not suitable for weakened, old, very sick. But to get rid of cervical osteochondrosis as an additional method, such people can do it at least with full force, not completely. If you don't have a bar, place two chairs or something else from furniture and exercise neck muscles with small push-ups.

General information

Lifestyle characteristics that settled from office workers and those who like to relax in front of the TV or behind the scenes of the monitor often cause osteochondrosis. The first signs of this disease can manifest themselves at the age of 25 and, if not treated, complications can cause serious consequences.
In the article we will consider what osteochondrosis of the neck spine, the main causes of this disease, symptoms and stages, the treatment method, and answer other questions that occur in patients with osteochondrosis.