Radiculitis, osteochondrosis, lumbalgia, sciatica, cervicalgia, thoracalgia... Medical conditions - many, and one symptom - pain in the back. Back pain, neck pain, pain under shoulder blades... People who suffer from them, legion.
According to the world health organization (who), lower back pain, suffer 2/3 of the population in the world. Studies show that people in the age of 35-45 years, the frequency of occurrence of back pain is to 66.3%. 25% of these people, back pain affects the work ability and even lower social status.
Approach to the treatment of back pain in classical medicine
The classical medicine (allopathy) has developed many ways to treat back pain: medication, physiotherapy, chiropractic, surgical, etc, but they All, Generally, are divided into two broad categories. Means in the first group have simply removed the symptom is pain, spasm and inflammation.
Methods from group work to individual structures of the body in the first place, with the various parts of the spine. After all, the main causes of back pain is often recognised abnormalities of the vertebrae dystrophic-degenerative diseases of the spine or weakness of the muscular system. But even the Orthodox doctors recognize the severity of back pain in most cases is not directly associated with the degree of development of diseases of the spine.
According to statistics, the treatment of the spine as a main cause of back pain in 50% of cases or does not give the results or brings only temporary relief.
Why the measures are ineffective? Doctors-osteopaths claim that in these cases, the cause of suffering lies not in the spine. And back pain is easy to get rid of if the proper diagnosis.
In the osteopathic approach to treating back pain
Osteopathy preaches a holistic approach, not limited to the consideration of individual symptoms or specific body parts. The human body is one, and the back can hurt because of the reason that is completely unrelated to the status of the bone tissue. This may be old injuries, operations, diseases of the internal organs, infection, inflammation, chronic stress, energy imbalance, life-style and professional overload. And often there are a number of factors.
Common causes of the disease:
- In children back pain most likely to occur or from the moment of birth, birth trauma, or later, as a result of a fall on the sacrum, on the coccyx during games or sporting events. It is difficult for parents to notice this injury due to the severe symptoms come much later, when the child doesn't remember the fall.
- In adolescence, low back pain can occur as a result of past trauma, on the basis of hormonal changes. In the teenage years there are some serious leaps of growth, not all structures in the body time to adjust to them. This may occur twisting of the body, which affects the spine, but neither the parents nor the children do not need to even guess.
- Women under 40 years usually suffer from back pain more often is related to pregnancy and childbirth. There is a strong restructuring of the body, both hormonal and mechanical: it expands the rib cage, the diaphragm descends, moves the internal organs. During childbirth changes the position and angle of the sacrum, the coccyx. Softening of the joints, ligaments. And not always all of these structures are then independently returned to its original position.
- Men after 40 years , too, start to complain of pain in the back. At this time it is in the body, they are usually of the age changes of the entire musculo-ligamentous corset and childhood trauma added to the trauma of adults, and also domestic situation, stress, the surgery. Often occur and diseases of the internal organs, which also create tension in the body, changed its balance.
In all these cases of back pain that are associated not only with the bony skeleton but also the muscles, ligaments, internal organs, blood circulation, nervous system. Only adjust the spine, adapts to the changes and compensates for them while you can. As a rule, is the real cause of the infringement, which is absolutely not there, where it hurts. And the task of the doctor to find the cause, to give proper diagnosis.
Osteopathic treatment of back pain
To identify the causes that conducted the procedure, disease, taking into account the anatomical features of the person, to explain the details of the birth (he was born, or with the help of artificial methods) as the period from birth to one year, as he spent his childhood, is a sport. All of these factors can affect the development of the disease.
Then with the help of special techniques, sensitive hands of a specialist has examined the painful part. Identifies areas of tension and spasms that create "pull" - pull structure of the body, including the vertebrae, in addition to natural position. With the help of special techniques, osteopaths can remove these stresses, alleviates cramping.
It is proved that with low back pain observed various biomechanical disorders in the so-called postural system of the body. It is responsible for the vertical position of the body in walking, and also in terms of the earth's gravity, is not easy.
On the postural system includes nerves, muscles, ligaments, components of the skeleton, the vestibular apparatus of the inner ear, the organs of vision, the receptors of the foot soles - all of which determines the position of the body in space. Cancellation of the components of the system violates a delicate balance, and this is unnatural state will result in the development of back pain.
Osteopath, who owns the methods of diagnosis of the postural system, which is able to identify violations and to eliminate them. Therefore, osteopathic techniques to effectively restore mobility, balance and balance in the body, relieves back pain, when treatment of the individual reasons does not help.
Studies of the effectiveness of osteopathy in treating back pain
Institutions of Saint-Petersburg conducted a study of 140 patients with a diagnosis of "diseases of the musculoskeletal system and degenerative disk disease of the spine." All were noted back pain and limitation of movement. The control group received conventional treatment with medications: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants. The main group received osteopathic treatment. Age and disease severity groups do not differ.
The results of the treatment were assessed as good by 55% of patients studies (osteopathic) group (50% in the control), satisfactory - 34% of patients in both groups. At the same time in the osteopathic group of patients have improved balance, increased speed and amplitude of free movement.
In other words, in most cases, osteopathy can be a safe alternative to pharmacological treatment of pain in the back.
Tips chiropractor
In many cases, the occurrence of back pain can be prevented. If you want to do this is to follow a few simple guidelines.
- If the child is a strong hit to the fallen, was injured, must as soon as possible do research if necessary, x-ray. Makes sense to do preventive examination by a specialist . Even if the pain quickly passed, the consequences of the injury may occur at older ages.
- Teenagers in the period of intensive growth and restructuring of the hormonal system should see the orthopedist or therapist as a preventive measure. Need to check his posture, the posture, the position of the pelvis. At the slightest violation, to a course of osteopathic correction and then growth and development will occur harmoniously. This will significantly reduce the risk of back disorders in the future.
- After childbirth, women need only recovery. Exercises physical therapy will help to remove spasms, to improve the position of certain muscles. Even if there is no expressed complaints during the preventive examination osteopath may choose an individual set of exercises.