Sciatica, back pain, low back pain, sciatica, cervicalgia, torakalgiya... Medical terminology - a lot, but a Symptom - pain in the back. Back pain, neck pain, pain under the shoulder blades... the people who today suffer from them, legions.
According to the world health organization (who), the pain in the back 2/3 of the world's population suffer. Studies show that in people over the age of 35-45 years, the frequency of occurrence of back pain is to 66.3%. 25% of these people are in pain, ability to work back considerably disrupt and reduce even social Status.
Approach for the treatment of back pain in the traditional medicine
In the classical medicine (allopathy) has developed a variety of ways for the treatment of back pain: pharmacological, physiotherapeutic, manual, surgical, etc. But they are all divided, generally, into two broad categories. Means of the first group only alleviate the symptoms - pain, cramps and inflammation.
The methods of the second group work with individual structures of the organism, primarily with the various departments of a backbone. The main reasons for back in General, malformations of the vertebral bodies recognized that burned-degenerative diseases of the spine or weakness of the muscle corset of pain. But even the Orthodox doctors to recognize the severity of the back pain in the majority of cases, directly with the degree of development of diseases of the spine.
According to the statistics, the treatment of the spine as the cause of pain in the back in 50% of cases, or not working at all, or only brings a temporary relief.
Why measure ineffective? Doctors-osteopaths claim: in these cases, is the cause of suffering lies not in the spine. And the back pain is easy to get rid of, if you want to diagnose properly.
The osteopathic approach for the treatment of back pain
Osteopathy preaches a holistic approach, not limited to the consideration of the private symptoms or individual parts of the body. The human organism is a whole, and the back pain is because of, not in connection with the condition of the bone tissue. It is the old injuries, operations, diseases of internal organs, infections, inflammation, chronic Stress, energy-to-weight imbalances, life style, and job overload. And in most cases, several factors.
Common causes of diseases:
- In children back pain is often caused, or from the date of birth due to birth trauma, or later - through the fall on the sacrum, the coccyx during the games or sporting activities. Parents, it is hard to notice during such a Trauma, because serious signs do not come much later, when the child remembers this case.
- At a young age back pain can occur in result of previous injury on the background of hormonal changes. In adolescence, there are strong jumps in the growth, not all structures of the body create to be among them. For this reason, may occur if a rotation of the body, suffers from the spine, wherein neither the parents nor the child can not guess about you.
- Women up to 40 years, suffering in the pain in the back a lot more frequently is associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Delivers strong restructuring of the body, such as hormonal and mechanical: stretches the chest, lowers the diaphragm, the shifted internal organs. Directly during the birth, the Position and the angle of inclination of the sacrum, the coccyx changes. Soften Joints, Ligaments. And not always all of them are to return these structures independently to the starting position.
- Men after 40 years, will also begin to complain of pain in the back. To come this time usually already in the body age-related changes in the whole muscle-Band of the corset and to the child's injury added injury of adults, but still everyday situations - Stress, operations. Often appear, and diseases of the internal organs and also the tension in the body change, his Balance.
In all these cases, the back pain is not only with the bone of the skeleton but also the muscles, ligaments, and the condition of the internal organs, the circulatory system, the nervous system. The spine adapts only adapts to changes and compensates for this until may. In General, the true cause for misconduct is absolutely not there, where it hurts. And the task of the physician to find the cause, made the correct diagnosis.
Osteopathic treatments for back pain
In the determination of the cause, the process of the disease, takes into account the anatomical peculiarities of the people, examines the Details of the birth (he was born, or with the help of artificial methods), as was the period from birth to one year, as he spent his childhood, worked, whether or not he sports. All of these factors could influence the development of the disease.
With the help of special techniques, sensitive hands of professional self-measured pain Phase. A Zone of tension, tension, a "thrust" - draw the structure of the body, including the vertebrae, away from the natural Situation. With the help of special techniques osteopaths these tensions can be to remove, alleviate cramps.
It is proved that in the case of back pain there are a variety of biomechanical changes in the postural System of the body. She is responsible for the upright Position of the body, not to keep going, even in the conditions of gravity, is simple.
The postural System consists of nerves, muscles, ligaments, components of the skeleton, the organ of balance in the inner ear, the organs, the receptors of the soles of the feet, Stop - all of what determines the Position of the body in space. Failure of one or the other element of the system breaks a delicate balance, and this unnatural condition leads to the development of back pain.
To identify doctor-osteopath, the methods of diagnosis of postural System, and to eliminate infringements. Therefore, osteopathic techniques to effectively restore mobility, Balance and equilibrium of the body, eliminating back pain if the treatment of the various causes helps.
Studies on the effectiveness of osteopathy in the treatment of back pain
Institute, St. Petersburg, conducted a study of 140 patients with the diagnosis of "disease of the musculoskeletal System" and "osteochondrosis of the spine". In all there was back pain and movement limitations. The control group, Standard drug therapy: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants. The core group has the osteopathic treatment. According to the age and severity of the disease, the groups did not differ.
The results of the treatment are rated as good, 55% of patients in the primary (osteopathic) group (50% in the control group), satisfactory - 34% of the patients in both groups. This group of patients is in the positioning of the body and improves the balance of the body, increases the speed and the Amplitude of the free motion.
In other words, in most cases, osteopathy is a safe Alternative medical methods of treatment of back pain.
Tips Chiropractor
In many cases, the occurrence of pain in the back can be prevented. This should follow a few simple recommendations.
- If a child has fallen hard, fallen, hurt, must be let as early as possible to be examined, and possibly x-rayed. Has the meaning, through a Routine examination by a specialist . Even when the pain has passed quickly, the consequences of the injuries can occur in old age.
- Teenagers in the period of intensive growth and the transformation of the hormone system should be to the orthopedic surgeon or therapist in the prophylactic. Need to your posture, Position of the feet, check the position of the pelvis. At the slightest violation is worth a course of osteopathic correction, and then the growth and development to occur in harmony. This reduces the risk of disorders of the back in the future.
- Women need to recover after the birth. Exercises of physiotherapy allow, remove cramps, to improve the Situation, certain muscles. Even if there are no marked discomfort during the examination, the osteopath is an individual training program.