During osteochondrosis, a violation of the cartilage joints occurs, salts are deposited. There are various reasons for its occurrence. Treatment of osteochondrosis at home in combination with doctor's prescriptions gives a positive effect. The main thing is not to self-medicate, but always consult a specialist so as not to have complications.
The principle of home treatment
When treating thoracic, lumbar or cervical spine osteochondrosis, mistakes are often made. Basically, the symptoms go away, but the disease itself remains to progress. Later, after a while, pain and discomfort appear. Therefore, the use of sedatives alone will not bring many benefits.
It is possible to cure osteochondrosis at home. It is worth doing the necessary exercises, massage and other procedures, then the health of the spine can be restored again.
The most important thing is to identify the causes of the disease that need to be eliminated. Of course, it is desirable to get rid of muscle spasms to treat. One of the most common causes of osteochondrosis of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions is poor mobility as well as fatty foods. But, basically, cartilage degradation occurs due to their poor supply of oxygen, and all for the fact that blood does not flow well to the back muscles.
In addition to various medications, doctors advise patients to treat osteochondrosis at home. For this you need:
- perform physical exercises;
- adhere to a diet;
- review your lifestyle;
- proper sleep and rest;
- choosing the right bed.
The result will appear only when you systematically follow the doctor's instructions.
Elimination of the causes of the disease
Basically, there is no single reason for the onset of osteochondrosis of the chest, cervical or lumbar regions. Therefore, to restore blood flow, you need a whole program.
To get rid of the pathology, we must not forget everything that affects the damage to the vertebrae.
Diet. Often the cause of osteochondrosis is the accumulation of cholesterol, and because of this, the vessels lose their elasticity and blood flow is disturbed. To improve their condition, you should exclude from the diet foods that have a lot of cholesterol: pork, meat juices, eggs, fatty foods. Coffee, strong tea and alcohol adversely affect the work of blood vessels. But nicotine, which enters the body, leads to vasospasm. Therefore, it is better to lead a healthy lifestyle, especially for those being treated for osteochondrosis.
Treating osteochondrosis at home requires restoring blood circulation. To do this, there is plenty of exercise as well as compresses.
Orthopedic mattresses and accessories for healthy sleep. For the whole day, a person gets a big load on his back, so he needs the right position during sleep. And this can allow a good orthopedic mattress as well as a pillow. They allow blood to circulate well during sleep.
Methods for treating osteochondrosis at home
Osteochondrosis of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions is a complex disease. It is only to treat it at home is not difficult. The main thing is to systematically follow all the instructions, it is best to do all this in one complex. Namely:
- therapeutic exercises, which improve the condition of the neck muscles as well as the shoulder girdle;
- it is worth doing self-massage - rubbing, stroking;
- there are many recipes in traditional medicine that are worth using (rubbing, compresses, ointments);
- we should not forget about herbal baths that help relieve pain;
- there are various methods of Chinese medicine that have gained great popularity (acupuncture, acupressure);
- there are special devices (applicator Lyapko and applicator Kuznetsov) that help remove osteochondrosis of the chest, lumbar and cervical regions;
- a physiotherapist can attribute special magnets with which you can create a magnetic field at home.
Chinese medicine is also advancing, offering herbal bags and patches. They should be applied at night. But best of all, they will be effective in combination, so do not forget about acupressure, acupuncture. Such procedures are recommended by Chinese experts.
Special massage beds also appear, with the help of which you can get a good result in the treatment of diseases of the thoracic spine, lumbar spine and cervix.
Therefore, at home, you can use many methods that exist in current medicine. The most important thing is to do them regularly, which will prevent damage to the discs between the vertebrae.
Massage
As soon as the symptoms start to disappear significantly, you should do a massage. Since not everyone has the opportunity to visit masseurs, you can do the procedures yourself. The easiest way to do this is on the neck. It's worth it to start the massage by stroking the palm of your hand and then start massaging the body with your fingers.
Stretching the entire back is difficult. It is good to massage with the pads of the thumbs, as well as with fists. You can also do back spins when your hands are tied behind your legs. Thus, the muscles are massaged by body weight.
There are also many devices that will help you do massage at home. They are different in appearance and price, but very effective.
Any massage should be done on clean skin, when there are no inflammatory processes.
Massage is contraindicated for those who have problems with the respiratory system, as well as diseases of the cardiovascular system.
So treating osteochondrosis at home brings a very good result. The main thing is to do everything comprehensively and systematically.