Back pain causes a lot of discomfort for a person. Risk factors can be heavy physical work and nervous stress. What causes back pain and what steps should be taken to avoid overstressing the vertebrae? Throughout life, a person experiences constant physical exertion, which affects the general condition of the body.
The skeleton consists of bony joints, the main component of which is the spine. Stress on the intervertebral discs of the bony vertebrae sometimes causes back pain. There are many causes and symptoms that cause pain. What can cause back pain? Suddenly occurring acute back pain is called lumbago. This phenomenon is characterized by brief acute spasmodic contractions in the back and lower back. The chronic form of the disease of constant back pain is called lumbodynia.
What can cause back pain: causes of diseases
Symptoms of back pain are manifested by injuries or damage to the articular ligaments of the spine, sprains and muscle spasms in the tissue structure of the skeleton. Back pain can be due to hypothermia.
The most common cause of back pain is sudden hypothermia. There are various life situations in which you have to expose your body to sudden changes in temperature. The human body is designed in such a way that sudden changes in the air atmosphere do not always favorably affect the general condition of the body.
Under a flow of cold air, especially after a long stay in a warm place, the human body reacts quickly to temperature changes, causing back pain. If you catch a cold in the muscles of the lower back or back, the backlash is not long in coming. Already the next day, back pain does not allow a person to lead a normal life. Sharp or aching pains are accompanied by physical limitations of the body. It's difficult to straighten your back.
Stiffness in movements changes gait, and sometimes simple movements are performed with great difficulty. What can you do if your back hurts? For this, there are reliable and proven means of pharmacological products that perfectly relieve inflammation in the body.
What should be the treatment of back pain with hypothermia?
Warming ointments or gels should always be in the medicine cabinet. They have a warming effect on the muscles and relieve back pain. It is advisable to keep your back warm after using these products by wrapping a wool scarf or shawl around your lower back. If there are no suitable preparations, you can rub your back with alcohol or vodka.
If your back pain doesn't go away within a few days, you should see a doctor.
Drug treatment involves relieving back pain with injections. After several sessions, the patient feels relieved and returns to their normal lifestyle. If your back hurts constantly, a special belt for the prevention of back pain is recommended, which can be purchased at any pharmacy. It is made from dog or sheep wool. You can wear it every day, it is invisible under clothes.
The main symptoms of sciatica
The first stage of sciatica is back pain and pain in the back.
When working in the garden or doing heavy physical work around the house, you may sometimes suddenly feel a sharp pain in your back. Pain syndrome is short-lived and passes quickly. However, if you keep working after that, you may suddenly feel a new attack. Back pain returns. This time the pain can paralyze the motor function of the back. What causes these symptoms and what measures should be taken to eliminate back pain? In all likelihood, it is lumbosacral sciatica (or lumbago) back pain. In such cases, urgent consultation with a doctor is required.
How should primary lumbago back pain be treated?
If you feel back pain, you must immediately take a horizontal position. In this case, the bed should be hard. To relieve pain, you need to take painkillers and analgesics. It is strictly forbidden to take a hot bath during an exacerbation: this will only intensify the pain syndrome. During this time, salt and fluid intake should be limited. If the pain does not subside during the day, then it makes sense to call a doctor at home.
How does a herniated disc manifest itself (second stage sciatica)?
Back pain can be chronic, that is, constant pain does not leave a person. Temporary relief occurs only when lying down. In this case, there is a high probability that a herniated disc can be diagnosed.
Incessant back pain radiates to the legs, increases with movement, interferes with full inhalation and exhalation. Reduced sensitivity in the lumbar region. With such symptoms, an urgent visit to the doctor is necessary. The doctor will prescribe the necessary treatment complex.
Lumbar osteochondrosis and occupational diseases of the back
With a violation of the supply of minerals to the intervertebral discs connecting the bone vertebrae, lumbar osteochondrosis occurs. Joint tissues that do not receive sufficient enrichment dry out. As a result, the hard drives are erased and back pain appears. Treatment of osteochondrosis provides for a number of special measures:
- Manual and complex therapy.
- The need for special gymnastic exercises.
- Physiotherapeutic manipulations.
- Complex of therapeutic massage.
- The diet should contain a sufficient amount of minerals (phosphorus, calcium) to strengthen the bone structure.
In each case, an individual approach to the methods of treatment is required. This is done by your treating rheumatologist.
What is back pain due to an occupational disease?
Constant pain is experienced by people of certain professions. Basically, this type of activity includes mental labor workers. Constantly staying in one place during the working day leads to a weakening of the muscle tissue in the bone structure of the spine. This also leads to poor posture. This feature can be especially noted in children of school age.
Treatment and prevention of occupational diseases should be carried out directly at the workplace:
- Five-minute physical exercises are recommended, which allow you to load the back muscles.
- In order not to overload the spine, the back should be straight when sitting. This forms the correct posture and distributes the load on the bony skeleton of the back.
- After a hard day's work, a relaxing preventative massage for the entire back and forearm is required.
Any treatment involves an integrated approach, which should include drug and physiotherapy sessions. Only a rheumatologist can find out why the back hurts, make the correct diagnosis and prescribe an effective treatment.
How to get rid of pain and what to do to prevent it
Rehabilitation and restoration of bone structures in the dorsal part of the body should be carried out with minimal physical exertion. However, if your back hurts, you should definitely not prescribe bed rest.
The back muscles should be in a constant working tone. If your child has back pain, we recommend additional manual therapy and massage alternating with simple physical exercises after a medical examination.
Take care of your health!