Osteochondrosis of thoracic spine: Symptoms, treatment, degree, gymnastics

The "Chameleon" disease, which is disguised in dangerous heart and lung disease, causing panic attacks and a sense of air deficiency - this is the osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine.His symptoms can be so diverse that a neaheneinction doctor can, trying to find the cause, prescribe a lot of tests, and sometimes put a person in intensive care.

We will talk about understanding that you have precise osteochondrose of the thoracic region and how to fix it.

Reasons

The disease is quite rare.This is due to the fact that the spine, ie compounds between vertebral, create almost motionless in the thoracic area.And if a person makes a sharp movement, or often moving towards the axis of intervertebral compounds (for example, dig or raise seriousness with only one hand), then all the chest is at once.Separately, they don't work from each other.

The causes of thoracic osteochondrosis are:

• Scoliosis in a thoracic or lurmbosacral region;
• Excessive or irregular physical effort;
• injury to the thoracic spine;
• Surplus weight - more than 10% of one "passing" per complex;
• Breach of metabolism - as a result of endocrine diseases (diabetes Melitus, the patology of adrenal glands and others) or inadequate nutrition;
• anomalies in the development of thoracic spine;
• Hypodynamia (intervertebral disk - which was destroyed with osteochondrose - also run the back muscles).

Degree of thoracic osteochondrose

Doctors decided to distinguish the degree of osteochondrose of the thoracic region in order to understand how much the progress of destroying the disk is between two young people.

So there is 4 degrees of osteochondrosis of breast:

• 1 degree.The intervertebral disc loses moisture, becomes fragile, cracks appear in it.This is accompanied by a treasure pain that disappears alone.
• 2 degrees.The amount of liquid in the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disk becomes even smaller: the disk height decreases, cracks (especially one) deepening.The defect fulfills the "core" disk - the core pulp, which additionally reverses the crack.The dental core does not penetrate the outside.The muscles on the back in the area of damaged interverter's disk are intended, trying to prevent the spine from turning towards the "missed" disk.This causes strong back pain, which is why you need to do breaks in business.
• 3 degrees.The crack in the fibrous disc ring reaches the edge of the spine, the nucleus pulposis hurts to it and starts protruding.Thus, 3 degrees is an intervertebral hernia.With her pain feels almost all the time - when doing work.We need to change the job to easier.Self -Service is getting ready.
• 4 degrees.In the area of affected disks, connective tissue grows.She blocks neighboring vertebrae.In addition, the rook bone is trying to compensate for a layer reduction between vertebrae and grows."Spikes" bones appear - Osteofiti.

Symptoms

At the very beginning

While the Fulpic kernel did not fully make a path inside the ring that surrounds it, it is almost not displayed.Periodically, with a slope or weight growing, the pain between the shoulder can appear, which passes quite quickly after vacation.

The symptoms of osteochondrosis of thoracic spine in the acute phase can be very diverse, this is:

Chest pain

It hurts more often, but sometimes it can be sharply.Localization:

• back - between the spatula;
• Heart;
• under the spoon;
• In the area of the ribs - so it becomes painful to breathe.

The difference between this pain in osteochondrosi is that:

• It's not that strong that you can lose consciousness.This is characteristic of myocardial infarction;
• does not arise in response to the emotional burden - only on the physical;
• It does not appear when you walk against the wind, climbing the stairs or when it reaches a cold;
• Is intensified when raising hands, revolutions and preferences;
• intensifies if you take a deep breath;
• The attacks of pain differ from each other in localization and intensity (with angina pectoris, for example, will be stereotyped);
• does not leave if the load is stopped;
• It can be localized if someone is pressed on the spine in the thoracic area: in one place will be very painful;
• He gives her hand, though more often - in 2 hands.But even if he gives her left hand (as a heartache), not on a small finger;
• It does not depend on meals, as well as in gastritis or angina pectoris;
• Do not remove nitroglycerin, which, on the contrary, helps in Angin Pectoris;
• It does not intensify when he felt in his chest (if it seems to hurt).In this case, nodes or seals do not feel in the chest;
• There is no such thing that pain gradually grew, but after stress was stopped or nitroglycerin suddenly disappeared.This is characteristic of Angin Pectoris;
• Pain is not accompanied by nausea, heartburn, belching.This can talk about Gastritis, as well as Angin Pectoris.

The feeling in the chest

That makes "incomplete breath" appear.Usually this symptom is accompanied by pain in the back, but even if there is no pain, no intoxication, as in pneumonia (weakness, relaxation, appetite drop).It can cause panic, but, calming, count your pulse.With thoracic osteochondrose, it will not be more than 100 moves per minute, and with the diseases of the heart or lungs, it might be.

Other symptoms

• Breach of sensitivity in hand or in two hands: become more "cool", freezing, "Guosebumps are running on them.
• In some cases, the symptoms of osteochondrosis of the thoracic region are reminiscent of the panic attack (fear, heart rate, sweating).Combined with pain behind the sternum, it may indicate myocardial infarction, so in this case it is better to take nitroglycerin (up to 3 tablets) and call the clinic to remove the cardiogram.
• Digestive system disorder: Frequently worsened gastritis, prison, inflated, periodic abdominal pain, periodic diarrhea - without a dietary error.

With thoracic osteochondrose, such symptoms last about 10-14 days, provided you have temporarily stopped bending and twisting.The disease goes into a subacute phase.

Signs in a subacute phase

There is still pain and difficult breathing, but they are no longer as intense and less worries.So, if you need to find a situation in the acute phase to fall asleep or suffocate, then in a subacute period you do not have to apply such efforts.

Stage lasts 12-14 days.If you observe all the doctor's recommendations, do not collect weights, do not bend or hold the hypothermia, the remission phase - when all the symptoms leave.If the regime is disturbed, the disease can go to an acute phase again.

Remission

There are no symptoms during this period.Maybe, of course, "Shoot" under the ribs if you decide to physically, but it passes fast.

Deterioration of the disease can be provoked:

• physical activity (especially weight lifting and inclination);
• stress;
• hypothermia;
• sharp change of heat on the cold (diving in a hole or swimming in the snow after bath);
• Failed campaign for masseur or manual therapy;
• extended finding in a bent position;
• Alcohol intake (especially in combination with one of the above factors).

Diagnostics

The diagnosis and treatment of osteochondrosis of a thoracic spine deals with neurologist (neuropathologist).When you reach him, describing your complaints, he conducts an initial examination: reduce the gaps between the breast vertebrate (with osteochondrose, you can find a painful point) and determine the reflexes and hand sensitivity and sensitivity.

To confirm the diagnosis, he needs:

• ECG, possibly - on the background of the load on the tracksuit (thread test).This will exclude Angina Pectoris;
• radiography or calculated tomography of the thoracic spine;
• In women, especially older, mammography, since the symptoms of osteochondrosrosis breast often follow the diseases of the milk gland, not always malignant.

Treatment

How to treat osteochondrosis of the thoracic region, the doctor will say - after confirming the diagnosis, determination of the stage and nature of violations (hands-sensitivity, respiratory disorders).

In the acute phase, the bed is recommended or at least half-gathering, minimum engine activity.The regime expands in the future.Generally, such methods are used to treat osteochondrose (they need their complex):

Medicine treatment

Not -steroidal anti -infalmatory They are against pain. They can be drunk in the form of a tablet or pasted as a patch ("Alfen") - if pain is tolerant.In subacute periods can be used as osteochondrose fat.And in an acute period with strong pain - just as injections. This is Diclofenak (Analogues Voltarena, Almiral, Olfen, Naklofen, Diklak) - the latest "NSAID groups. It also includes ibuprof, ", pray," Nis. Such anesthetic drugs as four, ketanov or ketalong do better use - have a weak anti-inflammatory effect.

Musorelaxans Their task is to release the muscle spasm that holds your spine from turns and transmit nerve endings and blood vessels.They are better taken in an acute period as injections for osteochondrose, then switch to tablets. This is Midocal, Tizalud, Sirdalud.

Chondroprotectors These are drugs whose efficiency is still controversial.However, many doctors recommend using a long course - to give an intervertebral disk a chance to recover. This is an arthrah, alflutop, don, teraflex, structure and others.

B Vitamins B Vitamins They are needed to improve the transmission of pulse from nerves to muscles.In an acute period, it is better to start with injections, for example, neurorubine, then switch to neurorubine tablets, milguards, neuroin or others.

Please note: to relieve chest pain osteochondrosis!Then you can breathe full force, improve oxygen nutrition of the whole organism.In addition, the elimination of surface breathing is preventing glass pneumonia.

Physiotherapy treatment

This treatment increases the effect of medications.Applied:

1. Electrophoresis with anesthetics and drugs that improve local blood circulation.In this case, the drug is performed by an electric shock directly in the back of the back.
2. Magnetotherapy.Under the influence of the magnetic field, the operation of violated nerve endings improves, the tissue edema is removed.
3. Phonoporesis (Ultrasonic Drugs) helps in better backward anesthesia and eliminate inflammation of tissue violations.It also has the ability to improve metabolism in the effect of exposure.
4. Acupuncture - Introduction of special sterile needles in active points that are responsible for the operation of the thoracic spine.
5. Laser therapy according to the external method - increases blood circulation in tense muscles and the suffering of the intervertebral disk.

Massage

Osteochondrose massage is an effective procedure if it is performed by a specialist.The massage session can improve blood circulation in the affected area, relax the spasmodic muscles, improve blood spill and lymph from this zone.This accelerates healing and reduces pain.

IMPORTANT: In an acute period of disease, massage, as well as filling for osteochondrose, is contraindicated.You can proceed with the 2 weeks procedure after exposing acute pain and difficulty breathing.Massage should not cause unpleasant sensations or pain!

In order to reduce the amount of deterioration, massage courses are recommended to take place at least 2 times a year.May be:

• Therapeutic manual massage: exposure with hands on the shade of muscles that lost and lost the tone in order to normalize their condition;
• Hardware: muscle study different types of exciting manipulators.You can also resort to services that cosmetologists provide: Endosphere and LPG massage.They also affect the painful pain back;
• POINT: In this case, biological active points are processed manually, as a result, the state of internal organs are pouring out due to the crossing of the spine;
• Mali: The effect on the muscles that changed the tone is produced using a vacuum.

Practice therapy

Osteochondrose exercises can start working in a rebacutty period and remission, as well as 2 weeks after removal of the disk.

LFK is contraindicated, if the rear muscles are still very tense, one vertebra is firmly pressed to another, which requires surgical intervention, with strong pain.

It is recommended for styochondrose gymnastics to start with your own spine.To do this, you need to take a wide and smooth plate and fasten at one end to a wall-at-100 cm wall of the floor (to make an angle of 30-45 °).Lower edge lies on the floor.To the upper edge, on both sides, 2 leather belts are attached for more than 45 cm - so you can go through them yourself and then - take your hands out.

The method of self-protecting is to go on this board with your back, head up, arms in straps.Put a soft cloth under your knees by taking it out in the roller and lie for 10-15 minutes.It shouldn't be painful.If pain is present, increase the angle of the board slope.If this does not help, you will have to do that differently:

• make a cover cover on the floor;
• Lay on the roller so that there is a blocked area on the very top;
• Lightly dilute your legs;
• Elbows and knees - bent, touch the floor, body weight lies on them;
  Head should be slightly hanged or lying on folded brushes;
• If you do not feel so that your spine is stretched, you can increase load: move your legs back and hands forward;
• 5 minutes of inspiration in 10 seconds to strain the back muscles, on exhale - relax
• Relax and breathe in your stomach - 5 more minutes.

Bridge

Instead of such efforts, you can use the simulator called "Bridge to Stretch your spine".Stretches the spine and above all, stretches a damaged thoracic region - under the weight of one's own body (it is a metal bow).

Using it in the remission period, only 5 minutes 2 times a day allows you to extend the painless period.This simulator has many positive reviews.

Complications of thoracic osteochondrose

They include:

• pneumersclerosis;
• arrhythmias;
• Vegetative-vascular Dystonia;
• Violation of digestive bodies;
• Deterioration of sexual and reproductive functions - and women and men.

Prevention

To never feel on yourself which is osteochondrosis (especially if you move a little or there is already scoliosis) pay attention to such prevention measures:

1. Don't overdo.
2. Don't rise abrupt seriousness: That should happen after preparation.
3. Follow your posture when you sit and walk.The car can be installed an ergonomic chair, which will support back.
4. Be sure to rest during work: Get up, go, perform your back self-expressure - so that the spine gets enough strength.
5. You don't start your scoliosis: Treat on time.
6. Reduce the amount of salt and sugar in the diet.
7. Excessive utensils containing smoked meat, marinades, sharp spices.Fried products must also be removed.
8. Sleep on an orthopedic mattress and low (or also an orthopedic) pillow.