Low back pain — is a common disease. Doctors divide, there are several types of him, but most people suffer from so-called "non-specific low back pain". This means, that the real reason for the constant pain, unspecified: this may be the tumor, pinched nerve, infection, and cauda equina syndrome.
Almost of Medicine coping with chronic non-specific back pain. The most popular treatment methods such a pain — bed rest, spine surgery, opioid analgesics, steroid in most cases, it helps to reduce the pain for only a short time, and sometimes even harmful to your health patients.
Traditionally, the medical community thought to be back pain any other pain) with some serious injury or anatomical problem. But it recently became clear, and this painful process out there affects what's in my head.
A new understanding of pain related to the concept of "Central sensitivity" creation. The main idea is that some people have constant pain and increased pain sensitivity changes in the relationship between consciousness and the body — down, things usually cause pain, are perceived as extremely there. So, there are actually some patients with low back pain chronic pain pain receptors dysfunction may be.
We recommend that you use all the complexes in the treatment or more research back pain exercise is an alternative treatment.
Alternative treatment methods for chronic back pain
Studies active treatment (exercise, yoga, tai-chi) in reality it helps to cope with back pain. Can be effective and alternative approaches (massage, manual therapy) — with the caveat, they often are not the panacea, and their effect, it turns out, short-term and insignificant.
In general, they damage the body.
Suggestions for back pain — more move
If you have back pain, the first reaction solution and abstaining from any physical activity that may be sleeping on the couch there is much to diner.
Against modern medicine. Accepted, in most cases, this is probably the worst thing you can do: physical activity helps to reduce pain, while serious delays inaction. patient treatment.
Why exercise to help:
- they strengthen Nov a corset supporting the spine;
- lumbar flexibility and amplitude of movements improves the functionality returns to normal life and a person's movements;
- step back reduces joint stiffness and soft tissue blood flow in and launched rescue operations.
And this is only a part, for practical reasons, until you reach regular exercise, passive treatment — acupuncture or massage.
A few interesting facts:
- The aerobic load on a stationary bike for 20 minutes with 70% peak oxygen consumption decreases, pain perception in patients for more than 30 minutes;
- increased flexibility reduce back pain on lumbar spine and hamstring tendon 18-58%;
- complexes for the stability of the spine, low back pain on 39-76% and reduces power Nov on programs of back pain an increase of 61%.
The authors of the study suggested that the combinations of different types of exercises — strength training, aerobic exercise, flexibility may be useful for patients, and each has its own advantages.
This exercise always helps in cases of short-term acute pain attacks. But if there is chronic back pain, probably you will want to find a way to cope with discomfort and lead an active lifestyle.
Exercise a little more specific, we consider the popular (and well researched) in the fight with back pain.
Yoga
There are many research the relationship between low back pain and yoga. We can reach a conclusion by examining what yoga just helps reduce pain, but also improves motor function and Nov.
Systematically examine the role of yoga in the treatment of chronic low back pain in the study, he says, small or "middle" the situation back then for 3-6 months to heal with regular exercise. In short, yoga is not a panacea, but studies have still to talk about him the undisputed benefits.
Tai chi and Pilates
When it comes to tai chi and Pilates, recently published a review of non-surgical back pain treatment methods, including exercise and these two systems.
Tai-Chi , Chinese martial arts, Wushu is a kind of popular wellness and fitness. His feature flat soft step is a continuous movement.
Research is only tai-chi, such as a method that helps reduce back pain and helps people with chronic, ongoing, an active lifestyle. Tai-chi is known as relieving pain and more effective, walking and jogging more, but loses the comparison with swimming.
Pilates is a complex exercise, flexibility for growth of the entire body Nov. System combines yoga, ballet and isometric exercise.
According to the research results, Pilates, insignificant effects in the treatment of back pain and why back motor function completely ineffective.
Exercise for the back
Stuart Mcgill, professor spine biomechanics of the spine for patients with stable recommends three exercises:
- twist
- "Hound Dog"
- side Bridge
Experts agree that you must find a specialist individual will be able to develop an exercise program and aiming to overcome this problem.
Expert studies, walking, sitting, and standing about the status of results,, Nov, watching the tendons and ligaments, posture and gait.
Then, the functional training program, which included "exercises that does not depend on pain" (pain at the first sign that you need to continue in order to achieve even), "quantitative" (you too, you need to stay until the end of your face) and "regular" (not must fulfill the program that is definitely missing).
Manual therapy
Manual therapy — a popular methods to get rid of back pain. Traditional manual therapist to spend, various bending procedures and bending-resistant joint and installation. Problematic body part in one direction or amplitude of active movements outside business experts. The procedure is usually a specific clicks and miserable.
Manual therapy is rarely serious risks — complications, when the 10 million cases. Sections are at slightly increased risk for the treatment of pain the cervical spine: the cervical vertebrae in case 1.46 million stroke correction procedures.
Such an approach to research helps people with chronic back pain, however more over-the-counter medications or exercise regularly.
The conscious choice is important in a chiropractor: avoid those who want to directs X-rays or other treatments for the diagnosis of low back pain (this is often useless to be clarified, clinical, or those recommended for long-term treatment courses.
Ankara
New business massage therapists muscles and soft tissue back and body. There are many massage types: Swedish, deep tissue massage, sports, relaxation, myofascial, Thai. Massages also changes duration, intensity and frequency makes difficult the determination in Antalya, improvement of the effectiveness of this method.
But Ankara is also virtually harmless, and researchers have a problem with back pain, celebrating, this approach get rid of pain that makes sense.
According to research, in this case, subacute (continued throughout 7-12 weeks) and chronic low back pain massage has a positive effect on symptoms and motor function in the short term (approximately 1 Week).
Acupuncture
One of the oldest methods of back pain treatment — acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine basis. A philosophical justification by acupuncture, and the pain of illness or the result of an imbalance between prisoners in the body by the forces of "yin and Yang".
Life energy circulates through the body along called meridians, yin and Yang features. Use the needle to encourage parts of the body located on, Meridian, is an application that claims that can help to reduce pain or recovery from the disease.
Information about recent studies of acute pain is still knocking a bit, but studies on the effectiveness of acupuncture in cases of chronic pain, there is no contradiction. It also notes that it is still not clear, this method gives results with acupuncture: the acupuncture itself or the placebo effect.
Therefore, the acupuncture, why so much discussion. Science says this method works, but the lack of relativity of the results, together with scientific principles and philosophy, an acupuncture leaves no room for doubt. Only proof and sceptics see the results in the studies related to the placebo effect.
A comprehensive treatment approach to back pain
Another approach to back pain — the so-called "biopsychosocial". According to this approach, pain that occur as a result of the interaction of physical, psychological and social factors. This is only a minor issue that are considered to have a physical.
Therapy that was going to sick in my head: to get rid of the anxiety or depression, cognitive-behavioral therapy to develop the ability of challenges.
In these cases, the chronic back pain multidisciplinary treatment compared with treatment for more effective results it shows, not only physiological treatment. Patients, a comprehensive treatment, it turns back most likely.
Total
Chronic back problems to consult a physician to rule out the most important reasons for.
Your doctor to try an alternative for a specialist with: body building exercise or aerobics, massage, pilates, psychotherapy, chiropractors, tai chi, etc. This course will bring not emergency assistance, but, perhaps, to help cope with the symptoms of pain.