Osteochondrosis is often called a disease caused by the transition from a person to a direct walk, a disease of a civilized world. In fact, the load in the spine in modern people is almost never distributed uniformly, and osteochondrosis is characterized by damage to intervertebral discs. Every year, this disease is increasingly suffering from the population worldwide. At any age, a person can begin to suffer pain, seizures and other manifestations of osteochondrosis, which, among other things, also causes a series of other diseases. The development of the disease is influenced not only by hereditary factors or changes related to age, as it used to be, but also by an environmental situation that worsens, food products that bring more damage than the benefits and other living conditions of people in the 21st century. The most common type of osteochondrosis is lumbar, second place is occupied by the osteochondrosis of the cervical column (cervical osteochondrosis).
The main causes of osteochondrosis of the cervical region
The modern world, despite the progressive methods of treatment, the development of science and medical technologies, still faces various types of diseases associated with the spine. Among the important causes of osteochondrosis, the following can be called:
1. Causes of objective nature, in the presence of which special attention must be paid to its own spine
- Hereditary predisposition: Osteochondrosis can be inherited. If relatives suffered this disease, you must take all possible preventive measures to prevent their development
- Age -related changes: to age, the body itself produces less and less useful substances, which should also maintain a backbone in a healthy state. For osteochondrosis to develop more slowly, you must take care of your youth condition
2. The reasons associated with a person's way of life. They are easy to eliminate if they are not stable, and even better immediately follow the principles of a healthy lifestyle.
- Nutrition: What a person eats directly affects their health. A remarkable and fast improvement brings the rejection of salt, sugar, flour and fatty dishes, products consumption, which include preservatives and dyes, chocolate and alcohol. And, on the contrary, it must include in the diet those products that help in the construction of bone and cartilage (for example, agria milk products)
- Excessive weight: The natural consequence of malnutrition is an increase in weight, which leads to an increase in load in vertebrae
- Hypothermia: Any type of hypothermia, drafts should be avoided. If this happened, it happened quickly to receive treatment, bringing in the end
- Column injuries inevitably at the end will affect their condition
- Hypodinamia: Small mobility negatively affects the functioning of all parts of the spine
- Intoxication also affects intervertebral discs, prevents the absorption of useful micro elements. Smoking and alcohol are the main reasons for body poisoning.
- Stress: It seems that lack of sleep, depression, a negative emotional state are not related to the discomfort that is proven with the osteochondrosis of the cervical column. However, this is not so
Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervical column
The treatment of the osteochondrosis of the cervical column must begin as soon as possible. Like any disease in an advanced way, it is much harder and the consequences affect the whole body. Sometimes, the symptoms of osteochondrosis are attributed to other diseases. In case of any deviation from the standard, you must immediately consult a doctor and review your lifestyle. The symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis include:
- Pain, mainly in the occipital region, among the shoulder blades, in the neck
- Feeling on the shoulders
- Fingertips (mainly during sleep)
- If, due to the development of the osteochondrosis of the cervical column, the brain circulation is altered, a often dizzy person, the "flies" called flickers before their eyes
- The feet of angina pectoralis can be false, with the osteochondrosis of the Cervical Hotel, the pectoris of False Angina is often produced
- Headaches
- In some cases, with the osteochondrosis of the cervical region, there is even a deterioration in the vision
- Noise, congestion, playing in the ears. In some cases, hearing deterioration is possible
- Due to the head of the head of the head are limited
- Lack of oxygen, which can be expressed in difficulty breathing, snoring, as well as an increase in fatigue
- Nausea and sometimes vomiting
- Fluctuations in blood pressure
In the absence of adequate treatment, symptoms can take more acute forms: for example, the paralysis of the upper limbs can occur, often appears hernia in the cervical region, the dream is altered due to pain, memory worsens.
Methods of treatment and prevention of the osteochondrosis of the cervical column
Diet. An important factor that leads to the successful treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical region is the observance of a diet, which does not mean abandoning most products with osteochondrosis, on the contrary, mono-dietas, scarce nutrition are contraindicated. To reduce weight, you must adhere to fractional power 4-5 times a day.
What products are important for the restoration of the cartilage fabric:
- meat (low fat, not fried)
- Fish and seafood
- dairy products, which include cheese, cottage cheese, kefir
- olive oil
- Vegetables and fruits, both fresh, not canned or subject to some other processing. Broccoli, vegetables, dates are especially rich in so necessary for osteochondrosis by calcium
- Groups
- Nuts and seeds
- eggs
- Magnesium can "supply" bananas, cucumbers, oats, dry apricot, legumes
Products of which, with osteochondrosis of the neck, you will have to reject:
- Bakery and sweet
- Fat, acute and salty food
- canned food
- carbonated and alcoholic beverages
- Fast food products
- butter and sausages
- FUERTE Tea and coffee
With the osteochondrosis, it must drink 2. 5 - 3 liters of clean water, the remaining drinks, are not considered soups.
Physiotherapeutic procedures. This type of treatment has long been established as an excellent method to reduce pain and edema, improve the microcirculation of blood, relaxation and toxin elimination. Among the physiotherapeutic procedures in modern medical practice, a wide range of opportunities: 
- Electrophoresis and galvanization
- Ultra frequency procedures (UHF)
- Magnetotherapy
- ultraviolet
- Paraffin and mud baths
- Collar zone massage
MedicationsWith severe pain, medications that can reduce them are taken to relieve inflammation. To replace the lack of micro and macroements in the body, it is recommended to take vitamins and food additives that can restore the necessary balance, which these days is difficult to achieve only using food products. A good impact on the cervical region has ointments designed to also reduce inflammation and pain.
Medical Physical Education. The movement provides the opportunity to take a different position. Since a modern person is inactive and more often spends time in a sitting or lying position, gymnastics to strengthen the spine is simply irreplaceable. Exercises should not cause pain, discomfort and, in addition, hurt. With the osteochondrosis of the cervical region, physiotherapy exercises aim to strengthen neck muscles:
- Lying on the stomach, lift your head (back), keep it in this position for 1-2 minutes, let it down
- In the same position, turn your head to the left-right
- Exercise, which is easy to do during the working day, sitting on the table: with the palms, resting on the forehead, resist forever ("rear"), then cross the arms on the back of the head and also rests the head in Las Palmas, resisting.
- This exercise also does not require special conditions to meet: turn the head to the left and right, tilting the head in both directions to the shoulders, inclinations of the head forward and backward and the rotation of the head. It is better to do these exercises sitting, slowly, during the dizziness, the interruption
- Since the cervical region is directly related to other parts of the spine, it is important to strengthen the back: for this you must lie on your back, tighten your legs in your chest and roll (it must be done on a hard surface); Lying on your back, put your feet on a chair and pull your head on your knees; kneeling, grabbing his hands behind his back, trying his knees with his forehead
It is recommended to perform exercises regularly, at least a few minutes a day, otherwise, their effect will be minimal. It must also properly organize a sleeping place: the proper mattress (not pushed, with a flat and solid surface) and, which is extremely important with the osteochondrosis of the neck of the neck area, a special hard pillow in a certain way for the proper position of the head and neck during sleep, it must also be in bed.
Popular remedies. Despite the fact that osteochondrosis is a scourge of a modern person, people have suffered this disease for a long time and, therefore, traditional medicine has many recipes to eliminate pain, edema, improve the general condition and prevention:
- For external use at home, you can make ointments and rub: the berries of Saúco Rojas are poured with 2/3 with alcohol and worth it for a week; Then this friction can begin to be used; The hops cones rub with butter and rub in the neck area
- For internal use, decoctions are made, infusions are elaborated, herbs are elaborated: it is recommended that the herbal teas be made according to the grass of San Juan, the bell, the hops - 2 tablespoons of grass by 0. 5 liters of water are generally made for 5 minutes, then the mixture is infused for half an hour, filtered and taken into several techniques during the day.
Taking measures to treat the osteochondrosis of the cervical column, do not forget that disease prevention is always more effective. In addition, any disease requires an integrated approach to treatment, since the effect must be provided throughout the body as a whole.