How well we know such a disease as sciatica of the lumbar region. Our grandmothers, grandfathers, parents periodically remind us how it hurts when the vertebrae or swelling pinches nerves around the waist.
Symptoms and Treatment of Lumbar Radiculitis
Symptoms of lumbar radiculitis include:
- sharp shooting pain in the lumbar region;
- stiffness and muscle tension;
- curvature of the spine ;
- pain in the gluteal region, legs and feet (in neglected cases of the disease).
If you have an attack of radiculitis, you need to postpone all the cases and provide the body with peace. If the pain does not pass, you need to call an ambulance. The doctor will give you an anesthetic injection and give further recommendations.
Causes of lumbar sciatica
Doctors over the past 150 years had time to reconsider their views on the causes of radiculitis several times. Now the main reasons are the following:
- Overexertion during labor.
- Arthritis.
- Injuries of the lumbar region.
- Damage or displacement of the vertebral disc.
- Diabetes.
- Frequent constipation.
How to treat lumbar sciatica?
The neurologist will tell you about it in detail. Its main task is to determine why you are concerned about such pains and how to get rid of them. First of all, you will be offered to undergo an X-ray examination, because this is the surest way to find out which vertebrae are damaged and what kind of intervention it will take. The medicamentous treatment of lumbar sciatica is as follows:
- taking anti-inflammatory drugs;
- severe pain with lumbar radiculitis is removed with anesthetic injections;
- reception of vitamins of group B.
The most effective drugs for lumbar radiculitis include orthophene, diclofenac, ibuprofen, and in neglected cases - corticosteroids.
Excellent effect has warming means and procedures, such as pepper tincture, bee or snake venom, massages, manual therapy. Physiotherapy methods also help: irradiation with ultraviolet and ultrasound, exposure to diadynamic currents, inductothermy, electrophoresis, radon baths, mud.
Physical exercises in the form of physiotherapy exercises are also necessary. There are many exercises with lumbar radiculitis, which remarkably relieve tension and pain in the problem area.
Folk remedies in the treatment of radiculitis
Treatment of lumbar radiculitis with folk remedies is also very common and often helps to fight disease. The most effective means of folk medicine include:
- Applying to the diseased region of horseradish leaves and compresses on its basis.
- There are cases when walking barefoot for several months completely relieved from lumbar sciatica and problems with sciatic nerve.
- Several burdock leaves are tied with a dense cloth to the lumbar region and left for several hours.
- A mixture of eggs, turpentine and vinegar is used as an ointment for massage or compress application.
- Rinse with tincture of hot pepper on alcohol.
- Compress from Vanga: spread the sick area with honey, cover with two paper napkins, top with mustard plasters, cover with food wrap and thoroughly wrap everything with a woolen shawl. After a few hours, remove the compress.
- Hops drunk in boiling water and evaporate water to half the volume. This mixture is good for rubbing problem areas twice a day.
- Young pine shoots pour boiling water, boil, insist and drain. Tincture is added to the water when taking a bath.