If you have diagnosed osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine, you should prepare for the fact that the treatment will be quite lengthy and time consuming. This is due to the fact that such a disease does not appear in one moment, and, consequently, its treatment can not be rapid.
Symptoms and treatment of the osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine
Most often this disease manifests itself in this way:
- Stitching pains in the chest area during lying, sharp turns of the trunk and even coughing;
- circumcising pain in the chest, axillary zone to the neck;
- numbness and loss of skin sensitivity in the chest;
- feeling of foreign body in the esophagus;
- pain in the upper abdomen;
- weakness and convulsive leg cuts.
With this diagnosis, the doctor prescribes a comprehensive treatment, which includes the use of medications and procedures aimed at eliminating pathological deformity of the spinal column.
Treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervicothoracic part is carried out using its stretching and corrective gymnastics. All measures are aimed at maximally stretching the spine and restoring the intervertebral space.
Often, in the treatment of osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine, a massage is used, which is also aimed at restoring the correct location of the vertebrae. It should be noted that such events should be conducted exclusively by specialists in this field and only on the recommendation of the attending physician.
During the treatment of osteochondrosis of the thoracic region, in addition to corrective gymnastics , massage and stretching, doctors recommend swimming, which has a beneficial effect on the whole organism and naturally strengthens the back.
Preparations for osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine
It is worth saying that various medications and painkillers are used in this disease only at an early stage, when it is necessary to stop the pain syndrome. As spasmalgic agents, the following can be prescribed:
- Analgin;
- Ketonal;
- Nyz;
- Indomethacin.
The use of these drugs may somewhat distort the overall picture of the disease. For example, a patient ceases to feel pain and begins to move more actively than complicates his disease.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in osteochondrosis help to eliminate puffiness in the affected part of the spine and relieve inflammation. Effective drugs are considered on the basis of acetylsalicylic acid, which cope well with inflammation and fever.