The intervertebral hernia is a complication of osteochondrosis , in which the intervertebral ring is destroyed, and the nucleus is shifted outwards. As a result, you get a full incapacity, a constant, not retreating pain. The causes of a hernia are commonplace:
- malnutrition;
- lack of fluid in the body;
- lack of regular physical activity;
- prolonged wrong position of the back.
Treatment of the intervertebral hernia can take place in two ways:
- medicamentally and surgically;
- folk remedies and gymnastics.
Surgical intervention is prescribed only when the face neurological disorders, which are manifested by a lack of sensitivity and a complete disruption of the motor activity of any complexity. As for medicines, then, only anesthetic tablets, such as ibuprofen, will help.
Therapeutic gymnastics with a hernia of the spine also has differences.
When exacerbating, exercises are performed to reduce and eliminate pain syndrome.
And the second kind of therapeutic gymnastics with a hernia is exercises, performed with a preventive purpose, in order to avoid relapses. The essence of such exercises is the strengthening of the muscular corset around the spine, which allows you to remove the load from it and fix the positions of the entire spine.
To begin with, we will examine exercises of therapeutic gymnastics with an intervertebral hernia, which are performed as an "ambulance", when there is no possibility for the doctor to go, and the pain itself needs to be calmed down. These two exercises can reduce the pain syndrome by 70-80%, while they are guaranteed can not worsen your condition.
- The patient with back pain slowly and cautiously approaches any horizontal surface (table or couch), rests with both hands and slowly sits on the surface of the body. In doing so, you should feel the fixation of the body on the horizontal surface at the level of the hip bones. The legs and buttocks are relaxed. The patient makes a stomach inhalation (diaphragmatic breathing), counts to 4 and exhales. So repeat 7-8 times. During the inhalation, the stomach is inflated (not the chest!), During exhalation, feel the navel reaching for the spine. You can do 3 approaches. This exercise of therapeutic gymnastics with the intervertebral hernia allows you to relax the lumbar region, due to the weight of the legs and buttocks, there is an extension of the intervertebral discs.
- It becomes knee-elbow position, knees are maximally dilated to the sides, and the arms are perpendicular to the body. It is not right when your lumbar region is too crooked in this position, it is also wrong when the back is bent. As a rule, because of the pain syndrome, the spine automatically assumes a neutral position. In this rack, we repeat the performance of breaths and exhalations.
- Gently lie on the floor, hands on the width of the shoulders, are at the chest level. On inhalation we ascend as high as possible, straightening our arms and legs, pulling the coccyx upward. Head looks down. This rack is called a mountain. They stretched, lowered on exhalation as much as possible, without sinking completely to the floor. Hands hold body weight. We bend in the back and return to the pose of the mountain. We do three times daily.
Rules of implementation
Since the hernia of the intervertebral disc is characterized by acute pain, therapeutic gymnastics should be performed with extreme caution. In case of discomfort, stop exercising immediately. Do not jerk or jerk.
With a hernia of the spine, running, step-aerobics , and any jumping are contraindicated. But doctors recommend swimming, cycling and walking more often.