The back is the part of the body located between the lower back and the lower part of the neck. Back pain accompanies many diseases. And so often that they rank second after acute respiratory infections in terms of the number of visits to medical institutions.
What to do when your back hurts? Of course, consult a doctor. Neurologists, orthopedists, general practitioners, and chiropractors treat the back. They will find out the true cause of the disease and prescribe a course of treatment. The cause of pain may be:
The most common spinal lesions
The main diseases that cause back pain can be grouped into several groups: degenerative-dystrophic, inflammatory, myofascial, and rare diseases. Pregnancy is considered separately as a physiological state of the body.
Osteochondrosis and spondyloarthrosis are common diseases accompanied by back pain. The reason lies in pathological changes in various structures of the spine. The differences and similarities between the two diseases are as follows:
Radiculitis, lumbago, intercostal neuralgia, radicular syndrome are synonyms for one disease. It is a consequence of osteochondrosis, complicated by hernial formations. Hernias irritate and compress the nerve roots, causing tension and spasm of the intercostal muscles. As a result, severe pain appears in the lower back, which can radiate to the legs. An untreated disease leads to paresis. The patient feels “pins and needles, numbness, decreased sensitivity of the limb. It is difficult to lift and straighten the leg. Terrible pain appears when sitting, trying to rise or straighten the sore leg.
If your back hurts due to osteochondrosis or spondyloarthrosis, you need to seriously persist in treatment. At the initial stage, especially in young people, the disease is reversible. Otherwise, it takes a chronic course with periods of exacerbations and remissions. Over time, the frequency of exacerbations will increase, and back pain will only increase.
It is also known as Bekhterev's disease, a chronic severe lesion of the joints of the spine. Has a genetic predisposition. More often it affects young, able-bodied men in the prime of life. Sooner or later, the disease leads to disability. Spondylosis begins with changes in the discs. As the disease develops, it spreads to the vertebrae, which are firmly connected to each other by connective tissue into a fixed structure (bamboo stick). The spine is completely immobilized.
Stage-by-stage changes in the spine with ankylosing spondylosis
If you experience stiffness in the morning, dull back pain, or loss of spine flexibility, consult a doctor immediately. The progression of the disease can still be stopped and the time of physical activity can be extended.
Like ankylosing spondylosis, it belongs to the group of nonspecific spondylosis. Occurs only after injury. The tragedy of the disease lies in the fact that traumatic pain soon passes. The disease “goes silent” for an indefinite period of time. The injured person considers himself absolutely healthy. The disease unexpectedly manifests itself as necrotic changes in the vertebrae, fractures, frequent relapses, and terrible pain.
Specific and nonspecific inflammation of the spine, caused by various reasons. Specific spondylitis is caused by:
The diseases are accompanied by destruction of the vertebral bodies with very severe persistent back pain and spinal deformation.
The name suggests that the disease affects the muscles and fascia of the back. With excessive muscle tension, injuries, poor posture, and osteochondrosis, trigger points are formed in the fascia and muscles. These are dense, painful formations in the form of lumps or strands. When pressing on the points and massaging, severe pain occurs.
Back pain trigger points
Trigger zones can be active or passive. Active zones are places of increased sensitivity and excitability of muscles and fascia. They react sharply to the slightest muscle movement. In passive zones, pain appears only after pressure.
Pneumonia and pleurisy cause aching back pain. With heart disease, pain may radiate under the shoulder blade. Kidney diseases are accompanied by long-term pain in the lower back and lower back. But for somatic diseases, in addition to pain, other symptoms come first. For example, with pneumonia, pleurisy, cough, fever, shortness of breath, etc. appear.
Pregnancy is a physiological condition of a woman, fraught with frequent back pain. During the period of bearing a child, a woman’s body undergoes radical hormonal changes. The load on all organs and systems increases, including the spine. The psycho-emotional state of a pregnant woman changes.
Back pain during pregnancy is common
Lower back pain at the beginning of pregnancy occurs when there is a threat of miscarriage. They are pulling, aching, sometimes cramping. Pain in later stages is associated with increased stress on the back muscles and spine. A woman’s posture changes, and her lumbar lordosis increases—another reason for painful sensations in a pregnant woman.
If there is a threat of miscarriage, emergency help is needed. To reduce the load on the spine, it is recommended to wear a prenatal bandage. During this important period, everything is important, even the height of the heel, it should be small.
Benign and malignant, metastases in the spine due to prostate adenoma, multiple myeloma cause unbearable terrible pain in the spine and back.
A rare disease caused by infection and inflammation of the vertebrae by pyogenic microbes: staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, streptococcus. Affects different parts of the spine. It most often develops in men after 40-50 years of age. The disease occurs with acute pain in the affected area, high fever, and intoxication.
Or osteodystrophy, occurs when the synthesis and restoration of bone tissue is impaired. Appears against the background of autoimmune diseases, with ankylosing spondylosis, after fractures. Characterized by fragility and increased fragility of the bones of the spine.
If your back hurts, you should definitely get a comprehensive examination. First, the doctor carefully examines the patient. Further diagnosis is based on clinical and instrumental indicators.
Scintigraphy is one of the ways to scan the spine skeleton
Upon examination, the nature of the pain, localization, time of occurrence - at night, when changing body position, during physical activity, at rest, etc. are clarified. The presence of concomitant diseases that can provoke back pain is taken into account - pneumonia, pleurisy, neoplasms, mental illness, back injuries. Then other studies are carried out:
The doctor knows better what types of diagnostics to do. Sometimes radiography is enough to find out the cause of the disease. Sometimes they resort to additional, more informative types of examination.
Depending on the type of disease and severity, the necessary method of treatment is selected - conservative or surgical. Patients with acute pain and severe disease are treated in a hospital, the rest are treated on an outpatient basis. Spinal surgeries are performed extremely rarely. Preference is given to conservative treatment that affects the underlying disease. For pain, the following are indicated:
Synvisc – synovial prosthesis in ampoules restores cartilage
Diclofenac and its analogues are considered the best NSAIDs. The drugs have an anti-inflammatory effect, provide good pain relief compared to other NSAIDs, have fewer contraindications, and do not affect metabolic processes in the spine. For inflammatory diseases, drug treatment is supplemented with antibiotics.
Acute pain is relieved with novocaine blockades, hydrocortisone injections, and analgesics. Outside of exacerbation, ointments, massage, physical therapy, physiotherapy, manual and reflexology are indicated. Staying in a sanatorium gives good results. To temporarily relieve the diseased spine, special fixing corsets are worn.
Pain is not only a source of discomfort. In the initial stage of the disease, it acts as a defensive reaction, suggesting that something is wrong in the body, and measures need to be taken.
Back pain refers to a whole list of diseases that have common clinical manifestations. Up to 70% of people from developed countries experience back pain every year. This figure includes men and women aged 35 - 55 years. Back pain in children is no exception, which, unfortunately, in recent decades has been provoked by prolonged sitting at the computer and minimal physical activity, which includes sports.
Back pain can be chronic or acute. It can develop suddenly or gradually, and at the same time be aching for a long time, dull or acute, as well as abruptly occurring and quickly passing. Unpleasant sensations appear both during a calm state and when coughing, during sneezing or careless movement. This is a signal that the body has begun to have problems with the spine and surrounding muscles.
In most cases, back pain is the result of damage to the muscles of the skeletal system. The next factor that causes pain in the dorsal region is changes in the spine, such as herniated intervertebral discs. In very rare cases, pain occurs due to a serious illness, such as bone cancer. Tumors and inflammatory processes in human internal organs play an equally significant role. Quite often, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris are considered to be the causes of pain.
The main causes of back pain include:
Diseases that cause back pain:
Constant (chronic) back pain:
If back pain above the lower back is a typical sign of osteochondrosis, the cause of which may be overwork, curvature of posture due to prolonged sitting at the workplace. Girdle pain, occurring periodically or constantly, radiating to the abdominal area, is associated with tumors of internal organs, stomach ulcers and pancreatitis.
Pain in the lower back can also radiate to the legs. It can be provoked by ankylosing spondylitis, radiculitis, or intervertebral hernia. When the back hurts between the shoulder blades, in the chest, and there is no elevated temperature, among the possible causes are osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine, as well as an uncomfortable body position.
Sudden onset back pain:
There are many different methods to treat pain and effectively relieve symptoms. Most often, at the initial stage of therapy, doctors recommend the use of tablets for back pain.
The most effective medications for pain relief are:
In general, treatment with these drugs goes well and without negative consequences. But it should be noted that all painkillers have a negative effect on the stomach and an allergic reaction to them is possible.
To relieve muscle spasms, the doctor also considers treatment with muscle relaxants. They include:
If the disease is severe, non-steroidal drugs are recommended. These are mainly dosage forms in the form of injections, either intramuscular or intravenous use.
Such drugs include:
Also, in addition to the above methods of combating signs of pain, local remedies can also be used.
A number of popular ointments for back pain include:
They have warming, cooling, anti-inflammatory, regenerating, analgesic, and absorbent effects.
In some very severe cases, narcotic medications are recommended for pain relief. Most often they are prescribed for cancer and tumors.
Narcotic drugs include:
Surgery may be considered if back pain is caused by a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, or sciatica that does not respond to medication or physical therapy.
At this stage of human development, there are also alternative methods of treatment, such as yoga, massage, acupuncture. Manual therapy, acupuncture, or massage for back pain are becoming increasingly fashionable.
For the majority of people, these methods have every chance of existing and can be useful, since each of us reacts strongly to pain, does not ignore it and looks for various ways to alleviate it.
Preventive methods to prevent back pain include:
Pain in the legs occurs from time to time in any person. To cure discomfort in the limbs, it is necessary to identify the cause and diagnose the disease that caused the discomfort. The sooner the patient begins treatment, the greater the chance of success and full recovery. After all, only the attending physician can answer the question of why the legs hurt below the knees, the pain in the back radiates to the leg, or the little toe hurts.
Factors that cause discomfort and pain in the legs can vary. Aching pain in the legs is not always a harbinger of a serious illness, especially if such sensations are intermittent. Only a specialist can understand why the leg hurts below the knee in front or under the knee in the back, pain started in the right side.
Painful sensations arise from physical activity. For example, a child complains of pain in his legs after intense exercise in physical education class. Perhaps then your legs hurt after running. The cause is overworked muscles during dancing and squats. Often children, coming to the gym for the first time, decide that running many kilometers will immediately make their muscles strong. After exercise, the child’s legs hurt at night. A person’s muscles ache during squats and running, and if the pain persists after training, it’s worth considering whether there is an injury.
Playing sports can injure a joint or tendon. If your knee or sacrum hurts very badly after a fall, an x-ray should be taken. If your legs hurt badly and do not go away, you need to go to the hospital.
Doctors know many reasons why a patient may complain of nagging pain in the legs. Symptoms of pain are multifaceted (the lower leg hurts, the right buttock hurts, the bump on the leg hurts), they manifest themselves from attacks to loss of sensitivity. Symptoms depend on the nature of the disorders in the muscles, nerves, blood vessels, arteries and tendons. This is usually a consequence of problems with veins or pinched nerves.
Problems with veins occupy a leading position among the causes of pain. They are characterized by impaired blood flow and nagging pain. If varicose veins are not treated immediately, the pathology develops into thrombophlebitis. The disease affects the veins of the legs and thighs - often only one leg, while the patient complains that the lower leg constantly hurts. The pain in the legs with varicose veins is nagging, aching. The limb may become swollen. Unpleasant sensations often begin in the legs at night, spoiling comfortable sleep and rest.
Often leg pain occurs due to problems with the veins.
If the patient notices that the leg is swollen and hurts below, then these are also symptoms of venous insufficiency. You definitely need to go to the doctor so that he can prescribe treatment.
It is believed that the lower back and sacrum cause pain only with diseases of the spine, but this is not entirely true. If the sacrum and lower back hurt, then this is probably a symptom of thrombophlebitis or varicose veins.
The lower extremities often cause pain due to arterial diseases. After walking, my legs begin to ache. Discomfortable sensations bother the patient, localized in the thighs and legs. Cramps begin, feet freeze. Pain in the left leg is often a sign of atherosclerosis; stagnation of venous blood provokes irritation of the nerves, which leads to pain. The patient feels heaviness in the legs, and if the disease is not treated, the pain in the left leg will intensify, and atherosclerosis will lead to varicose veins.
Pain in the thigh, radiating to the gluteal muscle, occurs with stenosis of the aorta or iliac artery. The patient is limping: the ailment is often confused with joint disease. With stenosis, the patient’s legs may become ill after exertion or walking, and pain in the thigh begins. Patients with diabetes have leg pain due to atherosclerosis. Vasoconstriction occurs, and the lower extremities suffer from deterioration of blood flow and oxygen supply.
Patients with diabetes notice that the toenail has turned black. This happens due to impaired blood supply. It happens that it turns black, but does not hurt - the nail plate with diabetes can turn black when foot or nail fungus occurs. If you have fungus, your feet may smell. Patients often suffer from “diabetic sole syndrome.” The patient constantly feels that the soles of his feet are frozen. Poor circulation occurs not only after sleep, when a person is in a lying position, but constantly.
Due to disturbances in the blood supply, in diabetes mellitus, it leads to blackening of the nail.
The leg hurts under the knee due to dissection of the walls of the popliteal artery, the nature of the pain is pulsating. Visually, the aneurysm is similar to a Baker's cyst, but when you press on it, the doctor will feel a pulsation. Pain behind the knee also occurs with thrombosis of this artery. The condition is rare and has been confused with pinched nerves or a hernia. Especially if the pain radiates to the sacrum.
After sleep, the lower limbs ache in people suffering from constant alcohol intoxication. Alcoholic drink has a negative effect on the patient's body, and their feet may freeze due to lack of blood circulation. Legs hurt after drinking alcohol due to damage to nerve fibers and blood vessels.
If pain in the legs is paroxysmal in nature and goes away on its own, then the doctor will probably diagnose the symptoms as a disease of the nervous system. If a patient’s leg hurts from the hip to the knee, the pain is localized along the sciatic nerve, usually the discomfort is caused by its pinching. Patients complain that their back and legs hurt.
If your left leg hurts and radiates to the side on the right, the symptoms are caused by a serious disease, such as a hernia, spondylosis, or joint diseases. And pain in the right side is often a sign of exacerbation of urolithiasis.
Why do my legs hurt during pregnancy?
Leg pain often occurs in pregnant women.
Varicose veins are a real scourge of pregnant women. Even if a woman did not have a predisposition to varicose veins, then when she carries a child under her heart, she automatically falls into the risk group. Symptoms of the disease: patients complain of tingling, legs hurt and feel like they are filled with lead. The limbs swell, a vascular pattern appears on them, and at night they often experience cramps. When diagnosed with varicose veins, pain begins between the legs during pregnancy. This is common among obese women and those who stand for long hours.
It hurts between the legs in pregnant women because the veins cannot cope with the given load, and the valves of the veins can no longer function as usual. Usually this is the 38th week of pregnancy: the lower back hurts and swelling of the lower extremities appears. My legs hurt especially in the morning. But during pregnancy, there is pain between the legs not only from varicose veins, but also from the divergence of the pubic bones before childbirth. This is approximately 37–38 weeks of pregnancy: the lower abdomen, hips and pelvis area hurt, pain is felt in the sacrum. It can radiate to the thigh and pelvis. In this case, treatment is not necessary. Mostly my legs hurt when I walk. A woman experiences the same pain at times after sex.
The birth of a child does not mean that a difficult period in a woman’s life has passed without consequences. A common complaint from women in labor is pain in their arms and legs. Reason: the pregnant body is weakened after childbirth; when bending your arms, you have to strain your hands, which leads to inflammation. Legs hurt after childbirth due to overexertion of the feet. Sometimes the foot is affected by plantar fasciitis. Under the influence of heavy weight, the fascia of the foot is stretched.
Lower extremities can hurt for many reasons. Patients also experience pain in the left buttock, which manifests itself when bending. Sometimes there is pain in the buttock, radiating to the leg. If your leg hurts in the hip, the cause is bone tissue injury (femoral neck fracture, bruises). Symptoms of the disease: pain in the leg from hip to knee. Establishing the exact cause and treatment depends on the recommendations of a specialist. Pain occurs with osteoporosis in older people, with osteomyelitis. Discomfort is also caused by joint diseases, arthritis, arthrosis.
This is one of the answers to the question of why a child’s legs hurt. After DTP vaccination, the child experiences discomfort when bending his legs or moving. The vaccine, acting on tissue when injected, causes a local inflammatory process. If a child has pain in his leg, and to this is added pain in the sacrum, then the reason may lie in congenital pathologies.
Often patients, when faced with an illness, do not know which doctor to turn to. Treatment depends on the disease that caused the symptoms, because the manifestations of discomfort vary. It happens that the tendons hurt, pain is felt when straightening the leg, and sudden pain occurs in the sacrum. How to get rid of leg pain if it is caused by joint diseases? Recommended use:
To eliminate pain in the legs, you can use ointment.
If you experience discomfort after playing sports, you should relax tense muscles with a massage. Experienced athletes, when their legs hurt after training, know what to do; they perform exercises to warm up the muscles. Some patients complain that their legs hurt when walking, this may be due to tired legs. Foot baths with cold water will help and it is recommended to take a comfortable position with your legs raised at an angle of 90 degrees. If your legs hurt, what should you do and which doctor should you go to? To cure the sacrum, in which pain radiates to the leg, it is worth establishing the cause of the disease by undergoing an examination. If the pain in the sacrum is unbearable and the leg hurts in the groin, then treatment with a course of non-steroidal drugs is prescribed to relieve pain.
How to get rid of leg pain? Pain in the legs, taking into account the causes (often hidden in vascular disease), is treated comprehensively. Compression underwear is used for treatment, which tones the walls of blood vessels. The patient should undergo a complex of exercise therapy, massage, and medication treatment are indicated to normalize blood flow. Treatment of diseases that cause heaviness in the legs is prescribed only by a doctor. Before starting treatment, it is necessary to perform a diagnosis to understand why the lower extremities are experiencing discomfort. Treatment of pathologies is multifaceted: some patients will benefit from regular massage and gymnastics, while others will benefit only from surgery.
Any person, regardless of age and status, is not immune from vascular diseases that cause pain in the legs. When such diseases are identified, comprehensive treatment prescribed by a phlebologist is necessary. And you can prevent vascular diseases using preventive measures (taking vitamins, a healthy lifestyle, etc.).
Inflammation of the prostate, as has been said more than once, is possible for a number of reasons, and timely diagnosis of the disease is very important for successful treatment.
Recognizing the initial stage of prostatitis is not particularly difficult, but the difficulty is that the onset of the disease is no different from a common viral infection. Aches in the joints and muscles, headaches, high body temperature, weakness - symptoms characteristic of a cold, and very rarely men turn to a urologist with this. And in vain.
This is the problem. Behind a seemingly ordinary ailment there can be a serious illness fraught with many problems for men. And as a rule, people go to the doctor with the chronic form.
A sensitive attitude towards yourself and your health, a timely visit to the doctor will help to avoid pathology.
Impotence and infertility are common consequences of advanced prostatitis. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Cutting pain in the genital area, which intensifies with urination, is one of the first symptoms of inflammation of the prostate gland. In acute prostatitis, pain can develop to such a degree that the patient develops a psychological barrier to emptying the bladder. With chronic prostatitis, the pain is much weaker, but it haunts the patient constantly and can intensify, for example, during sexual intercourse.
In addition to pain in the genital area, discomfort can spread to the lower back, buttocks, sacrum and legs. Sometimes the pain is also localized in the anal area. The prostate itself does not experience pain because it has no nerve endings. But nerves to the organs of the genitourinary system pass through it, like power lines. That's why they hurt.
The nature of pain with prostatitis, in addition to the stage of the disease, also depends on the presence of other inflammations of the urogenital zone of a man.
Unpleasant sensations can occur both during the day and at night. Last for several hours or pass almost instantly.
The following factors may contribute to increased pain:
These types of pain are characteristic of various types of disease, so do not try to diagnose yourself and be sure to seek help from a specialist.
Diagnostics, in addition to a general examination, will include an ultrasound examination, tests, spermogram and other procedures. Only after this will a specific course of treatment be recommended.
The phase of the disease during which pain appears is divided into infectious and non-infectious. Moreover, young and active men are more susceptible to the first subtype of chronic prostatitis, and older people are more susceptible to the second.
Infectious inflammation of the prostate gland occurs as a result of promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases. Non-infectious - as a result of stagnation caused by a sedentary lifestyle, prolonged abstinence and hypothermia.
The nature of pain in prostatitis of an infectious nature is expressed in pain and burning of the urethra during urination, aching pain in the testicles and perineum, radiating down the abdomen and into the lower back. Sometimes the joints hurt, but it is not a pronounced, dull pain. During a rectal examination, pain is also possible.
The non-infectious form of prostatitis is characterized by pain in the pelvis. There is pain in the scrotum, perineum and sacrum. Painful sensations: erased, aching. Occur periodically, and without any accompanying reasons. Pain during ejaculation is also possible.
This occurs due to the fact that the prostate gland is an organ of the endocrine system responsible for the production of secretion that is part of sperm. Its inflammatory process leads to deterioration in sperm quality, inflammation and blockage of microvessels in the testes.
Pain syndrome with prostatitis is interconnected with exacerbation phases. As the inflammatory process progresses, the pain becomes sharp and jerking. Due to the sharp swelling of the gland, urination becomes extremely difficult and painful, with pain radiating to the scrotum and lower abdomen. There is pain in the penis. The stool becomes extremely painful, and shooting pains occur in the lower back.
As a result of narrowing of the urinary canal, the outflow of urine is disrupted. When urination is delayed, residual fluid fills the bladder, which sooner or later leads to inflammation. There is a failure in the waste disposal system. As they accumulate, they are converted into poisons that poison the body. Pain in the kidneys with prostatitis indicates a disruption in their functioning , and that the kidneys are under constant toxic influence.
Inflammation of the bladder and obstruction of urine flow can lead to acute renal failure.
Pain in the legs with prostatitis is evidence that the inflammatory process of the gland is so intense that the pain spreads not only to the perineum and scrotum, but also to the lymph nodes and muscle fibers of the lower extremities. With this development, there is swelling and pain in the testicles and penis, radiating pain to the leg or both legs. These pain sensations are only a component of the general pain syndrome with prostatitis. They spread mainly to the inner surfaces of the thighs in the form of aching and nagging pain.
Chronic prostatitis in its acute form can act as a trigger for a chain reaction, in which, due to damage to one organ, another becomes ill. So, with prolonged delay of urination, the bladder and kidneys suffer. As a result of kidney pathology, the heart can hurt. Likewise, pain in the leg, or in the legs due to prostatitis, may be an indicator of the development of reactive arthritis. But you should only worry if bacterial prostatitis is diagnosed, and if it is not the leg muscles that hurt, but their joints and bones. Reactive arthritis can develop as a complication of prostatitis caused by sexually transmitted bacteria.
The prostate gland is an organ closely interconnected with the urethra and rectum. It is located right between them, and its inflammation directly affects these organs. Due to the fact that the prostate is located in the lower part of the pelvis, when inflamed, it becomes a source of irradiation of pain to all surrounding areas: the lower pubic, lower sacral, lumbar, perineum and external organs. With prostatitis, one specific organ cannot hurt. Pain sensations cover the entire lower part of the pelvis with all accompanying organs, and pain, for example, in the perineum is only a component of the general pain syndrome. The peculiarity of pain with prostatitis is its constancy. Having appeared in the form of aching discomfort and heaviness in the groin, it will not disappear, but will only intensify or return to its original state.
Complete relief from pain will indicate the beginning of recovery.
With prostatitis, pain in the abdomen, in its lower part, is an indicator that the disease is in a chronic form. The intensity of pain directly depends on the degree of exacerbation of the inflammatory process. Pain in the lower abdomen with prostatitis occurs due to inflammation of the seminal vesicles, and is reflected from the source of inflammation to the external genital organs and anus. The nature of the pain is aching, dull, exhausting. There is a frequent urge to urinate and defecate. Loose stools with mild pain.
Back pain is directly related to kidney dysfunction and its pathology. And if your back hurts, it means there is a problem with your kidneys. Do not confuse your back with your lower back. Lower back pain with prostatitis is caused by the effect of the inflamed prostate on the nerve endings of the sacrum. The sacral region is the lower part of the spine. Simply put, the sacrum is connected to the lower lumbar vertebra.
If severe pain develops that accompanies the process of inflammation of the prostate gland, the doctor usually prescribes painkillers. However, discomfort is only a superficial symptom of the disease and in order to get rid of it forever, it is necessary to cure the disease itself.
Pain develops after an excessive amount of secretion begins to form in the prostate gland, which does not come out due to blockage of the ducts. As a result, pressure increases inside the organ and causes first slight discomfort, and then (if left untreated) severe pain.
The doctor selects specific drugs for the treatment of prostatitis and, in particular, for pain relief, on an individual basis. This depends on the form of the disease, the stage of its development, the age of the patient and various physiological characteristics, such as the presence of concomitant diseases.
One of the main factors contributing to successful treatment is self-discipline.
It is very important not only to follow all the doctor’s instructions, but also to change your life: get rid of bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles, and go in for sports.
In addition to basic drug treatment, the doctor often recommends undergoing a course of physical procedures, such as laser therapy, magnetic therapy, leech treatment, prostate massage, acupuncture, etc.
You can also resort to methods of “traditional” medicine, but only after consulting a doctor. In particular, pumpkin seeds, which must be eaten every day 45 minutes before meals for 7-10 months, are good for pain relief. Treatment with burdock, bearberry, asparagus seeds, nettle, etc. is common. However, all alternative medicine recipes are aimed at relieving superficial inflammation and cannot replace medications. Therefore, they should be practiced either for prevention purposes or as an addition to the main therapy.
Remember that untimely treatment of prostatitis leads to the disease becoming chronic and getting rid of it becomes much more difficult. Take care of yourself, try to spend more time in the fresh air, eat right and lead an active lifestyle.
There is a physiological reflex that relaxes a muscle if it is in a state of stretch for a long time. It turns on after about two minutes with continuous muscle tension. This relaxation lasts for about 6 hours. This set of exercises is based on the effect of this reflex. You must understand that these exercises are not curative (do not affect the cause of the disease), but simply relieve pain (have a symptomatic effect).
- stretching of the muscles of the anterior surface of the thigh . Standing on the healthy leg, bend the patient at the knee, take the ankle joint with the corresponding hand and pull it back, stretching the front surface of the thigh of the diseased leg. Continuously hold the tension for 2-3 minutes, then slowly release the leg. Helps with muscle pain in the legs along the front of the thigh or in the knee.
- stretching of the muscles of the back of the thigh . Standing on the healthy leg, we place the straightened sore leg on a chair. We bend towards the sore leg as much as possible, creating tension along the back of the thigh. We continuously hold the tension for 2-3 minutes, then slowly remove the leg from the chair. Helps with pain in the legs along the back of the thigh.
- sprained calf muscles . Go to the wall (or any vertical surface, for example, with a flat table leg), place the foot of the sore leg against the wall - the sole is on the wall, the heel is on the floor. Pull the knee of the sore leg and the entire torso as close to the wall as possible, stretching the calf muscle. We continuously hold the tension for 2-3 minutes, then slowly remove the leg. Helps with leg pain below the knee and heel spurs.
For lumbar ischialgia, muscle pain in the legs is relieved by stretching the muscles on the sore leg along the surface where there is pain, and on the opposite leg - the opposite surface. For example, pain along the back of the right leg. We stretch the back surface on the right, and the front on the left. For arthrosis of the knee joints, we do all three stretches. With a heel spur, it is enough to stretch the lower leg.
If you are worried about pain on the outer surface of the thigh (lamps), do the following exercise:
— lying on your back, without lifting your shoulder of the same name from the surface, we throw the sore leg over to the opposite side and leave it hanging, relaxing the muscles. Completed within 5-6 minutes.
You don't have to do all these stretches. To relieve muscle pain in the legs, it is enough to stretch those muscles whose tension causes pain. It’s easy to identify them: where it hurts, that’s where you need to stretch.
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What to do if your lower back hurts?
Low back pain is familiar to almost every person. It is difficult to find someone who has not at least once encountered this extremely unpleasant symptom. Sometimes it is enough to sit in an uncomfortable position for a while to cause discomfort in the lumbar spine. But this is not a serious problem, but simply a consequence of being in an uncomfortable position for a long time. But severe lower back pain almost always has specific causes and is a reason to go to the doctor. The diagnosis will not always be expected, because osteochondrosis is only one of the possible problems, lower back pain.
Why your lower back hurts and what to do in such a situation is not difficult to guess. The doctor will make a diagnosis and identify the cause of the pain, after which it will be necessary to begin treatment.
When understanding why the lower back hurts, we must not forget that the causes of such pain number in the dozens, and a lay person will never be able to determine the real source of the problem.
In general, the medical classification separates primary and secondary pain syndromes, which can affect the lumbar region.
Primary low back pain syndrome occurs as a result of musculoskeletal changes of a morphofunctional nature. It is the cause of the vast majority of cases of back pain in the lumbar region. The most significant of the reasons is degenerative-dystrophic changes occurring in various parts of the spine:
Secondary pain syndrome has much more diverse causes of pain:
Maybe the problem is not in the lower back?
Lower back pain is also divided into acute and chronic, which can be caused by a variety of problems and diseases, both of the nerve endings and the spine itself. Displaced pain is often observed - pain sensations are transmitted from other organs, which are located much deeper. In other words, a person thinks that the lower back hurts, although in fact the problem is in a completely different part of the body. But most often pain is projected to the lumbar region from the pelvic organs, pancreas, kidneys, colon or tumors that are located behind the peritoneum.
Usually people do not know what to do if their lower back hurts. But it is well clear what you should not do - this is self-medication . The causes of pain are varied, only a specialist can make a correct diagnosis, and the constant use of painkillers (which many consider treatment) can cause even more harm.
The specialist, in turn, makes a diagnosis based on data obtained as a result of additional examinations, for example MRI diagnostics of the spine.
When choosing a center for the purpose of undergoing a spine examination, you need to take into account the reviews and professionalism of the doctors working there. At the European Diagnostic Center. The staff is distinguished by high professionalism and impeccable politeness. The class of equipment used (1.5 Tesla tomograph) ensures high quality images and increases the possibilities of early diagnosis.
You can get an MRI examination at the European Diagnostic Center by making an appointment by phone. 8 (495) 363-85-06. Registration is also available through the website edc.ru. You just need to leave a request for a call back - a specialist will contact the customer to clarify all the diagnostic details. He will name the time, date, and necessary documents.
Before deciding what to do when the lower back hurts badly, any serious doctor will first determine the cause of the pain. The reasons may be different, but most of them are somehow related to the spine.
One of the simplest and most harmless causes of pain is an acute muscle strain. In this case, the source of pain is the spasmed long muscles. With this problem, the pain rarely “radiates” to other parts of the body, but it quite severely limits a person’s mobility. This reason is very common; it is often encountered by athletes and people whose work involves various physical activities.
Spinal injuries can cause lower back pain
Another common, but much more serious source of pain in terms of consequences is a spinal fracture, especially when it comes to vertebral compression fractures. Most often this happens with unsuccessful falls and other back injuries. But if a person is sick with hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, or has tumors in the spinal region, then a fracture can occur unnoticed by the patient, as they say “out of the blue.” Moreover, a person will not even understand when this turning point occurred.
An equally unpleasant situation, which causes acute pain in the lower back, is displacement of the intervertebral discs in the lumbar spine. Symptoms of this problem are severe acute pain in the lower back, which severely limits mobility. Most often, pain occurs due to compression of the nerve roots. Signs of such compression are:
One of the unpleasant trends in this problem is that such displacement can cause pathology of the vertebrae below. As a result, pain appears below the lower back, and the functions of the rectum and bladder may be impaired. Localization of pain above the lower back is also possible in some cases.
Acute back pain can also occur as a result of facet syndrome. In this case, the cause of pain is compression of the root at the exit of the spinal canal, while the intervertebral disc itself remains intact. This syndrome usually results from enlargement of the superior and inferior facets of the intervertebral joint, resulting in a narrowing of the intervertebral foramen.
Epidural abscess is one of the serious diseases that causes severe lower back pain. This disease requires urgent diagnosis and immediate treatment, and any highly effective measures are recommended, including surgery, the main thing is to quickly eliminate compression of the spinal cord.
Diseases of the hip joint also often cause acute pain in the lower back. They are characterized by pain radiating to the lower part of the lower back, to the legs to the level of the knees.
One of the causes of chronic pain is spondylosis deformans. With this disease, a dystrophic change in the lumbar vertebrae occurs, the ligamentous apparatus weakens and bone growth occurs. As a result, the spinal canal narrows, and the bony outgrowths begin to put pressure on the nerve roots. Aching pain may be accompanied by numbness and weakness in the legs, as well as other neurological symptoms. In any case, a full examination will be necessary, based on the results of which a final diagnosis will be established.
Ankylosing spondylosis, also called ankylosing spondylitis, can also cause chronic pain. It manifests itself as nagging pain in the lower back, curvature of the spine in the thoracic region appears and quickly develops. The first symptoms are limited mobility and decreased movement of the chest when breathing.
Low back pain is often caused by cancer and metabolic disorders. But benign tumors can also cause chronic pain, which will not be accompanied by neurological symptoms.
Osteomyelitis can also cause aching pain in the lower back, and the pain can be very long-lasting.
As you can see, lower back pain can occur as a result of many diseases. At the same time, quite often a person does not even expect that the problem will be in the wrong place “where it hurts.” So even if your lower back hurts not all the time, but from time to time, don’t wait, consult a doctor . It is easier to cope with any disease at an early stage, and not when it is in an advanced state and entails a lot of complications.
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