Osteochondrosis of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine

Low back pain – the breakdown of cartilage in the joints. Most common vertebral osteochondrosis, but the disease affected any joints. The spine suffers from degenerative disc disease because because of bipedalism gets heavy load.

In the intervertebral disc is a vascular body that the growth of the human body is reduced, so the power supply of the cartilaginous tissues is diffuse. If a person eats a defective intervertebral disks worse than recovering from the minor wounds under heavy loads and complex injuries after bumps and drops. It becomes a cause of osteoarthritis.

In the course of disease progression complications of protrusion, herniated disc, sciatica and kyphosis.

The first signs of osteoarthritis appear to 35 years: aching pain in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spine, depending on where localized disease; headaches; numbness of the limbs. Although in recent years the disease younger, now with complaints of back pain treated people, aged 18 years.

Treatment of degenerative disc disease depends on the degree of destruction of the intervertebral discs.

In the initial stages it is possible to manage conservative methods of therapy. If they are insufficient, the use of surgical treatment. Most often, the therapeutic complex consists of physical therapy and massage, physiotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, traction of the spine on special equipment and medication. Read more about the causes and treatments of osteoarthritis, see.