Was shot in the neck: what to do at home during pregnancy

When the neck is dramatically reduced and the pain does not subside, people say "got shot in the neck." What to do to relieve the painful discomfort and how to cure backache in the neck? Prerequisites to ensure a lot and often out of their control. But knowing why this happens is still below the maximum to prevent the painful consequences of crushing of the muscles.

Sometimes to restore the former mobility of the cervical spine fails in the home, and it happens so that no hospital can not do. How to administer first aid and to what doctor to go to treat – consider the order.

Causes

In medicine, the pinched neck is called radicular syndrome, radiculopathy. Pathology occurs when the nerve roots of the spinal cord are clamped between the two vertebrae. The prerequisites for this phenomenon are:

• Depletion of cartilage of the spine due to age;
• Cervical osteochondrosis;
• Subchondral sclerosis due to proliferation of connective tissue;
• Spasm of the spinal muscles;
• Rule disease – the defeat of the joints of the spine;
• Overweight;
• Hormonal imbalance;
• Tumor;
• Exacerbation of chronic diseases.

More often the neck brings in the following "domestic" reasons:

• The displacement of a vertebra because of a fall or blow;
• A sharp turn of his head;
• Excessive exercise, weight lifting;
• Hypothermia, exposure to draughts;
• Sleep in an unnatural position;
• Passive lifestyle;
• Mental overstrain, stress.

Pregnant women tend to suffer from pinched muscles in the cervical spine and also because of other factors that provoke discomfort only at "interesting position":

• Narrow pelvis in women;
• Breech presentation of the fetus;
• The pressure of the intestines on the fetus;
• Advanced age of the expectant mother;
• Pelvic injuries, scoliosis.

Some of the probability information, muscle man is able to prevent, others arise unexpectedly, occur in secret and are not contiguous with caution.

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Clinical symptoms

Pinched cervical nerve appears so expressive that once in the future not to forget and with nothing to confuse. Taking into account the fact that the nerve endings are closely interwoven with the blood vessels, patients see these symptoms:

• Sharp stinging pain in the cervical spine, shoulders and shoulder blades, which affects continuously or intermittent;
• Stiffness and clumsiness of the neck;
• Reduction of muscle tone in the hands paralysis of;
• Rapid fatigue, weakness in the body;
• Attacks of pain in the center of the chest similar to angina pectoris;
• Dizziness and migraines;
• Reduction of vision and hearing;
• Deterioration of memory, not even a simple absorption of information;
• Sudden drops in blood pressure;
• Cerebral infarction.

When the first signs of pinched muscles in your upper spinal column better not to aggravate the situation and immediately consult a doctor, and only if, owing to extraneous reasons, the visit is postponed symptoms ease your own at home.

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First aid

The first thing to do if you managed to pinch the neck muscles is to calm down and relieve tension from the affected area. For this you need to lie on your back and put under the knee cushion or pillow.

When the pain slightly subsides, it's time to drink the medication medication. In this case we apply the means of a group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Ibuprofen, Nurofen, Diclofenac. Pill washed down with plenty of water. After the pain in the neck and upper back, the sides of the line of the spine is rubbed hot tools: Fastum gel, and Finalgon, Ketonal. In addition, the maximum facilitate other emergency measures:

• Slowly massage pinched cervical to restore circulation;
• Compress with warm salt;
• Warmer, which is used for 15 minutes 3-4 times a day;
• A short icy compress;
• Receiving a hot bath with lavender or chamomile;
• Rubbing the diseased area with alcohol, brandy ortincture of Valerian.

Due to domestic manipulation happens so that a patient with a pinched muscle recovers. If it doesn't, hospital treatment is inevitable.

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Diagnosis and treatment

The hatching of the queue to the therapist over a logical direction to a neurologist, so there is no need to spend valuable in the case of pinching of the muscles in the cervical time and it is better to go there directly. In addition, problems directly spine is the area of the doctor vertebrologist, which often come with this pathology.

Experienced doctor will make the diagnosis after the external examination and complaints received on the health and pain. Confirmation is an x-ray, sometimes an MRI, electromyography and the study of conductivity of nerve fibres. The diagnostics will indicate the background, which caused a muscle spasm. Often doctors prescribe a comprehensive treatment that based on such directions:

• The removal of pain and inflammation with ointments;
• Strengthening the body: healthy sleep, nutrition and intramuscular administration of vitamin B1;
• Conducting of therapeutic physical training and massage, chiropractic or acupuncture – an effective method to counter muscle spasm;
• The process of amendment is sometimes accompanied by electrophoresis or therapy with medical leeches;
• At falling or blow are advised to wear the retainer collar until healing is complete.

• See also: Chiropractic neck.

Bound acute pain in the cervical spine – as unpleasant, but the patient's life is not in danger. Except if the cause of the entrapment acts as trauma or neoplasm. In difficult and complicated situations when treatment does not bring positive results within six months, the doctors resort to surgery, but with the pinching of the nerve endings in the spine, this happens very rarely.

Preventive measures

Twist the muscles of the cervical – easy, and to cure unpleasant consequences much more difficult. To continue to minimize the probability to grab the neck, it's time to join the ranks of the adherents of swimming, therapeutic physical training and yoga. Having knowledge about the causes of pinched nerves, it is preferable to avoid potential dangers. When performing sedentary work 1 time in 20 minutes it is useful to make a small charge. Also great daily walk in the fresh air at least 2 stops.

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Life is too short and exciting to spend time in pain and more visits to doctors. By following simple and besides the pleasant recommendations of the risk to Wake up one day with a "purged" by the neck will be reduced.