Acute back pain

Sudden attacks of acute back pain can be very painful, but this does not mean that you will always have a "bad back". Of course, most of the acute pain caused due to chronic problems, but as soon as he died, and the state of the mouse, ligaments and joints of the back has become less critical that you can do to remove the chronic causes. The mainstay of treatment of attacks of acute back pain is a tiered program used in conjunction with the rest. In this section you will learn what you need to do, if you start to attack, and when to call the doctor, knows step recovery program that includes exercise, postures, relaxation and self-help techniques.

Causes of acute pain

The most common cause of acute back pain is a chronic, long-existing disorders, such as bad posture or weak abdominal muscles. These deviations can increase the load and stress on the spine and muscles of the spine to the extent that the event of their damage. Degenerative processes such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, if their development has progressed to tissue damage, can also cause acute pain in the back. In such cases, one or two days may experience temporary relief, but it is very likely that the cramping has to be repeated until, until you find and eliminate their chronic reason.

Chronic causes of acute back pain

If a sharp pain is the result of damage caused by chronic disease, likely to cause you can be next.

  • Incorrect posture;
  • Weakness of the abdominal muscles;
  • Osteoarthritis;
  • Osteoporosis.

Mechanical causes of acute pain

Chronic diseases have not always been the most important cause of acute back pain. Very often the attack can be provoked by movement, which in itself seem insignificant, for example, the slope of the floor bag. In fact, the injury occurred a day or two before, not the usual physical stress. When the muscles are trying to protect the spine unusual the load, they are very tense, like ligaments, vertebrae and discs. The next day the muscles harden and sore or relax to such an extent that it cannot support the spine, when tendons and joints have not yet returned to normal. Such a purely mechanical failure destabilizie the whole system, and the result is a seemingly trivial move can become the last straw that causes a muscle spasm, sprain of ligaments, a ruptured disc or joint inflammation. The wrong weight lifting and tension with the unusual load — the typical causes of sharp back pain.

Wrong lift

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Incorrect lifting, for example, when leaning forward to get stuff out of the trunk of the car, creating additional stress on the back. When you lift weights stooping, joints tense up stronger, and this leads to the fact that possibly already weakened joint, disc or ligament is unable to cope with the extra load.

Excessive or unusual physical exertion

Strenuous exercise, especially related to rotations of the body (tennis or dance lessons), are often the cause of acute back pain. Some of the exercise movements, mainly directed in one direction (bending forward), and involved only one group of muscles. The muscles of the opposite group have become stretched, weakened, and can no longer shrink and reject the case back. This means that the muscles and tendons become strong enough or not flexible enough, so that it can withstand the increased load when turning the torso.

What to do when in pain?

If you experience a sharp pain first, stop what you're doing, lie down in bed or on the floor, even if it means that you have to crawl (the only exceptions to this rule are cases, when all of a sudden numb leg or both legs, you had an accident, crashed, or received a blow, see the questionnaire below). In the supine position, the load is removed the spine, the pressure becomes four times lower than in the standing position. The reduced pressure can significantly relieve pain and allow the muscles to protect the flap with spazmom, the ability to relax. You can also help yourself to the effort, aimed at relaxing the mind and the body: try not to worry about their forced immobility, no matter what you were doing when the attack began, it is possible to stop it.

What can be done

The best way to reduce pressure on the spine lying on your back. Try lying down without a pillow, but if the pain is not gone, put it on his head. If necessary, place a pillow under your knees to the lumbar spine are not too curved. If the pain down the legs, put a pillow under the lower legs so that hips and knees are in line with the right angle, it helps to take pressure on the sciatic nerve.

In some cases, the position of lying on your back, not to ease the pain. If you find this position painful, try movements is presented in the article the rapid elimination of pain, find a position where pain is not felt. The answers to the questions suggested in the list below to help you determine how serious the problem is, and figure out what actions must be taken.

How serious is the problem?

Using below query you can find out what to do in your case, but if you have any doubts, contact your doctor.

If the situation fits at least one of the following assumptions, don't move, and ask someone to call an ambulance.

  1. Just had an accident.
  2. Have you recently dropped or severely bumped.
  3. Suddenly numb leg or both legs.

If the situation fits at least one of the following assumptions immediately contact your doctor. Call the district or contact the emergency room.

  1. You have chest pain, left arm or left side of the jaw.
  2. The pain continues and grows, it will not help and change their position.
  3. You feel the growing weakness in the legs, with their numbness and possibly difficulty in urinating and bowel movement.
  4. The pain is severe, prolonged, ceasing only when tilted forward.

If the situation fits at least one of the following assumptions, discuss with your doctor in the coming days.

  1. You feel numbness or tingling in the arm or leg.
  2. The last time I lost weight and feel General malaise and fatigue.
  3. You are a woman, you have already had menopause.
  4. You are pregnant.
  5. You are a vegetarian or on a diet.
  6. More than 60 years.

If the situation fits at least one of the following assumptions stay the whole day in bed, and if there is no improvement, contact your doctor.

  1. The nature of the pain changes when you move or change the position of the body.
  2. You have recently undergone unaccustomed exercise is associated with a large load.
  3. You're turned awkwardly or lifting heavy objects.

The rapid elimination of pain (first day)

If the position proposed in the previous article (What to do when the pain), is not convenient for you, try the position, described below, find the position in which pain is not felt, and the rest of the 24 hours, but remember that exercise is strictly limited to the amount necessary to reduce the inflammation and prevent immobility. Because the causes of pain in different people are different, you have to try each position and each exercise and how to find them, you have the best help. If a change in body position during exercise you feel that the pain subsided, take this resting pose. On the other hand, do not stay in any position, if the pain increases. Try the movements out of bed, if you have a hard mattress, otherwise use a gym Mat or carpet.

Posture to remove the pain

  • Lie on your stomach with your hands on the sides.
  • If the pain does not recede, put a pillow under the abdomen. If it doesn't work, lightly on the thigh and try on the right and the left, because the efficiency of any movement is determined by the location of the lesions. Put his head in his hands, so if you want to.

Warning

If an exercise causes new or increased pain, or increased circulation, immediately stop it. By continuing, you can make the problem worse. The first two days here we offer the exercises should be repeated up to three times, each about three times a day. The rest of the time just to rest. To reduce the pain gradually increase the number of repetitions up to 10 times each exercise.

Pelvic tilt

  1. Lie on your back and bend your knees at a right angle, the legs must stay on the floor.
  2. Flex the lower back, tearing back to the floor, and then forcibly drag him to the floor. Ensure that the thorax remained motionless, while her hips swaying back and forth.
  3. Repeat the exercise three times, at the end of the exercise, the lower back must take a neutral position between the extreme. After two days, began to gradually increase the number of repetitions of this exercise-10.

Rolling the knees

  1. Lie on your back and bend your knees, as in the previous exercise, but the thighs should rest on the floor.
  2. Shift the knee from side to side, dropping them to the floor as low as is comfortable. Repeat the exercise three times. After two days, began to gradually increase the number of repetitions to 10 times.

The removal of pain (second day)

When the doctors believed that the best treatment for acute back pain is the absolute peace, but it is now well established that it is more efficient to substitute other exercise. If after 24 hours you do not feel any improvement, call the doctor, but if pain is diminished, add the recommended article "Fast pain" exercises, is presented below. They will help prevent stiffness in the back muscles and thus reduce the likelihood of problems in the future and to maintain muscle tone and strength.

Deflection lying

  1. Lie on your stomach on a Mat or a rigid mattress, rising up on my elbows. Relax and stay in this position even count to 10. Come down, relax, repeat the exercise three times.
  2. Repeat the first exercise, but this time stand up with your hands, not your elbows.

Knees

Lie on your back on a hard surface. Bend your knees at a right angle and tighten them to the chest. Keep them in this position even count to 10, then slowly lower feet to the floor. Repeat three times.

Tilts to the side

Stand up straight with your feet spread shoulder-width apart. A little turn one hip to the side, the same side where the slide arm leg downwards, you feel the tension on the other side of the frame. Repeat three times. Then complete the exercise in the other direction.

Extension back

  1. The original position than when bending to the side, hands on hips. Slightly bending the back, joining shoulders and slightly lifting the chin, but not so high, look at the ceiling. Repeat three times.
  2. After completing the last repetition, before you can perform the exercise in a neutral, upright position, slightly leaning forward, rounding your shoulders.
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Warning

Stop immediately if any exercise causes new or increased pain or blood circulation. By continuing, you can make the problem worse. The first two days here we offer the exercises should be repeated up to three times, each about three times a day. The rest of the time just to rest. To reduce the pain gradually increase the number of repetitions up to 10 times each exercise.

Recovery

If the pain gradually recedes (if not, contact your doctor), then after two days of rest, and exercise can resume a normal life. Restore mobility and flexibility, it is important that you can be as active as possible, of course, you should not do anything that could interfere with the final recovery process. But now it makes sense to relax on your back for an hour or so every day to let the tissues heal in peace and by themselves.

If the pain returns

If you are not careful and adhere to the rules, which are listed in the table below, there is a threat that by making the difficult move, you can break all the work done, and this will again lead to back pain. If this happens, immediately stop work and lie down on a hard surface facing down or back, or accept that position, which in the past has helped to eliminate the pain.

Lying on your side

This position is not so favorable the spine, than the other, but it so happens that you are comfortable only in this position. In this case, place a pillow between the knees to the thighs on top, not pushed forward, causing twisting of the lower spine. Can also be useful to put another pillow against the abdomen and chest as a pillow, like hugging it for support the spine from the front. Do not put more than one pillow under your head, especially if you have pain in the neck or upper back.

What to do and what not to do to restore

Two days later you have to get out of bed at last and return to normal activities. But don't forget the following:

What not to do

  • Do not lift or bend down.
  • Do not do heavy housework: do not download, do not go out, do not iron.
  • Don't do steep climbs and descents.
  • Do not use gravity, such as shopping, suitcases, mountains of wet clothes.
  • Don't start a sport associated with heavy loads.
  • Do not sit or stand for a long time without changing the posture.