Treatment of sciatica

If you are diagnosed with radiculitis, the treatment will depend primarily on the severity of the symptoms.

The purpose of drug treatment is to reduce inflammation, reduce edema of tissues, pain syndrome.

Treatment of radiculitis with physiotherapy methods

If you or your loved ones have radiculitis, the treatment may include acupuncture - a method widely used in the treatment of this disease, it is based on the impact on the projection points of the body, through which it is possible to exert a significant influence on various organs, affect the nervous, endocrine and immune system. For the procedure, special needles are taken, the number of which depends on the severity of the pathology. The big plus of acupuncture is that it has virtually no contraindications. The course of treatment - 10-15 procedures.

Vacuum therapy is considered a rather effective method of treatment. After the course of such therapy, blood circulation, motor activity of the ligamentous apparatus improves, stagnation in tissues is neutralized, muscle contractility increases. This method helps to quickly and safely remove pain. Vacuum therapy procedures are performed manually with the aid of medical cans.

When a disease such as radiculitis occurs, treatment may include manual therapy and massage. The difference between these two therapies is that massage is only affecting the muscles, and manual therapy involves influencing the spine, intervertebral discs and bones directly with the help of hand manipulation.

Laser therapy has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anesthetic effects, thanks to the light energy of laser radiation.

Pharmacopuncture - one of the methods of reflexotherapy, which consists in the introduction of special points under the skin of medicines, often homeopathic. As a result, compressed muscle fibers relax, puffiness decreases, pressure on nerve endings is eliminated, pain is neutralized and joint mobility is normalized.

If you are suffering from sciatica, treatment should include magnetopuncture - this is an effect on biologically active points through a permanent or alternating magnetic field using magnetophores or vacuum cans with magnets. At home, it is advisable to use mustard plasters on the area of the affected area - first a layer of gauze is applied, then mustard plasters moistened with warm water. This allows you to leave mustard for a long time. The patient needs a strict bed rest. A good effect is the use of cooling paraffin (40-50 degrees) or paraffin-ozocerite applications.

In the stage of incomplete remission, balneotherapy is widely practiced (use of mineral waters in the form of baths for therapeutic purposes), mud treatment, traction treatment (shown only in the absence of pain).

Treatment of radicuitis with drugs

If you are diagnosed with radiculitis, the medication can include medications that remove inflammation (movalis, voltaren, orthophene, ibuprofen, piroxicam, indomethacin, diclofenac), vitamin B, quenching pain and warming substances (bee or snake venom - apizarthron, viprosal , peppery tincture), etc.

It is also recommended to apply applications with dimexide, novocaine and hydrocortisone. For the removal of muscle spasm, the use of sirdalud, baclofen, myolastan, etc. Will be expedient. To improve microcirculation, such drugs as trentalum, actovegin can be prescribed. Vitamin preparations (B, C, E), thioctic acid are widely used. B group vitamins reduce manifestations of neurological disorders caused by radiculitis, restore sensitivity of tissues, reduce pain syndrome.

In order to overcome radiculitis, treatment should be comprehensive, procedures and medications should be prescribed only by a doctor, the load on the spine should be minimized, and in the future it is necessary to engage in physiotherapy exercises to restore the normal functioning of the joints of the spine and intervertebral discs.