Treatment of osteochondrosis

About the disease

Osteochondrosis – dystrophic damage to the tissues, which are characterized by lesions of the intervertebral discs, adjacent articular surfaces and vertebral bodies, spinal ligament. As in any joint of the body, degenerative changes due to natural aging occur in the vertebrae or facet joints throughout life. The most common cause of osteochondrosis is the reduction in the thickness of the intervertebral discs due to natural wear, dehydration, due to the occurrence of intervertebral disc herniation, protrusions, or as a result of surgical intervention to remove intervertebral hernias, protrusions. Reducing the height of the intervertebral disk of the spine by a few millimeters leads to an increase in the load on the facet joints a few times. The pressure on the intervertebral disc increases with overweight, poorly trained maintenance of the muscles, and osteoporosis. . In the segments of the spine undergoing overload there are osteophyte reactions (sedimentation of salts). In facet joints under the influence of pressure, sharp movements in the cartilages appear microtraumas, tears. Some substances that must be removed from the body are not processed while remaining in the tissues of the joints. These “residues” form neoplasms on the body of the vertebrae, which again leads to damage and limitation of the function of the cartilaginous tissue between the vertebrae. Reducing the functionality of the joints of the spine and the accumulation of “excess” tissue in the spinal canal and in the intervertebral openings lead to pressure on the spinal cord and nerve “spines”, which in turn leads to pain symptoms.