Sciatica is a neuralgic disease of the femoral and sciatic nerve. The causes of sciatica can be varied:
- some diseases of the spine;
- trauma and hypothermia;
- chronic arthritis;
- diabetes;
- some infectious diseases ( angina , tuberculosis).
Symptoms of the disease
- pain in the lower back, buttocks, hips, legs;
- increased pain during exercise;
- pain, manifested in any position (standing, sitting);
- the muscles of the "diseased" leg lose its tone.
Pain in sciatica is usually felt in one leg.
The diagnosis is based on symptoms. In the treatment of sciatica, an anesthetic is used. Important and anti-inflammatory drugs. Treatment of sciatica can be carried out at home. Orthopedists recommend doing various physical exercises with sciatica. For example, a good effect can give lifting legs, jogging, walking, swimming, the main rule: do not load the spine. Gymnastics for sciatica should be aimed at stretching or relaxing the muscles. It is good to practice with the propensity to this disease by yoga.
Massage with sciatica is also very effective. You can do it yourself or consult a specialist. The effect of massage can be strengthened with warming creams.
To avoid pain and complications will help orthopedic shoes, which you need to wear when walking for long distances.
Traditional treatment of sciatica
Folk remedies are also used in the treatment of this disease. You can rub the sore spots with badger fat or a tincture of birch buds , bathe in a bath (if there are no contraindications) or take "pine" baths, warm your waist and legs with the help of woolen things. Treatment of sciatica with pepper plaster gives good results. The main thing in treatment is not to be supercooled!
Treatment of sciatica with folk remedies is possible after consultation with the attending physician. For complete recovery you will need perseverance and perseverance, as well as a combination of several types of therapy. Particular attention should be given to massages and rubbing with warming ointments. An excellent effect gives a simple preparation ointment, consisting of ammonia and vegetable oil, taken in a 1: 2 ratio.
- Sciatica is treated with such folk remedies as color (warming up with a red lamp), stones and minerals (put to sore spots, wear pendants), leeches (put on feet), mummies (rubbing), bees (put on the back).
- In the treatment, various plants are actively used: radish, horseradish, pepper, oats, thyme, birch. From these phyto-medicines do decoctions, infusions, tinctures.
- One of the most common recipes is the application of kashitsa from radish to sore spots. You can lower the leaves of cabbage in hot water, and then put them on the foot, wrapping it warmer.
- There are several methods in which earthworms and ants are used. In this case, it is worth recalling that modern medicine has gone far ahead of the primitive ways of healing and offers faster,
pleasant solutions to your problems.
Prophylaxis of sciatica
To prevent sciatica, you must avoid hypothermia, do not lift weights, do not sit for a long time in one position, do not make sudden movements, exercise, take vitamins B and C, lead a healthy lifestyle. Sciatica occurs not only in the elderly, very often the disease develops at a young age. If you do not treat this disease, you can "earn" its more complex forms, as well as other diseases associated with the musculoskeletal system. In the treatment of sciatica, cure is almost 100%.