Acupuncture with a hernia of the spine: contraindications, reviews, photos

Vertebral hernia is the deformation of intervertebral discs, in which they protrude or fall into the vertebral canal. The main symptoms of this disease are: stiffness of movements, acute pain and general feeling of discomfort in the spine. With such symptoms, you need to see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment. One of the procedures can be acupuncture with a hernia of the spine (photos are given in this article).

The main load falls on the lumbar spine, so the appearance of a hernia in this department is most likely, and it can also appear in the cervical and thoracic areas. The most susceptible to the onset of this disease are people aged 25 to 50 years. People in old age, strangely enough, suffer less from this ailment. This is due to age-related changes - the intervertebral discs become less mobile.

Operation or acupuncture?

With the diagnosis of a "hernia of the spine", there is sometimes a choice between surgical intervention and another form of treatment. Surgical treatment is prescribed to patients only if the hernia causes such acute pain that the patient loses motor functions, in extreme cases, pain leads to incontinence of urine and feces. In other cases, the patient is prescribed treatment methods aimed at eliminating the pain syndrome, restoring the spine and muscle tissue to a normal state. Acupuncture with a hernia of the spine allows solving both problems.

Origin and essence of acupuncture

Acupuncture or acupuncture is one of the most ancient and proven methods of combating diseases. This direction of medicine originated in China and is based on knowledge of the anatomy of the human body, as well as the points corresponding to the internal organs of the body. Treatment of a spinal hernia with acupuncture allows you to achieve maximum results when the doctor is competent, and the patient is open to this kind of medicine. The procedure is the process of exposure of thin needles to the patient's skin. Positive results of treatment are largely due to the "responsiveness" of active points around the spine to external manipulation. To this day, the mechanism of the effect of acupuncture remains unclear. Some clinical studies show that acupuncture does not depend on the location or depth of penetration of the needles, but this effect positively affects the patient.

Acupuncture and modern medicine

In modern practice of medical institutions it is often possible to meet the procedure "acupuncture" - this is nothing more than acupuncture. When the hernia of the spine can be applied a whole set of procedures in addition to acupuncture: reflexology, massage, manual therapy and other physiotherapy procedures. An integrated approach gives the best results.

Features of the use of acupuncture

Herniated hernia is a disease that is caused by a sedentary or, on the contrary, an excessively mobile way of life, traumas, spinal diseases, impaired metabolism. Acupuncture in the hernia of the spine is aimed mainly at reducing pain and stopping the inflammatory process. After eliminating these symptoms, a specialist can begin to treat the underlying cause of the disease in order to avoid the appearance of a hernia in the future.

The advantages of acupuncture with a hernia of the spine

The impact on the active points of the body positively affects the person's well-being. When using the method of acupuncture, you can achieve results such as:

• Elimination of muscle spasm, which occurs due to changes in the position of the disc or its pinching;
• Activation of nerve endings, which positively affects the muscle tone of the body and helps to avoid dystrophy and stagnant phenomena in the spine;
• Elimination of tension and load on the intervertebral disc;
• Elimination of pain symptoms.

Advantages of acupuncture:

• Sparing effect on the body;
• The ability to avoid spinal surgery ;
• A person struggles with the disease on his own;
• Acupuncture simultaneously affects the nervous and muscular system of a person, normalizes blood circulation and metabolism.

Acupuncture Procedure

The human body consists of organs, bones, muscles, skin, nerves. On the surface of the body are numerous active points, the irritation of which activates the nerve endings and muscles. Influence on these points are rendered and masseurs, during the sessions of massage they tactilely influence these zones. In acupuncture it is important to know exactly which points to act. During the session, the specialist pushes the needles into the necessary places of the patient's body and activates the process of recovery of the body. After the first session, the pain may decrease, but the treatment process is likely to be prolonged.

Relatively recently, a new method of acupuncture with the use of a weak electric current appeared. The current is fed to the needles from the power source, the doctor can adjust its frequency and power independently. With this method of acupuncture, the patient first feels a tingling sensation in the area of the needle, then there is a slight numbness, soreness and a sense of warmth. Acupuncture using current is no less effective than traditional acupuncture. The duration of the session is from 15 to 90 minutes.

Contraindications for acupuncture

Any medical intervention has its own contraindications, including acupuncture in the hernia of the spine. Contraindications for acupuncture are few, they include: pregnancy, menstruation, dermatological diseases, immunodeficiency states, oncological diseases, acute infectious diseases.

Effectiveness of acupuncture

Throughout the world, hundreds of thousands of people have used the services of acupuncture specialists. Many helped acupuncture with a hernia of the spine. Feedback from grateful customers did not take long.

In general, it is noted that acupuncture requires several sessions. At the very beginning, the patient may experience fear because of the abundance of metal needles sticking out all over his body. Therefore, the procedure must be performed in official medical institutions that can guarantee sterility of needles and high qualification of the doctor. Many are afraid of injections and therefore avoid acupuncture, but pain from penetrating needles during acupuncture is very conditional.

For several sessions, the patient's skin is pinched many times, but the wound does not remain. Needles do not pierce through the skin, but are screwed into it. After acupuncture, redness remains, which goes away after a few hours. The effect of acupuncture can manifest itself during the first three sessions, and to the final one the disease should practically retreat.

How effective is the treatment of a spinal hernia by acupuncture? The patient's feedback is mostly positive. But there are those to whom this procedure did not help. Therefore, you can not give a one hundred percent answer. Doctors who adhere to traditional methods of treatment, consider it not too effective (or simply useless). On the other hand, many patients report a multiple improvement in their condition. Some believe that acupuncture has a placebo effect.