World Spine Day and the role of Homoeopathy
Key Words in this artical inculed:
Spinal disability, sciatica, slip disc and lumbgo
The "World Federation of Chiropractic" organized world Spine day every year on 16th of October. The aim of celebrating Spine Day is to highlight the burden of spinal pain and spinal disability around the world. Spinal disorders affects people all the life and is a major cause of disability around the world. Approximately one billion people worldwide suffer from spinal disorders. The aim of world spine day is to aware people to look after their spines and stay active by encouraging physical activites, good posture and healthy working conditions.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT?
This is important because the spinal cord is the basic pathway of communication between our brain and the rest of the body. An adult spine has a natural S-shaped curve as you can watch in the picture below.
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STRUCTURE OF SPINE
The cervical and lumbar region have a slight concave curve, and the thoracic and sacral regions have a gentle convex curve. The spinal frame work is fabricated upon bones, muscles, tendons, nerves, and other tissues. These arrive from the base of the skull near the spinal cord (clivus) to the coccyx (tailbone).
Spine has total 33 individual bones known as vertebrae which stacked one on top of the other. Spine include:
- Cervical spine (C1 to C7)
- Thoracic spine (T1 to T12)
- Lumbar spine (L1 to L5)
- Sacral spine (S1 to S5)
- and the coccyx (tailbone).
Each vertebra is separated by a disc. The spinal column provides the capital support to body. Spine allow us to stand upright, bend, and while protecting the spinal cord from injury. Various conditions can affect the spine anywhere from the neck to the lower back.
CAUSES OF SPINAL DISORDERS
- Spinal pain may occur due to:
- Injuries
- Infections
- Blockage of blood supply
- Compression over spine e.g disk slip
- Fractured bone, trauma
- Tumer
- Etc.
HOW ARE SPINAL DISORDERS AFFECTS YOUR BODY?
Due to infections👆, compression, trauma or any other type of lumber upset muscles are weak or paralyzed, sensation is abnormal or lost, and in recation, the controlling bladder and bowel function may be difficult.
TYPES OF SPINAL DISORDERS
Some spinal disorders are:
Slipped Disc
Slipped disc is also known as Herniated disc some other names for slipped discs are prolapsed disc and ruptured discs.
If a disc herniate or rupture, it creates pressure against one or more of the nerves that causes
- pain
- weakness
- numbness
Sciatica
Sciatica is neuralgic pain of the sciatic nerve. Sciatica occures due to distress of the sciatic nerve and typically runs from the buttock to the back of the thigh. The possible causes of sciatica can be:
- Herniated disc, it creates pressure directly on the nerve.
- Inflammation or irritation, this may appear the painful sensation in sciatic nerve.
HOW IS SCIATICA DIAGNOSIS?
Diagnosis of sciatica is made through:
- Observation of symptoms
- Physical examination
- Nerve tests
- X-rays or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
The patient have many treatment options. It may include:
- Avoiding movements that causes irritation.
- Use of medication
- Physical therapy
- Surgery sometimes also made comfort
Osteoporosis
Look at the above picture of old man. He has a hump or rounded back. It is due to the weak spine.
Osteoporosis is a natural phenomenon directly belong to age of a person. It is natural and and abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones resulted lack of calcium.
As a person become older, his bones starts to weaken. If the spinal vertebras become weak, they can narrow and become flatter. This can make older patients lumber region lead to a rounded back and they look "bent forwarded.
SYMPTOMS OF OSTEOPOROSIS
Common symptoms of the spinal cord are:
- Muscular weakness.
- Loss of sensation and changes in reflexes.
- Loss of bladder control.
- Loss of bowel control.
- Erectile dysfunction.
- Paralysis.
- Back pain.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT
Homeopathic medicines are used world widely for more than 200 years. The "World Health Organization" confirm it as the second largest therapeutic system use in the world. Homeopathy provide treatment for all symptoms of patient's spiritual, emotional, mental and physical disabilities.
Homeopathic medicines that are widely prescribed for spinal ailments are as following:
Rhus Tox
- Pain is reeves due to motion.
- Feels better if laying on something hard.
- Stiffness and numbness.
- Pains worse while sitting or at rest position.
- Pains worse at night.
- Sciatica and lumbgo worse from cold, damp weather.
Kali Carb
- Lumbago during pregnancy.
- Lumbago after miscarriage.
- Stiffness with paralytic feeling in back. Burning in spine and lumber region.
- Severe with sudden onset of sharp pains extending up and down back and to thighs.
Calc Phos
- It is suitable for those who was suffer from reckttes in their childhood.
- Stiffness, numbness and pain.
- Cold and numb feeling,
- Symptoms worse if any change in weather occures.
- Sacro-iliac symphysis, as if broken.
Silicea
Works better in recktty persons and those who suffer from malnutrition. Weak spine, feel pain in coccyx with spinal irrition.
Any types of bone diseases that have very susceptible to the draughts on back. Pott's diseases.
Calc Flour
When patient start moving his symptoms aggravated on beginning but feels better with continued motion. Chronic lumbago.
Osseous tumors, pain in lower part of back with burning.
Hypericum
Hypericum is prescribed when there is an injury in lumber region, coccyx injury from fall or any type of accident in which nerves are damaged. It causes pain in the nape of back and creates pressure over sacrum. Spinal concussion. Pain radiating up to spine and down to limbs.
Calc Carb
Best known for rheumatoid arthritis in obese people but also excellent for weakness in small of back. Rheumatism in lumbar region and curvature of dorsal vertebrae.
Bryonia alba
Pain worse with movement but feel better in silence and laying on bed.
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