Pain in the lumbar region in most people is associated with sciatica, although the causes of its occurrence are quite diverse.
Such a symptom accompanies not only the defeat of the paravertebral structures, but also many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary system, as well as metabolic disorders and oncological processes.
That is why, before using alternative methods, it is strongly recommended to consult a doctor and find out the cause of the pain.
Also, acute back pain is not always stopped by the usual methods: pills or lotions. Sometimes surgery or therapeutic block is required.
A complex approach
If the back hurts in the lumbar region, the most common diagnosis is "osteochondrosis" or "intervertebral hernia". The main condition for successful treatment is the elimination of the causative factor that caused the pain. Otherwise, drugs or physiotherapy will be powerless, and the disease will become chronic.
Treatment of the back and spine begins with a moderate regimen, which means the rejection of any physical activity. For severe pain, bed rest is recommended. To speed up recovery and eliminate discomfort, doctors recommend purchasing an orthopedic pillow and mattress.
This will reduce the load on the spine, prevent compression of the nerve endings and muscle spasms. If it is not possible to buy special devices, it is better to sleep on a mattress of medium hardness and choose a pillow of medium thickness.
Drug therapy prescribed by a doctor usually includes not only anti-inflammatory and painkillers, but also vitamin complexes. In the rehabilitation period, physiotherapy, exercise therapy, massage are performed. As an additional method, you can use folk remedies, which must be agreed with your doctor in advance. With a known diagnosis and specialist approval, treating your spine at home will be much more effective.
Folk recipes for back pain.
You can get rid of the pain with the help of ordinary mustard plasters, which are in almost every home. Due to the local reflex effect, they irritate the skin and increase blood flow. Due to the rush of blood, metabolic processes in the tissues are accelerated, oxygen transport improves, pain and inflammation decrease. Another important effect of mustard plasters is to stimulate the synthesis of adrenaline and norepinephrine, which has a beneficial effect on the central nervous system.
Recipe number 1. Add 50 ml of Furacilin and a teaspoon of liquid honey to the water for mustard plasters. You can use a ready-made solution of Furacilin (which is sold at a pharmacy) or dissolve 1 tablet in 50 ml of water. Dip the prepared mustard plaster in the solution for a few seconds, then remove it and apply it to the sore spot.
Hold the compress until a burning sensation appears, then remove it and pat the skin dry. Lubricate it with cream or oil, cover with plastic wrap and wrap with a warm cloth.
Recipe number 2. Burdock leaves are another affordable home remedy to help relieve back and lower back pain. Rinse some fresh leaves, then stack them in a pile so they are touching each other on the green and purple sides. Immerse this stack in boiling water and boil for 2-3 minutes, carefully remove it without disturbing its mutual arrangement, and cool. Apply to the lower back, fixing with a bandage and a warm scarf.
What to do if you "entered" on the back
Men are thought to be more susceptible to sciatica because they do physical work or sports, lift and carry heavy loads, drive for long periods of time, and are often overweight. Therefore, they often complain that they "grabbed their back" or "caught" in the lower back.
Low back pain can take over anywhere: at work, in the gym, or at home. In this case, first aid measures will help:
- find the most beneficial position in which you feel less pain and stay in this position;
- do not make sudden movements, it is advisable not to move at all;
- take a pain reliever or anti-inflammatory drug (diclofenac, ibuprofen);
- apply an anti-inflammatory ointment to the sore area;
- if there is a woolen elastic belt, tie it around the waist, fixing the spine in a fixed position;
- Lie on your back, bend your knees, and place a cushion made from a folded towel or blanket under them. In this position, the lumbar muscles relax as much as possible.
When the recommendations described are followed, the pain usually subsides in about half an hour. If an attack of burning pain appeared after a serious spinal injury, it is imperative to contact a traumatologist.
Medical assistance is also required in the following circumstances:
- the victim is over 60 years old;
- have an oncological disease;
- increased body temperature;
- the attack was preceded by long-term treatment with hormonal drugs;
- pain in the lower back bothers more than a month;
- marked decrease in body weight, despite lack of diet.
If there are no painkillers at home, and there are no forces to prepare remedies according to folk recipes, then you can try to anesthetize your back with a burdock leaf. It does not need to be scalded with boiling water, soaked or boiled, but simply applied with a shiny side to the body. Secure it with a bandage on top and wrap it with a wool scarf. Keep the compress for no more than 12 hours.
An equally simple recipe involves the use of valerian tincture if burdock was not found. It is necessary to moisten a gauze or cotton cloth, which should then be placed on the lower back.
The next 2 recipes are somewhat more difficult to prepare: one of them will require black radish and the second turpentine and red clay.
Recipe number 1. Grate the radish and put on cheesecloth. Apply to the back, cover with cellophane and isolate the affected area of the back. Hold until strong heat appears.
Recipe number 2. Dilute 1 kg of clay with water, add 3 tablespoons of turpentine. You will get a dough that looks like a cake, which is used as a compress.
Home treatment with infusions
Recipe number 1. Combine the same amount of horsetail, sweet clover, calendula flowers, stems of blueberries and banana, take 2 tbsp. l of the mixture and poured with 0, 5 l of boiling water. Drink 1/3 cup after meals for a week.
Recipe number 2. Prepare in 0, 5 liters of boiling water 2 tbsp. l collection of herbs, including:
- chamomile,
- mint,
- cowberry,
- nettle,
- hop cones
Insist 8-10 hours, drink ½ cup in the morning and in the evening, before meals.
Recipe number 3. Collection of plantain, valerian root, lavender, celandine, eucalyptus and dandelion root pour 500 ml of hot water and simmer for at least 15 minutes. Take 3 times a day before meals, half a cup.
Recipe number 4. 10-12 leaves of fresh basil (you can take dry grass, about 20 g) pour a glass of water and hold in a water bath until half of the liquid has evaporated. Add a pinch of salt to the remaining 100 g. Drink 1-2 times a day for 100 g (1/2 cup).
Recipe number 5. 50 g of cinquefoil roots pour 0. 5 liters of vodka and put in a dark place for a month. Take 3 times a day for a teaspoon.
Recipe number 6. In a three-liter jar, put 100 g of yeast, 3 tbsp. l elecampane herbs and 1 tbsp. me darlingAdd water so that there is 5-6 cm to the edge and put a rubber glove on the neck. The mixture must ferment for a month, after which half a glass is drunk 2 times a day.
Attention: almost all home preparations intended for internal use are best drunk half an hour before a meal or an hour after it.
Compresses, lotions, rubs: quickly and efficiently
Treatment of low back pain at home has mainly therapeutic applications for which herbs, vegetables, dry mustard, honey and even dough are used. They have all the necessary properties to relieve unpleasant symptoms.
A hot compress can be made from herbal infusion, for which you will need black elderberry, chamomile, thyme and St. John's wort. Herbs must be taken in equal parts, poured with boiling water and infused for 15-20 minutes. The procedure is best done at night: moisten the gauze in the infusion, attach it to the lower back, cover with polyethylene and fix it.
Dissolve mustard powder in warm water until creamy. Spread the resulting ointment on the back and warm. Hold until you feel a burning sensation, but no longer than 5 minutes.
Butter yeast dough is spread on several layers of gauze wrapped around the waist, and the compress is fixed with a bandage. The dough layer is about two centimeters. It is better to do the procedure before going to bed and leave the test lotion overnight. The course of treatment is 10 days.
Attention: all hot compresses should not cause pain or discomfort, the desired effect is a slight warmth and tingling. If discomfort occurs, the application should be removed and the composition washed off with warm water.
Well removes pain bodyagi powder mixed with olive oil. Such an ointment is applied to the lower back and warms it. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes.
Horse chestnut can be found in many cities, the fruits fully ripen in September. For treatment, you can use fresh chestnuts or buy a ready-made tincture at a pharmacy.
Horse chestnut is used for back or joint pain. This plant has a pronounced anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect, therefore it is widely used in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
With sciatica, it is recommended to wear a belt or pants with pockets in which horse chestnut fruits are placed. An ointment is prepared from them by mixing the crushed fruits with camphor oil. To cure osteochondrosis or neuralgia, you can replace camphor oil with inside or melted lard. The effect will be enhanced if you place the mixture on a piece of black bread and apply it to the affected area.
For the next recipe you will need: a bottle of triple cologne, 2 vials of valerian and iodine, 5 pods of red hot pepper. Mix the ingredients in a dark glass bottle, shake and insist for a day. At night, just lubricate the lower back with tincture or draw a mesh like iodine. From above, wrap a soft or woolen scarf around your back.
A lotion of kerosene and beetroot can relieve pain in a single day. It's done like this: grate the unpeeled beets, squeeze and extract the juice. Combine the remaining cake with kerosene (1 tbsp. L). In order not to burn the skin, the mixture is spread first on the fabric, and then on the back. Put cling film on top and tie a warm scarf around it.
recipes with garlic
This vegetable is not called the cure for 100 diseases for nothing. It contains many useful substances, the most valuable of which is allicin. Garlic is useful for both adults and children, it is indispensable for colds and reduced immunity. In the Middle Ages, it was used to protect against plague and cholera.
According to recent studies, the presence of garlic in the human diet can even prevent cancer as it destroys cancer cells in the mouth and upper respiratory tract. Some scientists equate the power of garlic with chemotherapy.
If your lower back hurts, you can prepare a garlic elixir or rubbing agent. The healing mixture for internal use is prepared as follows: peel and chop the head of garlic in a blender or on a grater. Do the same with a lemon, without peeling it and scalding it previously with boiling water.
Pour lemon-garlic porridge with a liter of warm water, leave for two days, then filter and pour into a glass container. Drink 2 tablespoons. l after meals 3 times a day. The course of treatment is one month. Store the prepared mixture in the refrigerator.
The lower back will stop hurting if garlic-lemon compresses are made within 30-35 days. The healing liquid for them is prepared a little differently. 2 heads of garlic must be passed through a press or chopped in another way, combined with 1 liter of water and insist for a day in a dark place. After that, the strained infusion is mixed with the juice of two lemons. Lemon can be substituted for lime in this recipe.
Garlic-lemon tincture is stored in the refrigerator for no more than two weeks. To make a compress, gauze or cotton cloth is moistened in the dye, which is applied to the back under polyethylene. The procedure time is 20-30 minutes.
For rubbing and heating lotions, the following remedy is recommended: garlic passed through a press is combined with melted lard in a ratio of 1: 2. Any fat is suitable: beef, pork, lamb, you can also take goose fat or interior. Store the mixture in a glass container with a tightly closed lid, shelf life in the refrigerator is 2 weeks.
Before use, the product is heated and rubbed into the affected area 2-4 times a day; after the treatment, it is better to wrap the back with a warm or woolen cloth.
horseradish recipes
Treatment with folk remedies at home includes the use of horseradish. Alcohol tinctures, ointments, compresses and lotions are made from it, for which the leaves or roots of the plant are taken.
Recipe number 1. Put a few leaves of horseradish in a glass container and pour 0. 5 liters of vodka. Insist for two days. The procedure involves kneading wet leaves on a sore spot. The same tincture can be made from the root, it will require 8-10 small roots, which are filled with vodka. The exposure time here is longer, at least two weeks. Rub the lower back with the prepared solution.
All medicinal properties are preserved in the roots of horseradish, even if they are ground in a blender or grated - the therapeutic effect remains for three days.
Recipe number 2. Squeeze horseradish crushed in a meat grinder or grated, combine the resulting juice with olive oil in a ratio of 2: 1. Rub the spasmodic muscles of the lower back in a circular motion.
Recipe number 3. Prepared, as in the previous recipe, horseradish mixed with sour cream (2 tablespoons), apply to the back, covering with cling film and a warm scarf. Apply a compress for 30-40 minutes, wash off the composition, cleanse the skin and wrap the lower back with a warm cloth. The course of treatment is 3 weeks, the procedure is performed 2-3 times a day every day. Instead of sour cream, you can take honey.
Recipe number 4. Pass the roots and leaves of horseradish through a meat grinder, then put the resulting "minced meat" in a linen bag. It is more convenient to carry out the procedure together, since it will be difficult to do it yourself. Put a bag of horseradish on the lower back and iron it with a preheated iron for at least three minutes. After that, cover the compress from above with a warm scarf and lie down for 15-20 minutes. Then remove the bag. A bag of horseradish leaves can be used multiple times.
Recipe number 5. Grated horseradish root and potatoes (one of each), 1 tbsp. mix l of honey and put on the lumbar region with a layer of 1 cm Cover with polyethylene and a warm scarf. To be effective, it must resist at least half an hour. Daily sessions can be performed until the pain disappears.
Treatment according to popular recipes is not an alternative, but an additional method that has many advantages. Since natural ingredients are used, side effects are minimal. It also excludes addiction, which cannot be said for some painkillers.
However, it should be noted that serious diseases require mandatory medication. By practicing treatment at home, you can lose time or speed up the pathological process. Therefore, in case of appearance of low back pain, with deterioration of the general condition, it is necessary to consult a specialist. The attending physician can not only approve, but also advise one or another remedy from the piggy bank of folk recipes. Be healthy!