[건강 올레길] Back pain intensifying in winter, must visit orthopedic hospital at the beginning of symptoms: Sports Dong-A

Sangmu District Seoul Sangmu Orthopedic Clinic, Choi Sung-Woo (Orthopedist)

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These days, it is clear that the number of people who visit orthopedic surgery is increasing due to severe back pain. This is closely related to the seasonal characteristics of winter when the weather gets colder.

In winter, when the temperature drops, not only the muscles that protect the spine become stiff, but the flexibility of the joints decreases. In addition, since it interferes with smooth blood circulation, it intensifies back pain and increases the pain of patients.

There are many more back diseases that cause back pain, and it is not easy to find a clear answer to treatment. There are many parts where it is difficult to interpret symptoms such as simply “muscle sprained” or “surprised” that patients who actually visit the hospital, and the severity of the disease depends on the degree of degenerative change in the lower back, the degree of intervertebral disc prolapse, the presence or absence of symptoms, and the duration. As it is diverse and difficult to present in a single frame, improvement is possible only if you properly know about the back disease and proceed with the treatment appropriate to the current situation.

As the most representative disease causing back pain, the chronic disease of modern people, the herniated disc (lumbar disc herniation) can be pointed to. The main symptoms of herniated disc are low back pain and radiating pain. The disc is prolapsed and the lower extremity radiating pain, which is caused by direct stimulation of the nerve roots, is so severe that it is difficult to bear.

Of course, discs can be prevented from getting worse if they are treated well early on. However, if the herniated disc is neglected, the symptoms become more severe as time passes, and if it causes excretory dysfunction or paralysis of the lower extremities, surgical treatment may be inevitable, so it is desirable to visit a hospital early.

‘Spinal canal stenosis’, which is easily confused with the lumbar disc, is also well known as a disease that causes back pain. Spinal canal stenosis, which causes back pain due to the narrowing of the spinal canal itself through which nerves pass, is difficult to walk properly when symptoms worsen, and elderly patients suffer from leg pain even if they walk a little, so the pain can be severe enough to sit and rest. The narrowed spinal canal does not recover spontaneously and can cause complex neurological symptoms in severe cases, so it is important not to miss the treatment time when spinal canal stenosis is suspected.

In the case of a’lumbar sprain’, which causes pain due to damage to the ligaments in the lumbar spine (lumbar), an abnormal contraction of the muscles along with the ligament injury increases back pain at the same time, and if it persists for a long time, it is necessary to keep in mind the possibility of degenerative changes. You need an accurate diagnosis. In addition, if’scoliosis’, which is accompanied by rotational deformation of the spine in a state where the spine is bent and bent to the side, becomes severe, it is difficult to bow the lower back well and can lead to lower back pain while the spine flexibility decreases.

For such back diseases, it is recommended to prioritize 1:1 customized non-surgical treatment optimized for each patient in consideration of the characteristics of each disease rather than unconditionally performing surgery. Including’DNA injection’ (adhesion and detachment injection), which promotes cell regeneration of damaged tendons, muscles, ligaments, and cartilage,’manual treatment’ that non-invasively treats musculoskeletal pain using the hand, and 1000~1500 to the lesion site causing pain ‘Extracorporeal shock wave therapy’, which helps regeneration of damaged tissues by shooting a conference shock wave, is effective.

Sangmu District Seoul Sangmu Orthopedic Clinic, Choi Sung-Woo (Orthopedist)

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