Myositis is an inflammation of any striated muscle. This lesion occurs with the effects of toxins and infections, after injuries, severe stresses, as a result of hypothermia and sleep in an uncomfortable position. Myositis of the neck muscles most often develops due to exposure to drafts, and inflammation of the back muscles in most cases is provoked by chronic infections or metabolic disorders.
The main clinical manifestation of myositis is edema and a reflex spasm of the affected muscles, which causes pain. With this disease, asymmetric nerve damage is also observed. The disease proceeds with a pronounced inflammatory process. The patient cannot turn his head. With a significant spread of pathological changes, pain can reach the fingers.
Treatment of myositis should be carried out at the first manifestations of the disease. With untimely therapy, the pain can become prolonged, dull in nature. In addition, a hernia of the intervertebral disc or subluxation of the intervertebral joints in the neck can develop, which is caused by a prolonged spasm of the affected muscle fibers.
It is worth noting that the correct treatment of myositis in 70% of cases ensures the complete absence of complaints after a few days. Among the basic principles of treatment of this pathology, the following should be noted:
• the affected muscles must be provided with complete rest;
• warming ointment should be applied to areas of inflammation;
• inside you need to take one of the anti-inflammatory drugs;
• novocaine blockades with the addition of corticosteroids are highly effective;
• treatment of myositis in patients who have contraindications to the use of certain drugs occurs by assigning them post-isometric relaxation (manual therapy method).
It must be said that the treatment of muscle inflammation should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, since the volume of therapeutic measures depends on the etiology of this ailment. So that the patient’s condition does not become complicated, he should avoid hypothermia and excessive physical exertion.
Treatment of myositis can be carried out using alternative methods:
1. A sheet of white cabbage should be soaped with laundry soap, sprinkled with soda, applied to the affected areas in the form of a compress, fixed with a scarf.
2. When cervical myositis develops, treatment may include horsetail compresses that perfectly eliminate pain.
3. Therapy should also include appropriate dietary nutrition. So, you can not smoke and drink alcohol. Limit the number of spicy, fatty and salty foods. Useful cereals on the water from sprouted grains of wheat, oats or barley.
4. For the preparation of ointments in folk medicine, peppermint, birch leaves, celandine, plantain, chamomile, pine buds, eucalyptus leaf, St. John's wort are often used.
5. For muscle inflammation, make alcohol tincture from the barberry bark, which is used orally for 20-30 drops daily.
It is worth remembering that when neck myositis develops , treatment should be carried out after consulting a specialist. This is especially true of muscle inflammation in children. Self-medication in this case is strictly prohibited, since in childhood severe allergic reactions to herbal remedies often occur, which greatly complicates the course of myositis.