After a busy and long day, we look forward to sleeping time. It is at night that our body relaxes and energizes. But it is impossible to fully relax if, getting out of bed, you feel discomfort. Why does the back hurt after sleep, and what to do about it?
There can be many reasons. The simplest is an uncomfortable position during sleep. Most people like to fall asleep lying on their stomachs. But this pose greatly strains the muscles, preventing them from relaxing. With this position, back pain after sleep can not be avoided. Lying on your back, you strain your muscles no less. For complete relaxation in this position, you will need to raise your legs and bend them at the knees, having previously placed several pillows. This posture will relieve tension from the lumbar, and you will sleep through the baby’s sleep all night.
If this is not the reason the back hurts after sleep, check the bed. Your mattress and pillow may need to be replaced. To fully relax your back muscles, you should sleep on an orthopedic mattress. A bone pillow that supports the cervical spine allows you to forget about a aching and numb neck in the morning. Properly selected bedding will give you a healthy sleep.
If, after eliminating these two reasons, the back after sleep still hurts, then you need to seek qualified help from a traumatologist and neurologist. The cause may be osteochondrosis of any part of the spine, stiffness, swelling or overload of the back muscles, curvature of the spine and asymmetric contraction of the muscles located next to the spinal column. Finding out the reason, the doctor will tell you how to treat back pain. An individual program of recovery and further prevention is developed for each patient, taking into account the personal characteristics and condition of the patient.
It is possible that the reason the back hurts after sleep is not a symptom of problems with the spine, but the result of an illness of the internal organs. Then you will need to pass additional tests to find out the exact cause. Pain syndrome of the back accompanies diseases of the nervous, circulatory, genitourinary system, diseases of the liver, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.
You should know how to relieve pain and what to do to prevent its reappearance. First of all, complete rest and taking painkillers is required, among which may be Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, Nuprin or Brufen. Such measures will help relieve sharp pain. To reduce pain on the first day of an attack, cold lotions should be done. From the second day, warm ones are more suitable. It is heat that helps complete muscle relaxation and pain reduction. A true salvation will be the adoption of a hot bath with fir, spruce, rosemary or neroli oil.
Do not forget about the miraculous power of massage. Professional hands of a massage therapist in just one session will relieve the accumulated tension and remove pain. But this method is absolutely not suitable in the presence of an intervertebral hernia. A disc inserted by force can cause a person to become motionless.
In the presence of a disease such as sciatica, a warming compress of heated wax will help. The back is preliminarily greased with propolis oil. Wax is covered with polyethylene and a warm shawl or scarf. It is advisable to do such thermal compresses at night.
With inflammation of the sciatic nerve and lower back pain, St. John's wort infusion will help. For its preparation, St. John's wort herb, which can be bought at any pharmacy, will be required. Pour St. John's wort raw material with boiling water and, tightly wrapped, we insist for about two hours. Take one cup up to five times a day. We continue the course of treatment for a month.
A variety of warming ointments perfectly help. It can be "Efkamon", "Finalgon" or any other ointment with the presence of bee and snake venom in the composition.