Вертебролог

Diseases of a backbone represent a serious medico-social problem. It is connected not only with their wide circulation, but also with the fact that they strike most often people of the working-age. And in the last decades all of them are more often diagnosed also for children. At emergence of symptoms of a disease of a backbone people ask for the help the therapist, the neurologist, the orthopedist. And quite often are surprised when they are sent for consultation to a vertebrolog since very few people know about these narrow specialists.

Vertebrologiya is one of the youngest directions of medical science. She is on a joint of neurosurgery, orthopedics and neurology and is engaged in studying of physiology and pathology of a backbone.

Вертебролог is the doctor owning all methods of modern diagnosis and treatment of various diseases of a backbone. Unlike the neuropathologist or the orthopedist he is "narrower" specialist and specializes only in a rachis.

For whom is consultation of a vertebrolog necessary?

If you are tormented by constant headaches, neck or spin pains, then you surely should register in reception to a vertebrolog. In addition it is necessary to address it immediately and to those people who have following symptoms:

• Change of character of a dorsodynia or strengthening of its intensity, and also emergence of the pains irradiating (giving) to extremities or other bodies;
• Emergence of weakness in extremities, disturbances of skin sensitivity (paresthesias);
• Disturbances of functions of pelvic bodies (involuntary urination, acute ischuria, etc.).

Quite often children and teenagers also show complaints to dorsodynias and frequent headaches which reason most often consists in backbone pathology. Therefore the child should be consulted surely at a children's vertebrolog who will be able timely to reveal a possible disease and will appoint necessary treatment.

What treats вертебролог?

People with the following diseases usually come to reception to a vertebrolog:

• Degenerative and dystrophic diseases of a rachis, in particular osteochondrosis;
• Hernia of an intervertebral disk;
• Stenosis of the vertebral channel;
• Tumors of a spinal cord and backbone;
• Deformation of a backbone;
• Spinal fractures without damage or with damage of substance of a spinal cord;
• Anomalies of development of a backbone;
• Effects of injuries of a spinal cord and backbone.

The treatment methods used in a vertebrologiya

All methods of treatment of diseases of a backbone share on operational and surgical. Now all operative measures at diseases of a backbone are carried out under local or general anesthesia. At the same time preference is given to low-invasive techniques. In spite of the fact that they the technician is much more difficult traditional surgical, they have the mass of advantages – are less traumatic and are easier transferred by patients. Therefore being interested in reviews of a vertebrologa, do not forget to specify whether the doctor owns methods of endoscopic surgery and other low-invasive interventions.

One of modern ways of treatment of fractures of bodies of vertebrae is the vertebroplastika. Its essence is that the place of a change is as if stuck by means of special glue. Glue is entered into the affected vertebra through an aspirating needle under ultrasonography control. No cuts are carried out. Vertebroplastika is quite often carried out in out-patient conditions since for her carrying out the general anesthesia is not necessary, operation is not followed by bleeding, and the risk of development of complications is minimum.

Among conservative methods of treatment in a vertebrologiya use extension, massage, physical therapy, manual therapy. Unfortunately, these methods most often do not allow to achieve full treatment of a disease from adult patients. Therefore they are used as means of elimination of a pain syndrome when operation on any reasons cannot be executed. And here in practice of a children's vertebrolog conservative methods play the main role since with their help it is possible not only to stop further progressing of a disease, but also even to achieve an absolute recovery of the child, it is natural provided that treatment was begun timely.

Manual therapy at diseases of a backbone is used rather often. This method of treatment has high performance. But only experienced doctors can carry out it. Incorrectly executed manual therapy not only will not bring benefit, but can become the reason of an aggravation of symptoms of health. If to you or your relatives advise this method of treatment, then do not hesitate to take an interest in qualification of the doctor, existence at it necessary diplomas and licenses, skills, take an interest in reviews of a vertebrologa and clinic which in most cases can always be found in the Internet.