Nerve pincering in the thoracic region: symptoms and treatment

Pinching of the nerve in the thoracic region is a condition in which there is an acute pain syndrome in the chest and thoracic spine, provoking a number of other symptoms. Often squeezing the nerve endings in this case occurs against the background of other pathologies. Without proper treatment, pinching the nerve can lead to severe consequences, mobility will be severely limited.

• Causes
• Pinch of the breast nerve during pregnancy: what to do?
• Symptoms
• How to treat pinching

Some experts say that most often this disease begins to manifest itself in people over the age of thirty, although for various reasons, you can face it at a young age. At the same time, the main problem in diagnosing this disease is that pain syndrome usually gives to other organs, as a result of which the causes of pain often begin to look in the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system.

After identifying the pinched nerve in the thoracic area, do not delay with the beginning of treatment. The longer the nerve endings are squeezed, the greater the probability of their complete irreversible damage, the permanent disturbance of mobility in the thoracic region.

Causes

Pinching of the nerve is due to its compression by the bones, joints, which arises from the anatomically incorrect position of these elements of the musculoskeletal system. Most often, compression occurs in the thoracic spine. The following factors usually lead to compression:

1. Intercostal neuralgia. It usually occurs due to sudden unsuccessful movements, twists of the trunk, irregular unevenly distributed physical loads on the thoracic spine of the spine.
2. Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine, exacerbation of the disease. With degenerative changes due to osteochondrosis, protrusion of the discs occurs, the vertebrae are displaced, this leads to compression of the nerve endings, as a result of which there is a pinched nerve in the thoracic region.
3. Spasm, hypertension of the back muscles in the thoracic region. In this case, intense spasmodic muscles pinch the nerve endings, muscle spasm can occur due to physical exertion, most often this problem occurs in athletes.
4. Various injuries of the spine, the emergence of tumors of the spinal column. With different traumas and tumors, the vertebrae and vertebral disks often move, resulting in nerve endings being squeezed.

Also, often experts identify the age factor, because with age, the bones become weaker, there are various diseases of the joints and the spinal column. Therefore, older people are recommended to pay more attention to the prevention of this disease and other similar pathologies.

Important!Also, the probability of a pinched nerve in the thoracic region increases during pregnancy.

Pinch of the breast nerve during pregnancy: what to do?

At pregnancy the probability of occurrence of the given disease because of the increased loading on a backbone and the support-motor system as a whole is high. If there is a squeezing of the nerve endings, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible, you can not treat yourself.

Since most pain medications are not allowed during pregnancy, they try to remove pain using manual methods - an easy massage, try to limit mobility and load. Any procedures for this condition can only be carried out by a specialist.

Symptoms

The main symptom of pinching of the nerve in the chest is a pain in the sternum, often accompanied by a restriction of mobility, numbness in the ribs and under the shoulder blades, and sometimes there is a feeling of shortness of breath. The following symptoms may also occur:

• when the nerves are jammed, there may be a feeling of pain in gastritis, in the right hypochondrium, with no diseases of the gastrointestinal tract being observed;
• when the vegetative nerves are jammed, dyspnea, arrhythmia may occur, and there are no pathologies of the cardiovascular system.

Because pain gives to other organs, when these symptoms appear, a full diagnosis is required, in order to confirm the diagnosis and to prescribe the right treatment, you need to contact a neurologist.

Usually, X-rays are required to confirm this disease, in some cases an MRI or CT scan is used. To exclude diseases of the digestive and cardiovascular system, ultrasound or an electrocardiogram may be prescribed, other tests. Only after this it is possible to begin treatment.

Important!Pain in this disease increases with breathing.

How to treat pinching

Treatment is usually complex, it is important to eliminate the pain syndrome and remove muscle spasm with medication, then remove the restriction of mobility and the feeling of numbness that arises from the pinching of the nerve. It is acceptable to treat the house, but it is necessary to visit physiotherapy at the clinic or hospital, at home they can not be carried out.

The following methods are commonly used to treat this disease:

1. Drug treatment. Anti-inflammatory analgesics are commonly used, for example, Nurafen, Nyz, Diclofenac. In rare cases, local anesthetic blockades are used. Also, miracle relaxants are used to relieve muscle spasm, for the same purpose use vitamin B group, usually in injections.
2. Manual procedures and physiotherapy. They are used to improve mobility in the thoracic region, improve circulation, fix the effect of drug therapy. Usually use massage, acupuncture, reflexology and other techniques.
3. Exercises for pinching of the nerve in the thoracic area are also important for a full recovery. They help restore mobility, strengthen the muscles of the back, improve the flexibility of the joints and spine. Do not neglect exercise therapy for this disease, even twenty minutes of the most simple exercises a day will help improve the condition and avoid recurrence of the disease.
4. Treatment with folk remedies. Folk remedies are not so effective in this disease, but some funds will help to recover faster after the disease. When jamming nerves in different parts of the body, it is recommended to start eating more dried apricots, prunes and walnuts, they have a positive effect on the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system. Also advise warm herbal baths, especially useful bath based on the bark of oak.

Combining different methods of treatment can achieve the most pronounced positive result. The main thing is to consult with the attending physician at all stages of treatment, absolute self-medication for this disease is contraindicated, it is possible to provoke the occurrence of complications.