Muscle Pain Syndromes: 5 Misconceptions

No. 1

For a long time there was an opinion that painful muscle syndromes are a consequence of osteochondrosis of the spine. Osteochondrosis as a degenerative disease, or aging of the spine, leads to the fact that the position of the vertebrae is disrupted, the intervertebral nerves are compressed and pain syndrome is caused, therefore, treatment should be directed to elimination of bone proliferation, height of the intervertebral disc.

This assumption is not consistent, because osteochondrosis, like the aging of the spine, progresses year after year, and pain syndromes occur mainly in young and even children, and in old age during the rapid flowering of osteochondrosis, pain syndromes disappear.

No. 2

Painful syndromes are associated with the vertical upright man, so he is doomed to pay pain syndromes for static muscle overload.

This assumption is not consistent, because many patients are well known for which pain syndromes appear horizontally, at night.

The real reason: Painful vertical syndrome syndromes occur only when the patient is in a stopped fall like the Pisa tower, and is forced to restrain from falling by other parts of the spine.

No. 3

The cause of the development of pain syndrome is an uncomfortable position, the patient acquires when lies in a horizontal position? Therefore, for treatment it is necessary to purchase a lot of additional pillows, mattresses.

The real reason: This is due to the fact that at a particular time of day the activity of a certain meridian of the body arises. During its activity, the tone of certain skeletal muscles supporting the spine decreases and compression of adjacent vessels and nerves occurs, which leads to pain syndrome.