Why does my back hurt after sleeping?

After a busy and long day, we look forward to the time of sleep. At night our body relaxes and is charged with forces. But it is impossible to fully relax, if you get up off the bed, you feel discomfort. Why does the backache 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 position greatly strains the muscles, not allowing them to relax. In this situation, 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 need to raise your legs and bend them in your lap, having pre-arranged a few pillows. This posture will relieve tension from the lumbar region, and you sleep a baby's sleep all night.

If the reason that your back hurts after sleeping is not that, you should check the bed. Perhaps your mattress and pillow require replacement. To the back muscles are completely relaxed, you should sleep on an orthopedic mattress. Pillow in the form of a bone, supporting the cervical spine, will allow you to forget about the aching and swollen neck in the morning. Correctly matched sleeping accessories will give you a healthy sleep.

If, after eliminating these two reasons, the back is still hurting after sleep, then it is necessary to seek qualified help from a traumatologist and a 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 vertebral column. Having found out the reason, the doctor will tell, how to treat pains in a back. For each patient an individual program of recovery and further prevention is developed, taking into account the personal characteristics and the condition of the patient.

It is possible that the reason for the backache after sleeping is not a symptom of problems with the spine, but the result of internal disease. Then you need to pass additional tests to find out the exact cause. Painful back syndrome accompanies diseases of the nervous, circulatory, genitourinary system, liver disease, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.

You should know how you can remove the pain syndrome and what to do to prevent its re-emergence. First of all, complete rest and reception of pain medications is required, among which may be Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, Nuprin or Brufen. Such measures will help to remove the sharp pain. To reduce the pain on the first day of the attack should do cold lotions. From the second day, warm ones are more suitable. It's the heat that helps the muscles relax completely and reduce the pain syndrome. The real salvation will be taking a hot bath with fir, spruce, rosemary or neroli oil.

Do not forget about the miraculous power of massage. The professional hands of the masseur in just one session will remove the accumulated tension and remove the pain. But this method is absolutely not suitable in the presence of an intervertebral hernia. The disc inserted by the force method can lead to immobility of the person.

In the presence of such a disease, as sciatica, a warming compress from heated wax will help. The back is preliminarily lubricated with propolis oil. Wax is covered with polyethylene and a warm shawl or handkerchief. It is advisable to make such heat compresses at night.

Inflammation of the sciatic nerve and pain in the lower back will help infusion of St. John's wort. To prepare it you will need a herb of St. John's wort, which you can buy at any pharmacy. We pour the stuff of St. John's wort with boiling water and, tightly wrapping it, we insist about two hours. We take one cup to five times a day. The course of treatment continues for a month.

Excellent help with a variety of warming ointments. It can be "Efkamon", "Finalgon" or any other ointment with the presence of a bee and snake venom.