Eight causes of chest and back pain

From a clinical point of view, most chest and back pain is caused by esophagitis. In this case, you can take some digestive and anti-inflammatory drugs. At the same time, you should pay more attention to your diet. You should not eat spicy and irritating foods, but should mainly eat a light diet. In addition, you should exercise appropriately to promote blood circulation in the body, improve the body's immunity, and stay away from diseases completely.

1. Causes of chest and back pain

The pain in the chest and back accompanied by a burning sensation is probably caused by problems with your esophagus. This type of pain is usually caused by esophagitis, usually reflux esophagitis. At this time, you need to take some anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve the pain. It is recommended to use metoclopramide, which has a better effect. At the same time, you need to pay attention to your usual diet and eat more easily digestible foods. You must avoid eating foods that may irritate your stomach and intestines, so as not to aggravate your condition.

2. How to prevent chest and back pain

1. Exercise therapy: Exercise can increase muscle softness and joint flexibility, and can also enhance muscle strength and endurance, thereby improving blood circulation throughout the body and relieving physical and mental stress. Exercise can also help prevent pain or help eliminate back pain. It is the most important and effective method for treating back pain. Currently, the best light exercises are Tai Chi, Qigong and swimming.

2. Push and press therapy: Push and press therapy can help release or reduce physical and mental stress and relax tense muscles. Therefore, it is also one of the important methods to eliminate back pain.

3. Traction therapy: This method helps to increase the distance between vertebrae for patients with intervertebral disc herniation and lumbar foraminal stenosis, prevent bone spurs or cartilage from compressing the nerves, and help relieve pain symptoms.

4. Acupuncture therapy: Acupuncture can promote the circulation of qi and blood, and has an analgesic effect, and is quite effective for acute pain. If the patient is suffering from chronic lumbar muscle strain, local warm moxibustion can be applied, which has the effect of relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation.

5. Physical therapy: including ultrasound, electrotherapy, hot and cold compresses and other methods. Ultrasound waves can penetrate deep into muscle tissue and generate heat, which helps relieve pain and swelling. Electrotherapy uses electrical stimulation to make muscle cells move regularly, relieving muscle hardening and cramps. Cold compress is suitable for acute pain within one or two days, and has the effect of relieving pain and reducing swelling; while hot compress is more suitable for chronic pain, and can improve local circulation and enhance tissue recovery ability.

6. Drug treatment: For those with local bruises, swelling, heat and pain, you can apply blood circulation, swelling and heat-clearing drugs externally. If there is no bruises but pain, you can apply trauma ointment externally. For oral administration, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics are generally used. Be sure to consult a doctor before using oral medications.