Why can appear back spasm

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Back spasm actually refers to the spasm of the muscles on the body. Generally, the diseased part is on the back. Some people with mild conditions can take medicine to control the disease. Here's why back spasm occurs.

Why can appear back spasm

First: when the body is tired, the normal physiological function of the back muscles will change. At this time, there will be a lot of lactic acid accumulation in the muscles, and lactic acid will constantly stimulate the muscle body, resulting in spasm. Due to a lot of sweating during exercise, there will be a lot of electrolyte loss. The main components of sweat are water and salt, and salt is related to muscle contraction. Excessive loss of salt will excite muscles in the back or other parts and cause spasms.

Second: in a cold climate, such as swimming, when stimulated by cold water, especially warm-up exercise is not fully prepared, prone to spasm, the main reason is that muscles will be excited by the cold. Back spasm is a kind of muscle tissue spasm of the body, the disease site is in the back, spasm usually leads to severe pain, any movement will aggravate the pain. Patients tend to lie still, curl up and hold their knees, with their spine bent forward.

Third: the onset of the disease is usually in stretching, twisting the back, in the lower back feel sudden pain, at the beginning can continue to exercise, but 2-3 hours later, muscle bleeding will make tendons stiff, unable to move. Exercise can help prevent or eliminate backache. It is the most important and effective method to treat backache. At present, the best light exercise is Tai Chi, qigong and swimming.

matters needing attention

However, if you find that the disease is serious, it is not effective to control the disease only by taking medicine. This varies from person to person. If you find that the disease is serious, you must go to the hospital for examination, so that you don't fall ill in the future.