Painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs, and muscle tension relievers are prescribed for the treatment of stairway muscle syndrome. Physical therapy is also one of the most effective means of combating the disease. Physical exercises help to relieve pressure on nerves and blood vessels. Patients with stair muscle syndrome are also shown sanatorium treatment.
Sanatorium programs include not only medical intervention and physical therapy, but also a complex of physiotherapy procedures that allows you to improve blood circulation and metabolic processes in the body, which means to speed up the recovery process. Some sanatoriums offer manual therapy, which has a beneficial effect on the recovery process.
Contraindications:
- Severe forms of bone and joint damage with abundant discharge, severe general phenomena (hectic temperature, severe exhaustion) or amyloidosis of internal organs.
- Polyarthritis with a progressive process in the joints, with ankylosis, contractures, etc. with irreversible changes in the joints and loss of the ability to self-care. Severe deformities of the joints with secondary sinuses due to the loss of the ability to move independently.
- Chronic osteomyelitis in the presence of large sequesters or a large foreign metal body in the osteomyelitic focus (the presence of small metal fragments in the surrounding soft tissues is not a contraindication for spa treatment). Septic forms of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis with systemic lesions (visceritis).
- General contraindications that exclude the referral of patients to resorts and local sanatoriums.
Treatment results
The purpose of treatment is to improve posture, eliminate pain symptoms and reduce pressure on blood vessels and nerves. Massage, physical therapy is the best means for this purpose. In combination with anesthetics and other medications, it relieves the syndrome in most cases.
Consequences of lack of treatment
Lack of treatment leads to rupture of vascular tissues and nerves. If doctors fail to correct the situation in time, the only way out is amputation of the arm.
Синдром лестничной мышцы – группа симптомов, включающих в себя боль, онемение, слабость в шейном или плечевом отделе. Причиной этого заболевания становится повреждение нервов в реберно-ключичном промежутке. Происходит это из-за травмы, врожденной патологии, нарушения осанки, резкого увеличения веса.
