腰椎退化

香港腰椎退化問題：

- 每件香港有超過十萬人腰痛

- 每二百個腰痛患者, 有一至兩人需動手術

腰椎結構: 共五節腰椎連接脊骨神經

在梃管裡有腰骨神經, 在第一、二節腰椎後, 中樞神經分支成很多條神經根, 所以稱為馬尾松。

每一節腰椎骨之間, 也會有一塊軟骨作緩衝, 而這塊軟骨便稱為椎間盤。

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What is back pain?

1.      Degeneration

The rate of degneration is vary from people. Generally, the interverbral disc and joints will become unstable after aged 30, leading to back pain or sciatia caused by nerve compressions.

references: www.ispine.com.hk/

2.      Bone Projection / over-growth

Osteophytes (bone spur) form naturally on the back of the spine as a person ages and are a sign of degeneration in the spine. In most cases, the spur are not the source of back pains. However, if the bone projections compress the adjunct nerves and suppress the blood supply to the nerve, the patients would suffer pain in running or standing position.

3.      Others

If back pain caused by tumor/ cancer or bacterial infections, patients may experience persistent pain in back, leading to insomnia and other associated syndromes.  

Back pain - prevention

Exercise is an effective way to strengthen your muscles. The strong muscles can help to maintain a correct position of spine. Low-impact activities can increase overall fitness without straining the low back.

Back pain - treatment

1.      Physiotherapy. It can be classified as active and inactive treatment.

Active – effectively strengthen the patient’s muscle through persistent specific exercise. 

Inactive – relieve pain in specific position through micro-current therapy

Misconception:

Many patients believe that reductions of physical activity can relieve their pain conditions, however, it is incorrect as physical acticity can help to strengthen your muscle and relieve the pain in long term. You are recommend to consult physiotherapy to personalize an exercise plan for you.

 Medication

Depends on the severity of pain, orthopaedic doctor would prescribe oral medications for pain reliever. If needed or pain persist, orthopaedic doctor may recommend for intramuscular or percutaneous injections of nerve blocks to control your back pain.

Surgery

Orthopaedic doctor would recommend for orthopaedic surgery if needed, especially for patients suffering:

i.                    Medications and physiotherapy treatments cannot manipulate the back pain

ii.                  Incontinence caused by nerve compression

iii.                Progressive muscle weakness caused by nerve compression

iv.                No improvement of pain conditions after 4-6 weeks physiotherapy treatment.

It is not intended as medical advice to any specific person. If you have any need for personal advice or have any questions regarding your health, please consult your orthopedic doctors for diagnosis and treatment.

懶理頸梗膊痛 脊柱隨時變形

資料來源：www.sharpdaily.hk/



從事飲食業、售貨員、建築工人、交通警員、電單車送貨員等市民，若出現頸梗腰痠背痛，脊椎可能已受創。有醫生指出，由於工作環境，上述行業人士容易出現脊椎神經受損，引發痛症，若不理會延誤治理，會出現嚴重神經壓迫、脊柱畸形，需要動手術治理。

骨科專科醫生張啟然表示，痛症在本港十分普遍，根據政府資料顯示，有28%痛症個案屬神經痛。他指，神經痛患者的神經末梢或中樞神經系統因損傷或功能失調，出現不正常的生理反應，錯誤將訊息傳遞至痛楚中心。

他指出，意外創傷是導致脊椎神經受損的主因之一，而飲食業、售貨員、建築工人、交通警員、電單車及單車送貨員、職業運動員等，因高風險的工作環境，是脊椎神經受損高危一族。

常坐Office玩手機風險高

不過，長期坐於辦公室的OL一族亦可能脊椎受創，張稱:「長期坐喺電腦前面工作，好多時會上半身向前彎，坐姿不良造成腰背受壓，加上操勞過度，令腰椎負荷增加，增加脊椎神經受創風險。」他又指出，智能手機及平板電腦流行，不少市民經常低頭玩手機，出現椎間盤退化的機會大增，神經線受壓亦會引起疼痛。據其臨床經驗，有兩成個案是椎間盤退化或椎間盤凸出。

張表示，除勞損導致椎間盤退化或凸出外，部份屬基因遺傳的先天性個案，每年約有兩至三宗，患者只有十多歲，最年輕者更只有10歲。「佢哋仲年幼，等啲骨同軟組織慢慢成長就得，唔使食藥或做手術。」

至於因勞損或意外導致的脊椎神經痛，患者可服食藥物紓緩痛楚，若情況嚴重，就需要做手術治理。他提醒市民，尤其容易脊椎神經受損高危一族要小心，慎防勞損或意外。




脊椎創傷高危行業
‧體力勞動者如建築工人
‧警員（特別是交通警）
‧電單車及單車送貨員
‧售貨員
‧飲食業僱員
‧職業運動員或運動愛好者

骨科專科醫生   張啟然








以上所提供的資訊僅作為教育及參考用途，如果你有任何醫療問題，
應向自己的骨科醫生查詢，而不應單倚賴以上提供的資料。