Set of exercises at a kifoza

At a human backbone normal there are two bends in front and two behind. So the nature for the best distribution of physical activity and providing bipedalism conceived. Under the influence of negative factors (long wrong situation, injuries, excessive tension) in a backbone there can be new bends or amplify already available. It is resulted by such disease as kifoz. Let's consider that it represents and as it is possible to cure this illness by means of physical exercises.

What is kifoz

Kifoz is a curvature of the top department of a backbone in the form of camber back, in itself being physiologic.

Speak about pathology in those cases if depth of convexity exceeds 30–45 degrees. At the heaviest degree this indicator can reach 50–70 degrees. The main symptom of a disease — a syndrome of a round back, strong stoop, even gibbosity.

Whether you know? The worst enemy of a backbone is the usual bag. Only 3 kg of weight of this accessory can raise considerably load of a backbone and start process of its curvature. Especially it concerns female handbags on a long and thin thong which carry on one shoulder. The mass of a women's bag should not exceed 2 kg.

The reasons of a kifoz are various:

• the congenital defect of a backbone amplifying in process of growing;
• early, compulsory jumping yet the babies who are not sitting without support;
• injuries (incomplete dislocations, shifts of vertebras);
• unsuccessful surgeries;
• genetic predisposition;
• osteoporosis;
• osteochondrosis;
• spondilit;
• rickets;
• poliomyelitis;
• CEREBRAL PALSY;
• tuberculosis of bones;
• backwardness of muscles of chest and lumbar departments;
• psychological factor at tall persons (constraint of the growth).

Kifoz more often is acquired, than congenital.

Whether you know? In the Middle Ages kifoz called a disease of podmasteriya, and all because these boys and young men spent much time in shops, having bent, occupied with the most laborious draft work owing to what they developed backbone diseases.

In the modern world various curvatures of a backbone, including kifoz, also begin at school or student's age because of the wrong position of a body when sitting behind a school desk.

Besides external manifestations, the following symptoms are characteristic of a disease:

• spazmirovaniye of muscles;
• the aching pains in a breast and a waist;
• numbness of extremities;
• the complicated work of lungs because of reduction of volume of a thorax;
• disorders of a GIT because of the diaphragm pressure upon abdominal organs.

Proceeding from a lokaliztion, distinguish such types of a kifoz:

• cervical;
• chest (upper, average and nizhnegrudny);
• lumbar;
• grudopoyasnichny.

Advantage of LFK at a disease

Unfortunately, the modern medicine did not find yet a way to completely eliminate this disease but only temporarily facilitates symptoms.

Important! The popular direction — manual therapy — can help only at early stages of a disease and only in case of the address to really knowing and experienced expert. Otherwise such treatment can cause injury of vertebras and other complications.

At a severe form of a kifoz the doctors can appoint operation (back spondilyoz) and orthopedic treatment (fastening in vertebras of special plates). The good effect in therapy is rendered by occupations physiotherapy exercises. It is possible with its help:

• to improve blood circulation and a limfoobrashcheniye in a backbone and adjacent fabrics and, as a result, food of intervertebral disks, their elasticity;
• to strengthen muscles of a neck, a breast, a back;
• to increase force and flexibility of joints;
• to work the copular and muscular device;
• to reduce protrusion probability.

Contraindications

In certain cases LFK occupations at a kifoza are contraindicated. Fortunately, it is a little of them.

It is not recommended to be engaged in physical exercises at:

• feeling sick, the increased temperature, the general weakness;
• presence of an infectious disease;
• inflammatory process in an organism;
• the increased arterial blood pressure;
• hemophilias;
• serious mental condition.

Important! Before the occupations it is the best of all to consult with the doctor and the instructor of LFK which will help to pick up an optimum set of exercises.

Set of exercises

Medical exercises at a kifoza can be divided into three groups: for cervical department, for chest department and for a waist (for a back). It is desirable to have available such stock as a gymnastic stick, rollers, a fitball, elastic bandage, a rug.

For cervical department

In cervical vertebras the pathological changes happen always first of all.

Get acquainted with a complex for a neck across Bubnovsky.

The following exercises will allow to work this area:

1. Legs at shoulder length. The stick in hands is pressed to shovels behind the back. We do superficial squats, without forgetting to control breath: on a breath — squat, on an exhalation — rise.
2. Rising on tiptoe, at the same time we conduct the straightened hands up. Falling by heels, we return hands in situation on seams.
3. Lying on a stomach, a palm on a nape. Elbows are divorced in the parties. On a breath we raise an upper body, on an exhalation we lower.
4. Starting position — lying on a back. We extend hands with a stick over the head. We last socks forward, and hands with a stick back. Thus, there is an extension of a backbone.

Exercises for cervical department: video

For chest department

For removal of a spasm and elimination of painful feelings in shovels which can be given to the area of heart, such exercises are recommended:

1. Lying on a stomach, to clasp itself for shoulders. To carry out deflections in a waist, stretching up.
2. The following exercise repeats previous, but in addition the gymnastic stick is used. It is put on a back. Caving in in a waist, it is necessary as it is possible to level shovels stronger.
3. In situation on all fours to curve a back up, down. The head has to be thrown back back.
4. Lying on a back, hands are linked on a nape, legs are bent in knees. To carry out rifts, having enclosed the roller under a back.

Pay attention to exercises on Evminov's board.

How to check a bearing and exercises at a kifoza of chest department: video

For lumbar department

At these sports occupations the emphasis is placed on relaxation of a waist, alignment of vertebras:

1. Lying to tighten serially to a stomach one, other leg bent at an angle 90 degrees.
2. In the same situation to bend legs and to part-cramp knees.
3. It being necessary to try to reach ankles from a reverse side.
4. On all fours to bend a waist up, at the same time trying to put emphasis on heels and extending hands forward.
5. Classical level with the emphasis on elbows.
6. It is resistant triangle (as in the drawing).

Rules of carrying out gymnastics

The physiotherapy exercises at a kifoza will be effective if to use individual approach and sensitively to listen to the body.

At selection of exercises it is necessary to take such factors into account as:

• age of the patient:
• level of physical training;
• disease severity (backbone curvature degree);
• localization of a kifoz;
• anamnesis and associated diseases.

Examine exercises for a back: Paul Bragg, crocodile, at scoliosis 2 degrees, at osteochondrosis, for a waist, with a fitball.

Being engaged in physiotherapy exercises at a kifoza, it is required to follow certain rules:

1. Trainings should not be too long (not less than half an hour, but also no more than 45 minutes).
2. Before occupations to do small warm-up to prepare muscles.
3. To put on the comfortable clothes from natural fabrics which are not holding down the movement.
4. To observe the principle of regularity and systematicity of trainings (to be engaged optimum every other day that muscles managed to be recovered).
5. All exercises have to be carried out softly, smoothly, without sharp movements, at slow speed.
6. There should not be painful feelings.
7. It is necessary to control breath in view of the fact that lungs some of the first bodies suffer from squeezing from a diaphragm at this illness.

Kifoz — a widespread disease which is unpleasant not only the external manifestations, but also deterioration in health and quality of life. And though there is no means which is completely curing kifoz yet it is necessary to carry out constantly supporting therapy, not to allow complications. For this purpose the physiotherapy exercises which not only will strengthen muscles are ideal, but also will make more flexible joints and will improve the general health.