What is the reason why elderly women often suffer from back pain?

Many elderly women suffer from back pain due to old problems. The causes are very complicated. The root causes of the problems left over over the years due to childbirth, work, and lifestyle habits when they were young are difficult to cure. So how can older women alleviate this situation?

1. The mattress is too soft

When you sleep, if your spine does not get proper support from the mattress and remains in an improperly bent state all night, your back will of course ache if you sleep like this for a long time.

How to deal with a soft mattress?

Therefore, if the mattress is really soft, you can add a layer of bamboo mat on it to increase the firmness, or simply change to a flat bed.

2. Osteoporosis

Shrinkage and hunchback in elderly women are also typical symptoms of osteoporosis. As we age, osteoporosis worsens, the spine tilts forward, and the back curvature worsens, forming a hunchback. When the hunchback is severe, the knee joints will also contract significantly. When the elderly suffer from osteoporosis, the vertebrae are compressed and the height can be shortened by an average of 3 to 6 cm. Hunchback may also affect the respiratory function of the elderly. Because of the chest deformity and reduced lung capacity caused by hunchback, patients often experience symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing, which leads to a high incidence of emphysema.

How can older women prevent osteoporosis?

Control your diet structure and avoid excessive intake of acidic substances. Most meats, grains, sugar, alcohol, fish and shrimp are acidic foods, and most vegetables and fruits are alkaline foods. The daily intake of acidic and alkaline foods by healthy people should follow a ratio of 1:4. Drink more milk and eat more soy products.

Smoking affects the formation of bone peaks, excessive drinking is not conducive to bone metabolism, and drinking strong coffee increases urinary calcium excretion and affects the body's absorption of calcium. The above habits should be avoided.

Maintain a regular life and don’t stay up late. Regulating your mood and self-stress can prevent the deposition of acidic substances and ensure normal metabolism.

Appropriate exposure to sunlight is beneficial to calcium absorption. Do more outdoor sports. Older people who exercise regularly have better balance and are less likely to fall, which can prevent fractures. Tai Chi, brisk walking, fan dance and other sports are more suitable for the elderly.

Traditional Chinese medicine teaches you how to relieve back and leg pain

Older women who love drinking tea can drink mugwort and red dates soup instead of tea. The characteristic of this soup is that it can "open up the qi and blood". Chinese medicine believes that only the blockage of qi and blood will cause soreness and pain. Therefore, you can eat this soup often to open up qi and blood and relieve pain. To make this soup, you need to buy mugwort at a Chinese medicine store, add water together with red dates and boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for another 20 minutes, then filter the residue and drink it as a beverage. It should be noted that mugwort is warm in nature, so the red dates added together must be cut and pitted, otherwise it will cause internal heat after drinking. In addition, if you feel the soup is bitter, you can add some brown sugar to taste. Generally, drink it for three days and stop for one day, and drink it for three months in a row. It is very helpful in improving low back pain.

If you want to relieve pain quickly, hot compress with ginger soup is the best. Crush a large piece of ginger and boil it, then let it cool to 50 degrees Celsius. Soak a towel in it while it is still hot and wring it dry, then apply it to the painful area, alternating for 30 minutes. It can relax local muscles, dilate blood vessels, and has the effects of reducing inflammation, swelling and relieving pain.

In addition, taking a bath or shower is also a practical way to improve back pain.