Spurring pain in the spine corresponding to the chest

If there is stabbing pain in the spine corresponding to the chest, then supraspinal ligamentitis cannot be ruled out. Although supraspinal ligamentitis is not a common disease, once it occurs, it will cause great pain to the patient and may even seriously affect the patient's ability to move and normal life. Below, I will give you a detailed introduction to the disease of supraspinal ligamentitis.

1. What is supraspinal ligamentitis

Supraspinal ligamentitis is a chronic aseptic inflammatory injury that is painless, without redness, swelling, fever, or heat. It is most likely to damage the superficial fibers of the supraspinal ligaments of T3-5 and L3-S1.

In the thoracic or lumbar spine, due to chronic strain and other reasons, the supraspinous ligament may have an inflammatory reaction, so that it is partially peeled off or separated from the spinous process. The patient may have local fixed pain and tenderness. This condition is called supraspinous ligamentitis. Supraspinal ligamentitis often occurs at the thoracolumbar junction.

Symptoms of supraspinal ligamentitis

The symptoms are low back pain or chest and back pain, with fixed tenderness points. The pain will generally worsen when the waist is under excessive pressure. This disease is a chronic disease of the waist, chest and back, and patients need to take local conservative treatment. You can use local physical therapy hot compresses in combination with external application of Yunnan Baiyao or apply Voltaren to the painful area to achieve the purpose of relieving the condition, and perform scientific massage on the waist appropriately. Patients should avoid doing heavy physical work or bending over frequently. When low back pain occurs, you must rest in time and pay attention to keeping your back and waist warm in daily life. Otherwise, it may recur due to cold. Local hormone blocking therapy should be carried out if necessary.

How to treat supraspinal ligamentitis

The vertebrae of the spine are connected to each other by supraspinous ligaments and interspinous ligaments. The supraspinous ligaments are located in the superficial layer, and the interspinous ligaments are located in the deep layer. In the thoracic and lumbar spine, the supraspinous ligament may have an inflammatory reaction due to chronic strain and other reasons, leading to partial peeling or separation. Patients may have local fixed pain and tenderness, a condition called supraspinal ligamentitis.

Supraspinal ligament inflammation is a common cause of long-term chronic low back pain. For many people, low back pain worsens after fatigue or cold, and further worsens when bending over. The symptoms can be relieved after rest. After the treatment of low back pain symptoms, it is recommended to take proper rest and combine work and rest, and avoid excessive bending activities as much as possible. Since the lesion site of supraspinal ligamentitis is very limited, local blockade treatment can achieve good results, or the application of some non-steroidal analgesics in the form of ointments combined with local physical therapy and hot compresses can also achieve better therapeutic effects. In addition, local physical therapy and oral anti-inflammatory analgesics can also have certain effects. This disease generally does not require surgical treatment.