[Non-drug methods of pain management in the rehabilitation of elderly patients with dorsopathies.]

Abstract

Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints presented by elderly patients during outpatient visits. The reason for this circumstance is the increase in degenerative changes in the musculoskeletal system, in particular, the spine with increasing age of patients, as well as a decrease in the metabolic rate. This situation requires the doctor not only to relieve pain, but also to create conditions for the prevention of relapse of painful sensations. The effect of non-drug treatment methods and, in particular, the use of individual orthopedic correction means on the course of pain syndrome in people with deforming dorsopathy of old age has not been sufficiently studied. In this paper, based on literary data, the effect of the use of individual orthopedic correction means (orthopedic insoles, corsets, bandages) in the long-term period on lower back pain as part of complex therapy of dorsopathy in the elderly against the background of their polymorbidity is shown.