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ʻO nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi he mau ulu liʻiliʻi, he iwi, e ulu ana ma nā ʻaoʻao o kou mau iwi, ʻoi aku ka nui ma kahi e hui ai nā iwi ma nā hono. E noʻonoʻo iā lākou ma ke ʻano he ala o kou kino e ho'āʻo ai e hoʻoponopono iā ia iho ke ʻike nā hono i ka ʻeha a me ka haehae ma hope o kekahi manawa.
ʻO kēia mau ulu, i kapa ʻia ʻo osteophytes ma ke ʻano lapaʻau, pinepine e ulu mālie a ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike i kekahi hōʻailona. He nui nā kānaka i loaʻa nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi me ka ʻike ʻole. Eia naʻe, ke kumu lākou i nā pilikia, hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi i ka ʻeha, ka paʻakikī, a me ka emi ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana ma ka wahi i pilikia.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi e hōʻike i kekahi hōʻailona, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻike ai ka nui o nā kānaka iā lākou ma ke ʻano kūpono i nā X-rays no nā kumu ʻē aʻe. Ke hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, maʻamau lākou e ulu mālie i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻōiwi ʻōiwi a i ʻole e hoʻomaka ana e kaomi i nā pūnaewele kokoke.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia:
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi puʻupuʻu paʻakikī ma lalo o kou ʻili kahi i hana ʻia ai ka ʻōiwi ʻōiwi. Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻokoʻa nui ma muli o kahi e ulu ai ka ʻōiwi ʻōiwi a inā paha e pilikia i nā ʻiʻo, nā tendons, a i ʻole nā aʻalolo a puni.
Maʻamau, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ma muli o ko lākou wahi i loko o kou kino. Hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻano ke hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe ma nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ka hono a i ʻole ka wahi i pilikia.
ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau loa, ʻo ia:
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ke ulu i kou mau lima, nā wāwae, a i ʻole nā hono ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka wahi pinepine e hoʻoholo ai i kou mau hōʻailona a me ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
E ulu nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ke ho'āʻo kou kino e hoʻoponopono i ka pōʻino a i ʻole ka ʻeha i loko o kou mau hono ma ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻiʻo iwi hou. Maʻamau kēia kaʻina hana e hana mālie ana ma nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki i ka pane ʻana o kou kino i ka pilikia mau a i ʻole ka ʻeha.
ʻO nā kumu nui e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana o ka ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, ʻo ia:
I nā hihia liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ke ulu ma muli o nā kūlana inflammatory e like me ka rheumatoid arthritis a i ʻole ankylosing spondylitis. I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā kumu genetic ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, ʻoi aku inā loaʻa i nā lālā o ka ʻohana nā pilikia hono like.
Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha hono mau, ka paʻakikī, a i ʻole ka emi ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana e hoʻopilikia ana i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona mai ka ʻino ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe:
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha nui, ka nalowale koke ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka compression nerve e like me ka numbness a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali nui. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ka kaomi ʻana o ka ʻōiwi ʻōiwi i nā aʻalolo a i ʻole nā moku koko koʻikoʻi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole pinepine nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia, hiki ke hana nā pilikia ke ulu lākou i ka nui e hoʻopilikia ai i nā ʻano a puni. Maʻamau kēia mau pilikia e ulu mālie ana a hiki ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou ola maikaʻi inā waiho ʻole ʻia.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa, ʻo ia:
I nā hihia liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi o ke kua ke hoʻokumu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me ka spinal stenosis, kahi e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai ka canal spinal a me ka kaomi ʻana i ke kaula spinal. Hiki kēia ke alakaʻi i nā hōʻailona neurological nui a pono paha ka hana ʻoki e pale aku i ka pōʻino mau.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale loa i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā mea pili i ka ʻelemakule maʻamau, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā hana e hoʻemi ai i kou pilikia a hoʻomāmā i ko lākou ulu ʻana. Hoʻokumu ka pale ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino hono a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia pono ʻole i kou mau iwi a me nā hono.
ʻO nā hana pale maikaʻi, ʻo ia:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia e like me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana a i ʻole nā ʻeha ma mua, hiki i ka hana pū ʻana me kahi mea hoʻolapaʻau a i ʻole therapist kino ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā pale pilikino. Hiki iā lākou ke aʻo iā ʻoe i nā hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me nā ʻenehana kikoʻī e pale aku i kou mau hono nāwaliwali loa.
Hoʻomaka ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ma ka nīnau ʻana o kāu kauka i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka nānā ʻana i ka wahi i pilikia. Makemake lākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kou mau hōʻailona, he aha ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻino paha iā lākou, a pehea lākou e hoʻopilikia ai i kou ola o kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana diagnostic maʻamau, ʻo ia:
ʻO nā X-rays maʻamau e lawa e ʻike i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ʻoiai e hōʻike maopopo lākou i kēia mau kiʻi. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā ho'āʻo hou aku inā manaʻo lākou i ka pili ʻana o nā aʻalolo a makemake paha e ʻike pehea e hoʻopilikia ai nā spurs i nā pūnaewele a puni. ʻO ke kaʻina hana diagnostic e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana ʻaʻole wale inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, akā inā paha e hoʻokumu ana lākou i kou mau hōʻailona.
Hoʻokumu ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka pale ʻana i ka pōʻino hono hou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine nā spurs ponoʻī e pono ke wehe ʻia. Maʻamau e hoʻomaka kāu kauka me nā mālama mālama a noʻonoʻo wale i ka hana ʻoki inā ʻaʻole hāʻawi nā ala ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻomaha kūpono.
ʻO nā koho mālama maʻamau, ʻo ia:
Mālama ʻia ka hana ʻoki no nā hihia kahi e hoʻokumu ai nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole e pane i ka mālama mālama. Hiki i nā koho hana ʻoki ke komo i ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pūnaewele i hōʻino ʻia, a i kekahi mau hihia, ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka hono. E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i nā pilikia a me nā pono o ka hana ʻoki ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Hiki i ka mālama home ke maikaʻi loa no nā hōʻailona ʻōiwi ʻōiwi māmā a waena, a hana maikaʻi pinepine pū me ka mālama lapaʻau. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka kūpaʻa me nā hana mālama ponoʻī a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua hou aku.
ʻO nā hana mālama home maikaʻi, ʻo ia:
He mea nui ke hoʻolohe i kou kino a pale aku i nā hana e hoʻonāukiuki nui ai i kou mau hōʻailona. E mālama i kahi puke hōʻailona e hahai i ka mea e kōkua ai a me ka mea ʻaʻole, a e kaʻana like i kēia ʻike me kāu mea hoʻolapaʻau i nā kipa hahai.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi. Kōkua pū ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi iā ʻoe e hana i ka hapa nui o kou manawa me ke kauka a hōʻoia ʻaʻole poina nā kikoʻī koʻikoʻi.
Ma mua o kāu manawa:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a i ʻole hoaaloha e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka manawa. Mai kānalua e noi i kāu kauka e wehewehe i kekahi mea āu ʻaʻole i maopopo, a noi i ka ʻike kākau e pili ana i kou kūlana a me ka hoʻolālā mālama.
ʻO nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi he kūlana maʻamau e ulu pinepine ana ma ke ʻano he hapa o ke kaʻina hana ʻelemakule maʻamau, a he nui nā kānaka i loaʻa iā lākou me ka ʻike ʻole i kekahi hōʻailona. Ke hoʻokumu lākou i nā pilikia, loaʻa nā mālama maikaʻi e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka mālama ʻana i kou ola maikaʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ʻo ia hoʻi ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻoe no kahi ola o ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka neʻe ʻana i kaupalena ʻia. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, nā hoʻololi ʻano ola, a me ka mālama ponoʻī mau, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ke hoʻomau i ka ola ola, piha.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono mua, no laila mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha hono mau a i ʻole ka paʻakikī. Hiki i kāu mea hoʻolapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā mālama pilikino e hoʻoponopono i kou mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me nā pono ola.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi iho e nalowale ke hana ʻia lākou, ʻoiai he ulu iwi maoli lākou. Eia naʻe, hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā hōʻailona a lākou e hoʻokumu ai me ka mālama, a ʻike kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ko lākou mau hōʻailona ma hope o kekahi manawa me ka mālama kūpono a me nā hoʻololi ʻano ola.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pinepine nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi e hōʻike i kekahi hōʻailona. ʻO ka ʻeha wale nō ke kaomi ka ʻōiwi iwi i nā aʻalolo, nā tendons, a i ʻole nā pūnaewele palupalu ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole ke hoʻopilikia ia i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hono. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi wale nō i nā X-rays no nā pilikia pili ʻole.
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono maʻamau he mea pono no nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, ʻoiai e kōkua ia i ka mālama ʻana i ka flexibility hono a me ka ikaika o nā ʻiʻo. Eia naʻe, pono e pale ʻia nā hana kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā hana e hoʻonāukiuki ai i kou mau hōʻailona kikoʻī. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia nā hana haʻahaʻa e like me ka ʻauʻau, ka hele wāwae, a me ka hoʻonui mālie.
ʻAʻole, manaʻo ʻia ka hana ʻoki wale nō ke hāʻawi ʻole nā mālama mālama i ka hoʻomaha kūpono a hoʻopilikia nui nā hōʻailona i kou ola maikaʻi. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi ke mālama i ko lākou mau hōʻailona me nā mālama ʻole ʻoki e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ka mālama kino, a me nā hoʻololi ʻano ola.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole e kāpae ka ʻai wale nō i nā ʻōiwi ʻōiwi, hiki i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻai olakino ke kākoʻo i ke olakino hono holoʻokoʻa a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka mumū. Hiki ke pono nā meaʻai waiwai i nā omega-3 fatty acids, nā antioxidants, a me ka calcium. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka kaumaha olakino ma o ka ʻai kūpono e hoʻemi pū ana i ka pilikia ma nā hono kaumaha.
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