Manifestation of neuritis occurs the exact same way in which acute and chronic tendinitis begins.
This scar tissue formation as a result of an injury causes muscle to become shorter and tighter than normal. The increased tension and stress on the muscle then makes it more susceptible to strain during future physical work, recreational activities, or even activities of daily living. If the muscle is over-stressed or re-injured further, enough scar tissue will form, which results in a muscle shortening to the degree that it can pull the bone it is attached to out of normal alignment. The result is a joint misalignment, which causes a chronic condition to develop over time. If a tendon receives most of the stress from the joint misalignment, then chronic tendinitis develops. If the bursae around the joint receives excess pressure and stress from the misalignment, then a chronic bursitis develops. If the cartilage of a joint is receiving abnormally high pressure on it from the joint misalignment, then a chronic arthritis condition will develop. Now, last but not least, if a nerve is stretched or has excess pressure on it from abnormal swelling caused by joint misalignment, then a chronic neuritis condition will develop. This happens most often when the spinal vertebrae are pulled out of their normal alignment, which is also known as spinal subluxation.
Learn more about the treatment of neuritis as well if you are having trouble with it.
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You can now read the cause of neuritis, but there are five primary factors that determine the severity of the condition.
The first is simply the degree of misalignment in the joint. Obviously, the worse the misalignment the greater the stress or pressure on the nerve and subsequently the more inflammation and pain normally created.
The second factor is time. Usually, the longer a misalignment is present the more stress and increased scar tissue the muscle and tendon accumulates. This is why neuritis often gets progressively worse. As people live, work and play they accumulate muscle damage leading to joint misalignments. As time passes, more damage accumulates. Since many of these imbalances are minor the person doesn’t notice a problem until they are 40 or 50 years old. At that time, they begin to have pain in whatever joints have been misaligned. Most just assume that it’s a natural part of aging and are unaware that a successful treatment exists, so they just live with the pain or use drugs or other treatments that just cover up their symptoms. Unfortunately, as the condition progressively worsens, stronger drugs and more radical treatments are required to deal with the pain.
A third factor influencing the severity of neuritis is the amount of use the affected joint receives. If someone is physically active in their job, sports, exercising or other activities, more inflammation and pain will be created than if they are physically inactive.
The fourth factor is weight. It should be easy to see that weight-bearing joints such as feet, ankles, knees, hips and spine are going to receive more stress in a 250 pound person than in a 125 pound person. Reducing and maintaining a more normal body weight could reduce the pain of a neuritis condition.
The fifth factor comes from the bodies power of adaptation. When a joint is imbalanced the body actually creates other joint imbalances to compensate and reduce stress to the original imbalanced joint. This can often result in pain relief in the original injured area and explains why a lot of therapies appear to have resolved a problem when they really haven’t. Unfortunately, the compensating area will usually develop a problem of its own after a period of time because of the excessive stress it then receives.