How to use a pillow to be good for the cervical spine?Don't want to "retire early" in the cervical spine, insist on these 8 actions every day!

In the face of increasingly younger cervical spondylosis, how should we prevent and treat? Today, I asked Bi Lianyong, chief physician of the orthopedic department of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to give us a good popular science!

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The normal cervical spine has a forward arc, which is called forward flexion. Long -term low head may make the cervical spine curve straight, and even the curvature is reversed.

When the head is 60 degrees, the pressure of each disc is about 27 kg. Such a large pressure will increase the degeneration of the intervertebral disc. The intervertebral discs of the cervical spine can also cause the ligament to hypertrophy and the hyperplasia of the bone spurs, compress the neural, blood vessels, and spinal cord in the neck. This series of symptoms can be called cervical spondylosis.

Today, young people have a longer head and longer, and cervical spondylosis has gradually become younger.

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Don't let cervical spondylosis down you

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Common symptom

The neck and shoulders, upper limbs, hand pain numbness, dizziness, headache, dazzling, tinnitus, palpitations, limbs weakness.

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Cervical spondylosis

Cervical cervical spondylosis: soreness in the neck and shoulders, and acute pain intensify, causing restrictions on neck activity.

Nervous root cervical spondylosis: shoulder and neck pain, and pain in the upper limbs and hands, causing pain or numbness in the upper limbs and hands. This kind of cervical spondylosis accounts for about 60%.

Periscepal cervical spondylosis: dizziness, headache, malignant vomiting, and sudden fall.

Spinal cervical spondylosis: weakness of the lower limbs and soft legs. If further aggravation, the upper limb weakness, the refined hands of the hand cannot be completed, and even the limbs are paralyzed. This is the most serious type in cervical spondylosis.

Active nerve -type cervical spondylosis: dizziness, dazzling, tinnitus, palpitations, discomfort in the front area of ​​the heart.

Esophageal compression cervical spondylosis: difficulty swallowing, eating, drinking water, and speaking will be affected. This is relatively rare.

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Self -test cervical spine problem

The "low head" needs to be vigilant: whether there are often pain in the neck and shoulders, and whether the neck rotates flexion and extension is free.

A grabbing movement can also help self -test whether there is spinal cervical spondylosis. If the movement is unfavorable, or the fine movements cannot be completed, such as writing, threads, etc., it means that the spinal cord is affected.

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How to prevent and relieve cervical spondylosis

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How to use the pillow correctly?

① Moderate height 5-10cm is the best;

② The pillow should not be too soft, it must be supported, it is better to be slightly harder;

③ Do not pillow the head, should try to pillow the neck as much as possible.

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Tips to relieve the symptoms of cervical spondylosis

① Fengchi acupoint

You can use the middle and index finger to knead. When the cervical spondylosis occurs, there will be tender points in Fengchi acupoints. Pressing this point can relax the muscles and improve discomfort.

② Press the neck muscle

The neck muscle is the muscles on the side of the spine. When a cervical spondylosis occurs, this muscle will feel stiff and tight, and you will feel sore.

③ Shoulder well point: The midpoint position of Dazhui and shouldxic peak connection, which is close to the neck, and it will feel sore when pressed.

In addition to self -massage, you can also perform some functional exercises

① Rotate left and right: The head rotates to the left, the movement must be slow. After turning it back, the right rotation is turned to the limit that can be reached. Each action is 8-10 times.

② Left and right side bias: head to the left, and then deflate to the right.

④ Shooting: You can relax the stiff and tense muscles.

⑤ Relax: Put your hands on the back of the head, at the same time, your hands forward, fight forward, fight against it, and persist for 9-10 seconds.

⑧ Standing on the wall: leaning on the wall, raising your chest, the back of the head to the back wall, persisted for 10 seconds, and felt the back muscles contracted. The elderly can do something at home, or sit on a small round stool.

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