In today's society, the team of "mobile phone family" is growing, looking down at mobile phones every day not only affects the communication between people, but also seriously affects their own health, cervical spondylosis is the most common disease caused by it.

Cervical spondylopathy

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, cervical spondylosis belongs to the categories of "arthralgia", "potence syndrome", "strong" and "vertigo". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cervical spondylosis is in the internal and external pathogenic factors under the joint action, the body qi and blood stasis, meridian obstruction, "not through pain", followed by a series of clinical symptoms.

Modern medicine believes that cervical spondylosis is due to cervical disc degeneration, gap narrowing, bone hyperplasia, thereby stimulating or pressing cervical nerve root, spinal cord, vertebral artery or sympathetic nerve and other tissues, causing corresponding clinical symptoms, is a common disease.

For a long time, the muscles behind the neck and lumbar spine are repeatedly pulled, resulting in muscle spasm, local congestion, edema, the formation of aseptic inflammation, a long time, it has become cervical spondylosis.

Studies have found that the greater the Angle of the head, the greater the force on the cervical spine. Excessive forward tilt of the neck, the cervical muscles are involved, the cervical ligaments and muscles are tense, affecting the neck blood circulation, resulting in neck muscle strain.

The physiological curvature of the cervical spine is straightened and even distorted forward, and this change is called "antiarch". After the cervical arch is reversed, the normal force of the cervical spine will be changed, and the degeneration of the cervical disc will be accelerated. In severe cases, the cervical vertebra will be squeezed forward, and the disc will be forced to protrude to the rear or side, thus pressing the nerve and producing a series of symptoms.

Cervical spondylosis can be divided into five types according to the symptoms, of which stiff cervical spondylosis is mainly neck symptoms, equivalent to Western neck cervical spondylosis, is the most common type of clinical, with neck pain, distension and discomfort, often appear after waking up in the morning, or find it difficult to rise when getting up, about half of the patients with limited neck activity or forced position, pain aggravated during activity, rest can be relieved.

Neck exercise

It is recommended to walk around and move the cervical spine properly after 1-2 hours of work each head down, and you can usually do more exercises of the Qing Palace bone-setting school.

Action 1: Compete with the item

Action points: Remain seated, hands akimbo, upper body does not move, head as far back as possible, while breathing in deeply, at this time the neck flexor muscles tense confrontation, then recover, while exhaling. Head down, mouth closed, lower jaw as close to the front chest as possible, while exhaling, the back of the neck extensor against the force, then recover, while inhaling. This method is repeated 10 times.

Action two: Nezha explores the sea

Action points: Remain seated, feet shoulder-width apart, hands akimbo; Stretch your head and neck to the left and look at the ground about 1.5 cm in front of you. Keep your body still, and keep pushing your neck forward while you inhale, then return, and exhale. Do the same thing again, this time with your head and neck stretched out to the right front. Do 10 reps on each side.

Action three: Look back at the moon

Action points: Remain seated, legs slightly apart, hands akimbo, leaning forward, head and upper body hard left, head back, right shoulder slightly dip, left shoulder slightly shrugged, such as looking back at the moon, at the same time inhale deeply, then restore, exhale. Do the same movement again, this time the head and upper body hard right turn, head back, left shoulder slightly dip, right shoulder slightly shrugged. Do 10 reps on each side.

Acupoint massage

Press and knead Dazhi point: Put the four fingers together at Dazhi point on the upper back, massage hard and repeatedly 20-30 times, to the local fever is better, with the effect of dispersing wind and cold, activating blood and clearing collages.

Press and knead Fengchi point: press Fengchi point on both sides with both thumbs, the rest of the fingers attached to both sides of the head, from light to heavy, press and knead 20-30 times, with the local acid swelling feeling is better, with the effect of dispersing wind and dispelling cold, opening and relieving pain.

Press shoulder well: the massager takes a seat, the massager stands behind it, press shoulder well with both hands and thumbs for about 1 minute, and then press knead for about 2 minutes, with the local sour swelling feeling is better.

Press and knead Baihui point: the Baihui point is in the center of the head, the middle point of the connection between the two ear tips, press with the middle finger or index finger, generally the best feeling of sour anesthesia in the local area, the force is light to heavy, press and knead 20-30 times, with the role of brain ning, Qi and solid support.

In addition, can also take knead neck muscle, trapezius muscle, sternocleidomastoid muscle, shoulder and back and affected limb muscles, moderate strength, from top to bottom to do 2-3 times, can play a role in relieving spasm and pain.

Living habit

For office workers, should avoid long-term head down work, do not lie on the desk to sleep, these two positions will be excessive cervical flexion, the lumbar spine is also in a flexion force state, easy to cause muscle fatigue and ischemia, accelerate cervical spondylosis change.

Women should avoid wearing high heels for a long time, otherwise it will cause the body's center of gravity to move forward, the body needs to raise the chest, raise the head, lift the hips, increase the S-shaped curvature of the entire spine to adapt, over time, will lead to the back of the spine muscle ligaments such as neck, chest and back, lower waist and other paravertral muscle fatigue and strain, inducing neck and shoulder pain.

Pillow selection should be in line with the cervical physiological curvature, moderate hardness, good air permeability, low in the middle, high at both ends of the "treasure shape" is good, height to let the entire spine axis on a curve is the best.

In addition, attention should be paid to keeping the neck warm to prevent the invasion of wind cold, cold wind or cold will make the capillaries of the neck shrink, resulting in blocked blood transport, causing neck discomfort.