What's the story?
2021May 19, in a park in Shenyang, Liaoning, many old people hung their necks from a tree and shook them. Their feet are off the ground, their necks are hanging from the trees, and then they do all kinds of fitness exercises. They use this method as an instrument to treat cervical spondylosis, similar to traction in a hospital. However, this behavior has attracted the attention of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and doctors think this method is not desirable. Experts think this is an undesirable behavior. With the increase of age, many middle-aged and elderly people have symptoms of cervical pain, and many people use traction therapy. However, not everyone can be treated conservatively by traction. It depends on the doctor's diagnosis.
Who is suitable for traction?
For example, chronic neck and shoulder pain can be relieved by moderate traction, and there is also a kind of cervical spondylosis of nerve root type, which can be treated by appropriate traction, accompanied by arm numbness. There are also some people with dizziness and spinal and cervical vertebrae who are prohibited from traction treatment, because excessive traction intensity will lead to the destruction of the internal structure of cervical vertebrae, which will not only relax them, but also aggravate their pain, and in some serious cases even lead to paralysis or even death.
How to prevent and treat cervical spondylosis in daily life?
First of all, try to change the habit of bowing your head, especially when you are young, try to avoid playing with your mobile phone and computer for a long time, and often twist your neck or put your computer in a high position, looking from low to high, so as not to oppress your nerves and cause cervical vertebrae. Secondly, try to avoid Ge You lying down. Although this method is comfortable on the surface, it will cause cervical pain for a long time. Finally, we should strengthen physical exercise, enhance our immunity and relax our muscles and bones.