First of all, cervical spondylosis is a chronic aseptic disease, which is mainly caused by long-term incorrect posture. For example, working at a desk for a long time, playing computers, playing mobile phones and playing games will all lead to the continuous traction and stimulation of the cervical spine for a long time, and the muscle ligaments will begin to show a series of changes such as exudation, degeneration, adhesion, contracture, scarring, sclerosis, calcification and ossification, which will eventually lead to the formation of cervical spondylosis.
Similarly, if the pillow is too high for a long time, the pillow will also cause cervical spondylosis, because everyone will sleep for 1/3 of the time every day. If there is something wrong with the pillow, such as the pillow is too high, it will lead to high-intensity tension in the musculoskeletal fascia of the cervical spine, which will lead to a series of changes in the world and eventually lead to a series of clinical manifestations such as cervical pain, discomfort, headache and dizziness.
Another point is that many people will have this bad posture, like to lie half-lying, and always like to lean on the bed and watch mobile phones playing games on the sofa. In fact, this posture is the most harmful to the cervical spine, not a natural bow state, but a forced violence. Be sure to pay attention to this posture when pulling the cervical vertebra.
In this way, the precautions for the formation of cervical spondylosis and the prevention of cervical spondylosis are as follows!
First, avoid bowing your head for a long time, playing mobile phones, playing games and watching computers. It is best to exercise the cervical spine for about half an hour. If necessary, set the computer too high to the horizon 10- 15 degrees.
Second, to avoid pillow height, we must choose a healthy cervical pillow, which should conform to the physiological curvature of the cervical spine.
Third, avoid lying half-lying, and don't lean on the sofa beside the bed. This habit is the most harmful to the cervical spine, so we must pay attention to it.
Fourth, avoid the cold of the cervical spine, take measures to keep the cervical spine warm, and avoid air-conditioning fans blowing cool air directly against the cervical spine in summer.
Fifth, often do cervical spine exercises and do physical exercises, such as swimming and playing badminton.
Sixthly, avoiding frequent stiff neck in the cervical spine will lead to the aggravation of cervical muscle ligament strain.
Seventh, problems must be adjusted in time, such as massage, physical therapy, acupuncture conditioning and so on. , to avoid getting worse.
Many people's neck discomfort is caused by cervical spondylosis. In clinic, it will be found that the high-risk groups of cervical spondylosis are mainly people who bow their heads to work. Especially with the popularity of smart phones, people can bow their heads and surf the Internet anytime and anywhere. You will see low-headed people everywhere. Even lie down and watch your mobile phone for a while before going to bed. These will all cause the onset of cervical spondylosis. Besides routine treatment, what should we pay attention to in our daily life? Tell everyone about it.
What is cervical spondylosis?
Cervical spondylosis refers to a series of symptoms and signs caused by secondary disc herniation, intervertebral joint degeneration, soft tissue hypertrophy, hyperosteogeny and cervical vertebra straightening. Stimulate or compress adjacent tissues, such as nerves, spinal cord and blood vessels. In layman's terms, there is tissue compression on nerves and blood vessels in the cervical spine.
Cervical spondylosis is a general term and divided into seven types. 1. Cervical spondylosis. 2. Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. 3. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy. 4. Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis. 5. Sympathetic cervical spondylosis. 6. Esophageal compression cervical spondylosis. 7. Mixed cervical spondylosis.
The symptoms of cervical spondylosis are different according to different types, mainly including dizziness, nausea, neck pain and discomfort, numbness and weakness of upper limbs, unstable walking, unstable holding, difficulty swallowing and so on.
Prevention of cervical spondylosis
For the treatment of cervical spondylosis, the doctor will give a detailed diagnosis and treatment plan, which varies from person to person. I won't go into details here. The following mainly introduces how to prevent it.
1. Master the related knowledge of cervical spondylosis, adjust the mentality and face it positively. Consult a lot of books and learn knowledge. The purpose of doing this is to keep us from being deceived by magic pills.
2. Correct bad working posture. When you work with your head down, the cervical vertebra bears the greatest pressure, so it is easy to degenerate and further develop into cervical spondylosis. Keep a good posture at work. If you can only lower your head, you should exercise your neck regularly.
3. Improve and adjust sleeping posture. People have 1/3 hours of sleep in their lifetime. If the sleeping posture is incorrect, it is easy to cause and aggravate cervical spondylosis. Including the height and softness of the pillow, the sleeping position and the choice of bed. The affected posture should make the whole spine live in natural bending, the hips and knees naturally flex, and the muscles of the whole body relax.
4. Strengthen neck muscle exercise. The cervical spine relies on muscles to maintain its stability. Strong muscles can promote blood circulation, slow down degeneration and protect cervical spine from trauma. You can do neck exercises.
5. Keep your neck warm. Don't let your neck catch cold, because cold will stimulate blood vessels to contract and slow down blood circulation.
6. Protect the cervical spine from injury. Especially in patients with cervical spinal stenosis, sudden braking and other injuries are easy to cause whiplash injury. Symptoms of numbness and pain in upper limbs and even paraplegia.
Although these methods are simple, they can obviously reduce the occurrence of cervical spondylosis or alleviate the symptoms. However, we must stick to it, and it can't be presented in a day or two. I hope these can help everyone.
So, back to the main question:
In order to prevent cervical spondylosis, or have suffered from cervical spondylosis, what should be paid attention to in life? 1, remember that "looking up is good, looking down is bad."
This is very clear and very important. With or without cervical spondylosis, we should keep this in mind, raise our heads as much as possible and lower our heads as little as possible.
To put it simply: the physiological curvature of our cervical spine determines that it is good to increase the curvature when looking up, but it is not good to make the curvature disappear when looking down. So you will see that the most common manifestation of cervical spondylosis filming is "the physiological curvature of cervical vertebra disappears" or even "anti-bow".
Under the guidance of this principle, everything is very simple, such as keeping your head down as little as possible, that is, playing mobile phones as little as possible, working at your desk as little as possible, and adjusting the height of the computer display screen and the height of the desks and chairs to ensure that you don't bow your head.
2. Remember that "it is good to exercise regularly, but it is not good to stay still."
For the cervical spine, there are two best postures. In addition to "looking up" mentioned above, the second good posture is "changing posture frequently". The same is true of the lumbar spine.
In order to maintain the position of the head, the muscles of the neck need to contract constantly and maintain a certain tension, so that our "head" can be fixed. It's okay for a short time, but if the head and neck keep a posture for a long time, it means that the muscles in the neck have been contracting. This will cause strain and inflammation, manifested as discomfort in the neck and shoulders. The vast majority of young people's cervical spondylosis happened in this way from the beginning.
Therefore, it is generally necessary to move the neck for half an hour, especially to stretch to the back to keep the neck muscles healthy. Only in this way can the cervical spine be stabilized, the cervical intervertebral disc is not easy to protrude, and the spinal canal is not easy to proliferate and narrow.
3. Remember that "the neck brace cannot be worn for a long time"
"Holding the neck" is an important measure to fix the neck, diminish inflammation and relieve pain in acute pain of cervical spondylosis. But it must be remembered that you can't wear it for a long time, otherwise it will cause neck muscle atrophy and aggravate cervical instability. The same is true of the lumbar spine.
4, the condition has a tendency to aggravate, timely medical review.
From local discomfort in the neck (cervical spondylosis) to pain or numbness in the arms and hands, or walking on cotton in the lower limbs, or even abnormal urination and defecation, you must see a doctor as soon as possible. Because the condition has deteriorated.
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Whether it is an outpatient clinic or a ward, or friends and relatives, I am often asked what I should pay attention to when suffering from cervical spondylosis. It can be seen that there are still many people around us who are troubled by cervical spondylosis. I think it may be caused by the prosperity of electronic technology. In normal times, even when eating on foot, you often meet some low-headed people.
Cervical spondylosis refers to the corresponding symptoms and signs of spinal cord, nerve and blood vessel damage caused by cervical intervertebral disc degeneration and secondary intervertebral joint degeneration. Its clinical manifestations are diverse, different types and different symptoms. It is common in neck and shoulder pain, which aggravates in a short time and radiates to upper limbs. It may also be accompanied by skin numbness, inflexible finger movements and long-term dizziness.
Patients with cervical spondylosis should pay attention to the following points in daily life:
1. Self-care therapy: Long-term desk workers need to change their posture regularly at work, do gentle neck exercises and upper limb exercises, massage the neck muscles themselves, relax regularly when conditions permit, and promote local blood circulation, so as to adjust the relaxation degree of neck and shoulder muscles and relieve fatigue. Choose a flat bed to sleep with a moderate pillow height, and try not to overstretch or bend your head.
2, diet: because cervical spondylosis is caused by vertebral hyperplasia, osteoporosis and so on. Therefore, protein, vitamin C and vitamin E should be properly supplemented in the diet.
3, quit bad habits: friends who have already suffered from cervical spondylosis, the re-injury of the cervical vertebra is undoubtedly worse, usually pay attention to avoid severe twisting or strain of the neck and shoulders, develop good sleep habits and postures, choose the right pillow, and avoid stiff neck aggravating cervical spondylosis. Pay attention to the warmth of the neck, and try not to stay in the fan, air conditioner and humid environment for a long time, because the large temperature difference is also one of the main causes of cervical spondylosis.
4, do gymnastics to relieve neck pain: mainly feel tired at home or at work, you can solve it on the spot, such as lifting your shoulders and necking, swinging from side to side, not too big, it is not recommended to "click" and twist. Although it is relaxed for a while, it will aggravate hyperosteogeny.
5, massage: can improve local blood circulation, the technique should be gentle, the number should not be too much, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Cases of quadriplegia caused by dislocation of cervical vertebra caused by extension and flexion of cervical vertebra and pushing plate by non-professionals can be seen from time to time
I hope the above suggestions will help my friends with cervical spondylosis and avoid being bothered by them.
There are many types of cervical spondylosis, the most common ones are cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and cervical spondylotic myelopathy. It mainly occurs in people over 40 years old, and the ratio of male to female is 1.4 ~ 1.
The cervical vertebra has seven segments, and there is an intervertebral disc structure between every two adjacent vertebral bodies. Various factors lead to intervertebral disc degeneration and protrusion and produce corresponding neurological symptoms, which is the pathological basis of cervical spondylosis.
Factors of cervical disc herniation
1. Bow your head at your desk for a long time
Bad posture in daily life, such as bowing your head for a long time (office white-collar workers, players who play mobile games and friends who like embroidery, etc. ) are high risk factors for cervical spondylosis. Therefore, we should try to avoid such bad posture and living habits in our daily life.
2. Driving a car for a long time
Studies have shown that after continuous driving for more than 4 hours, the muscles and structures around the cervical spine will remain in a state of ischemia and hypoxia, and the risk of degeneration will increase by three times compared with normal people. For fatigue driving, we should say no, not only for cervical vertebrae, but also for safety.
smoke
At present, it has been confirmed that this bad habit is directly related to the onset and progress of cervical spondylosis. If you have a bad cervical vertebra, you'd better quit early.
weightlifting
Weightlifting is also one of the high-risk factors of cervical spondylosis, especially the cervical spondylosis of weightlifters can become an occupational disease. So in the gym, do exercises and lift weights as little as possible.
Cervical spondylosis is a common disease. Seriously affect the daily work and life of patients. I think patients with cervical spondylosis should pay attention to the following points in their lives:
1, develop good living habits. Don't bow your head for a long time. In particular, people who play mobile phones for a long time, surf the Internet, like playing mahjong and working at their desks must pay attention. Bowing our heads for a long time will make the muscles and ligaments at the back of our neck in a state of tension for a long time and can't get a rest. Over time, there will be strain degeneration of ligaments and muscles, which will aggravate the progress of cervical spondylosis.
2. Learn to rest. For those who need to bow their heads for a long time, learn to protect themselves. Take a break at work. Usually you have to rest after 40 minutes of work or study 10 minutes or so. You can do "rice" exercises to relieve the fatigue of cervical ligaments and muscles.
3. Sleep properly. Sleep occupies a lot of time in one's life. Therefore, the posture of the neck is very important when sleeping. The correct sleeping position is that the cervical spine and head basically keep physiological curvature, and the head, shoulders and back are supported at three points. Pillows should not be too high or too low. It's good to feel comfortable in the neck the next day after sleep.
4. Avoid neck injuries. Once the neck is injured, seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying the illness. Avoid bad sports, such as head and neck support handstand.
5. Go to a regular hospital and refuse rude and unprofessional massage treatment.
Cervical spondylosis is an occupational disease and a degenerative change, but young people will still get sick, which has a lot to do with working at a desk and long-term cervical compression.
The diagnosis of cervical spondylosis is very rigorous, so the occasional discomfort around the neck can not be defined as cervical spondylosis. Diagnostic criteria of cervical spondylosis:
1. Cervical hyperosteogeny, usually between C3 and C6.
2. Physiological curvature changes, leading to neck stiffness, physiological flexion disappeared or reversed.
3. Calcification of cervical ligament
Typical symptom groups: insomnia, headache, dizziness, neck pain, stiffness, nausea, numbness of upper limbs, etc.
The diagnosis of cervical spondylosis is relatively easy, but it is very stubborn and the course of disease is prolonged. Diagnosis can be made according to clinical manifestations and X-ray films of cervical spine (positive, lateral, flexion and extension, double oblique position).
Daily precautions for cervical spondylosis: reduce the height of the pillow and put it in the middle of the neck. Don't get into the habit of putting your pillow behind your head. When resting, you can do cervical exercises, such as eating exercises, which can promote local blood circulation and relieve discomfort. Finally, remember not to bend your head to work for a long time.
If you have cervical spondylosis, first of all, I want to remind you not to go to some streets or informal massage parlors for neck massage. Sometimes, irregular treatment may bring further damage to the cervical spine.
The occurrence of cervical spondylosis is mostly caused by keeping a posture for a long time, which is not conducive to the normal physiological curvature of cervical spine. In modern life, the most common lifestyle that affects cervical health is the addiction of low-headed people, that is, smart phones. If you are in a city with a subway, you might as well take a look inside the subway car. More than half of the people are playing mobile phones and taking the subway. This ratio is absolutely not exaggerated.
And now many people stay up late, lying on their side or lying on their backs to play with their mobile phones, which is also harmful to the cervical spine.
What should cervical spondylosis pay attention to?
The first one reminds you to stay away from your mobile phone as much as possible. Compared with mobile phones, computer TV has become "cute" now, because the use of computer TV can at least ensure that the cervical spine is in a relatively normal physiological curvature.
There are many ways to relieve cervical symptoms. The first one is a regular Chinese medicine physical therapy massage, but the premise is formal. To go to a regular hospital, Chinese medicine hospital is the best.
The second is to exercise more, taking swimming as the first priority. Swimming can promote the blood circulation of the body in an all-round way and relieve the cervical vertebra to some extent. It has been proved by many people's practice that it is really effective.
In addition, you can also try flying kites. Looking up can relieve the pressure on the cervical spine, just the opposite of looking down at the phone. When flying a kite, the slight movement of the cervical vertebra can reduce the influence of carotid artery stenosis and even cerebral blood supply insufficiency.
Third, people with poor cervical vertebrae should strictly prohibit strenuous neck exercise. The reason here is self-evident.
Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical syndrome, is the general name of cervical osteoarthritis, hyperplastic cervicitis, cervical nerve root syndrome and cervical disc herniation, and it is a disease based on degenerative diseases. It is mainly due to long-term strain of cervical vertebra, hyperosteogeny, or disc herniation, ligament thickening, compression of cervical spinal cord, nerve root or vertebral artery, leading to a series of clinical syndromes of dysfunction. It is characterized by unstable and loose vertebral segments; Protrusion or prolapse of nucleus pulposus; Bone spur formation; Ligament hypertrophy and secondary spinal stenosis stimulate or compress adjacent nerve roots, spinal cord, vertebral artery and cervical sympathetic nerve, causing a series of symptoms and signs.
Correct bad posture and habits: Cervical spondylosis is a common disease of many young people, especially in the office, and it is obviously younger. Cervical spondylosis has a great influence on patients' work and life, and the prevention work can not be ignored. To prevent cervical spondylosis, we should correct bad posture and habits in daily life so that the burden of cervical vertebra is not too heavy: it is a major principle to prevent continuous single posture and avoid muscle fatigue. Pay attention to the correct posture of head, shoulders and neck, don't shrug your shoulders, look straight when talking and reading, and keep your spine upright. Pay attention to keep the neck and shoulders warm, avoid heavy objects on the head and neck and avoid excessive fatigue.
Reasonable diet and balanced nutrition. Patients with cervical spondylosis usually take a diet rich in calcium, protein, vitamin B, vitamin C and vitamin E. Among them, calcium is the main component of bones, with milk, fish, pigtail bone, soybeans and black beans as the majority. Protein is also an indispensable nutrient for forming ligaments, bones and muscles. Vitamin B and E can relieve pain and fatigue.
Keep an optimistic spirit and suppress feelings for a long time. Sentimental people are prone to neurasthenia, which will affect the rest of bones, joints and muscles. In the long run, neck and shoulders are prone to pain. So always be optimistic.
Mobile phone is a great invention, especially the emergence of smart phones makes us more and more inseparable from mobile phones. Although mobile phones have brought us a lot of convenience, they have also caused many human diseases, and cervical spondylosis is one of them. I believe many people have this feeling: whether on the bus or subway, eating with friends, crossing the road, even going to the toilet or lying in bed, people are watching their mobile phones almost all the time. These mobile phone parties are younger, and cervical spondylosis is getting younger and younger.
So, why does watching mobile phones for a long time cause cervical spondylosis? Under normal circumstances, a person's neck only bears the weight of the head, which is about 5 kilograms. When people look at mobile phones, their heads tend to lean forward, and the weight borne by their necks reaches about 25 kilograms, which is five times the normal range. In the long run, there will be symptoms of cervical spondylosis such as stiff neck muscles, neck pain, limited activity, numbness of neck, shoulders and upper limbs, and even dizziness, numbness of limbs and paralysis in severe cases.
Therefore, it is very important to prevent cervical spondylosis and avoid watching mobile phones for a long time, especially for patients with cervical spondylosis. In addition, what should such patients pay attention to? 1. Choose the correct sitting posture. When sitting, the neck and shoulder muscles should be in a relaxed state, and avoid sitting for a long time. Move the neck and shoulders in time to relax them. 2. We sleep about one third of the day, so it is very important to choose a suitable pillow, and choose a sleeping position of lying flat or lying on one side. Sleeping on your stomach or curled up is not recommended. 3. Avoid getting cold in the neck and keep the neck warm. 4. Choosing appropriate neck and shoulder movements can make use of the recovery of cervical spondylosis.