Phenomenon 1
Practice climbing fingers at home every day.
Aunt Zhu who lives in the community is 65 years old this year. More than ten years ago, Aunt Zhu suffered from severe cervical spondylosis and scapulohumeral periarthritis. Two years ago, introduced by relatives, she became addicted to "finger climbing". The reporter asked how to do it, and wished Auntie a demonstration. I saw her standing facing the wall, raising her arm and slowly climbing along the wall with her fingers, so that her upper limbs could be lifted as high as possible; Then slowly return to the original place, repeat, and gradually increase the height.
So, is this exercise effective? Aunt Zhu said, I don't know if it's my psychological effect or something. I feel that the pain in the cervical spine and shoulders has eased a little, and it still has a certain effect. Last year, Aunt Zhu simulated this movement on the fitness equipment in the central square of the community, which was seen by several old people who were also exercising. Everyone was curious and learned "finger climbing" from Aunt Zhu. Aunt Zhu told reporters with a smile: "Now I also have a group of old fans, and sometimes we get together to exercise."
Dialogue doctor
Can you cure cervical spondylosis and scapulohumeral periarthritis?
Every day, I wish my aunt and a group of old people feel that the muscles of the cervical spine and shoulders are not as stiff as before, and doing housework every day is not as sore as before. Grandpa Xie, a neighbor of Aunt Zhu, said, "After doing wall climbing exercises for several months, it is not so hard to carry my grandson to the fourth floor every day."
Is it really that amazing? Yesterday, the reporter consulted two experts from Dongfang Hospital and Friendship Hospital. Sun Jianzheng, an orthopedic surgeon at Friendship Hospital, said that climbing the wall with fingers has no effect on cervical vertebrae, but it has a certain effect on shoulder pain such as scapulohumeral periarthritis. "This action exercises the flexibility of shoulders and arms and has no exercise effect on cervical vertebrae." Dr. Sun said.
Zhang Yonggui, deputy chief physician of spinal surgery in Dongfang Hospital, believes that "finger climbing the wall" has no effect on cervical spondylosis, but it can exercise the shoulder joint. Long-term exercise can really relieve diseases such as scapulohumeral periarthritis and "fifty shoulders". He analyzed that lifting your fingers up and doing this action often can relax the stiff muscles and play a great role in the functional recovery of the shoulder joint. Dr. Zhang suggested that people with shoulder pain such as scapulohumeral periarthritis can do "finger climbing exercises".
Phenomenon 2
Crawling someone cured the lumbar disc herniation.
After the arrival of autumn and winter, due to the drop in temperature and other factors, some citizens have made old mistakes again. This season, in the traditional Chinese medicine departments of many hospitals in the urban area, the citizens who come to acupuncture are in an endless stream.
Aunt Wu is 52 years old this year. She used to be a frequent visitor to the Chinese medicine department of Oriental Hospital, and often came to see a doctor because of lumbar disc herniation. However, this year's patients have never seen Aunt Wu again. According to Aunt Wu, she learned a set of "crawling exercises" from her friends and often practiced at home, making some jokes. "At first, my husband didn't agree with me to do this sport. He felt like a primitive animal walking on the ground, and his posture was ugly. Later, at my insistence, he didn't say anything. " Aunt Wu introduced that the action of this crawling action is mainly to support the ground with both hands and cooperate with both feet to form an interactive crawling action of limbs.
The reporter learned that Aunt Wu has a history of lumbar disc herniation for many years. Because her condition is not serious, she often relieves pain through acupuncture. This year, Aunt Wu obviously felt that there was no burden on her lumbar spine and she was no longer sore. She said: "Now I feel more relaxed, and my sleep and appetite have improved." Aunt Wu recommended this crawling exercise to many friends because she thought it was effective.
Experts say
Crawling is effective for cervical and lumbar diseases.
Not everyone is suitable.
Regarding this "atavism" crawling movement, Zhang Yonggui, deputy chief physician of spinal surgery in Dongfang Hospital, said that this movement has no complete scientific basis, but the stress on the lumbar spine is much smaller than that when walking upright, which is beneficial to the lumbar spine.
Dr. zhang explained to reporters from the structure of the human spine that if the human body insists on an action for a long time when standing or sitting, it will cause serious harm to the spine. When crawling, people's heads are raised, their waists are lowered, and the whole spine is restored to a physiological state. Such exercise is effective for patients with lumbar disc herniation or spinal pain.
So, does crawling exercise also have obvious effects on the heart and brain? Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular experts believe that, on the contrary, crawling exercise is large, and some hypertensive patients often can't stand it. Blood pressure will rise when people lie on their backs, lower when they stand upright, and higher when they crawl. So people with high blood pressure are not suitable for this sport.
Experts say that crawling is a strenuous exercise. Because of gravity, it is easy to get tired, which is not good for the heart, head and cardiovascular system. Therefore, people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, cerebral arteriosclerosis and anemia had better not do this exercise. In addition, citizens should not do this crawling exercise for more than 10 minutes at a time.