Can massage treat cervical spondylosis?
Treating cervical spondylosis, traditional Chinese medicine conservative treatment has less trauma to human body, and it is also a method that many patients are willing to choose. Many patients with cervical vertebra will do moxibustion and massage to relax their necks when the pain is unbearable, and relieve the pain in a short time. However, some patients did massage treatment, but the more they pressed it, the more serious it became, and even led to paralysis. It seems that massage therapy for cervical spondylosis is not suitable for everyone. Generally, three groups of people can't easily choose, and severe cases can lead to paralysis!
1, cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy belongs to spinal cord compression, and massage mainly exerts external force on damaged tissues, so choosing massage treatment for such patients will only lead to more serious spinal cord compression, and may lead to urinary incontinence and paralysis.
2. Acute soft tissue injury
Acute soft tissue injury is generally affected by external institutional stress. When the stress reaches a certain intensity and exceeds the soft tissue load, it can induce injury and produce symptoms. Massage will also aggravate the symptoms and do more harm to the body.
3. Patients with osteoporosis
People with osteoporosis have unstable bones. If the massage force is too large, it will not only relieve the pain symptoms of patients, but will aggravate osteoporosis and induce fractures.
General precautions for massage
1. The massager's hands should be kept clean and warm, his nails should be trimmed, and no ornaments should be worn on his fingers to avoid damaging the massager's skin.
2. In order to massage smoothly and achieve good results, the position of the massager should be easy to operate and the muscles of the massaged person should be fully relaxed.
3. Pay attention to the direction of operation when massaging the whole body, and follow the direction of blood and lymph reflux.
4. Pay attention to the order when massaging, the intensity should be from light to heavy, and then gradually decrease and end.
Massage scalp skills
1, start from the temples on both sides, and then massage up along the hairline with your thumb.
2. Then massage the top of the head, starting from the top of the head and massaging laterally to both sides.
3, then massage from the forehead hairline, and then slowly transfer to the stamina.
4. Lift your hair, gently pinch both sides of your head with your fingertips, and then pat and press.
5. Finally tie your hair up, just like tying your hair, and gently pull it up.
Who shouldn't have a massage before bed?
1, the signs are stable, such as some patients who are too weak after a long illness, have serious cardiovascular diseases or are old and weak.
2, female physiological period, the waist can not be pressed, pregnant women who are pregnant for more than five months.
3, no serious blood system diseases, such as purpura, thrombocytopenia and other aplastic anemia.
4. There are no infections and serious skin diseases in the massage place, such as various acute infectious diseases, acute osteomyelitis, tuberculous arthritis, infectious skin diseases, skin eczema, fire and water burns, skin ulcers, tumors and various sores.
5, when you have a fever, you can't massage.
6. Dislocated and strained patients.
7. Patients with acute peritonitis, acute suppurative peritonitis and acute appendicitis.