1, sitting correctly

To prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, the most important thing is to sit correctly, relax the neck and shoulders and maintain the most comfortable and natural posture. Adjust the height of the desk and chair to the best state proportional to the height. More importantly, the waist is straight, the shoulders are naturally spread back, and the distance from the eyes to the desktop is about 35 cm. You should also stand up and walk from time to time, exercise your neck and shoulders, and relax your muscles.

Step 2 exercise your neck

Hold the lower neck with the palms of both hands, and press hard, push up or press down for 10 second. Hold your head with your hands crossed, press your hands forward and tilt your head back. You will feel a fever at the back of your neck. Hold 10 second. Put your hands on your head, push your hands to the left, turn your head to the right, and then alternate. 10 second.

3. Knead the points on the shoulder and neck

The node between the neck and the shoulder is called the shoulder neck point. Rubbing this place will feel very sour, which is very effective in preventing and treating cervical spondylosis.

4. Physical therapy

Physical therapy is short for physical therapy. Its principle is to apply natural and artificial physical factors such as sound, light, electricity, heat and magnetism to the human body to achieve the purpose of treating and preventing diseases. The frequency of magnetic field is coordinated with the magnetic energy of human body, which will not cause the disorder of human body's own magnetic field. More importantly, it can promote the enhancement of bioelectric magnetic energy of human body and promote the operation of human meridians and qi and blood, so as to achieve the effect of dredging meridians and effectively relieving pain.

5, traction method

Through the mutual balance of traction and anti-traction, the head and neck are relatively fixed in the physiological curve state, thus gradually changing the abnormal curve of cervical spine, but its curative effect is limited.

Causes of cervical pain

1, cervical spondylosis

Due to long-term desk work, computer use, high pillow sleep, long driving and other reasons. Degeneration of cervical spine. When the cervical spine degenerates to a certain extent, it will cause cervical hyperosteogeny and cervical disc herniation. Bone hyperplasia, disc herniation, compression to cervical nerves, muscles and ligaments will cause cervical pain.

2, neck muscle strain

Cervical muscle strain, also known as cervical muscle fibromyositis, is caused by acute and chronic repeated injuries to the soft tissue of the neck, resulting in traumatic aseptic inflammation and pain of the neck muscles, stimulating the muscles to produce a lasting contraction state, causing muscle tension, long-term muscle spasm, local soft tissue vasospasm, insufficient blood supply to muscles and fascia, nutritional disorders, and aggravated tissue aseptic inflammation, thus forming a vicious circle and aggravating pain.

3. Neck trauma

There are many reasons for cervical trauma, such as car accidents, falls and collisions. , damage the muscles and bones of the neck, causing cervical pain.

Step 4 torticollis

This is caused by dislocation of cervical facet joints. When the neck is sprained, or the sleeping posture is incorrect, or the neck is suddenly attacked by pathogenic wind, cold and dampness, the cervical facet joints are dislocated, causing cervical pain. This kind of pain is mostly sudden, and neck rotation will aggravate the pain.

How to do neck and cervical vertebra pain?

(1) Massage: On the back of the stiff neck, gently press the neck with one finger to find out the most painful point, and then massage the most painful point from the top of the neck to the shoulder and back with one thumb in turn until the pain is obvious, indicating that the strength is enough. Repeat this massage for 2 ~ 3 times, and then tap the massage part with a hollow fist for 2 ~ 3 times. Repeating the above massage and flapping can quickly relax the spasmodic neck muscles and relieve the pain.

(2) Hot compress: Hot water bottles, electric hand stoves, hot towels and infrared light bulbs can all be used to relieve pain. Care must be taken to prevent burns.

(3) Select safflower oil, Gancunshan rheumatism oil, Yunjing, etc. And rub the pain 2 ~ 3 times a day, which has certain effect.

(4) External application of Shangshi Zhitong Ointment and Buxiang Zhitong Sound to the painful part of the neck once a day has an ideal analgesic effect, but the patient's neck movement is limited to some extent after application, so it is not suitable for pregnant women.