Stiff neck is actually called neck muscle strain in our technical term, which is neck muscle strain. In most cases, it is due to unreasonable sleeping position or local muscle spasm caused by local cold.
Stiff neck is a kind of neck muscle injury caused by improper sleeping posture or spasmodic contraction of neck muscles, which has a lot to do with catching cold in the neck, or looking down at the mobile phone for a long time and working at the desk for a long time. Mostly after getting up in the morning, it is mainly manifested as neck pain and immobility, especially when turning around. One side of the neck can touch the tense sternocleidomastoid muscle, which has obvious tenderness. Physiotherapy, massage and anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs are generally used to treat symptoms in clinic, and oral drugs are generally not needed. The recovery time takes about one week to ten days. This disease is a self-healing disease. If the pain is not serious, you can recover yourself without drugs. Massage needs to relax first, and then massage the shoulders and back from the neck. When massaging, you should pay attention to finding the pain point and pressing it for a while to dredge the meridians and restore activities. Massage can also be combined with safflower oil and other drugs.
It should be noted that massage needs professional operation, and chaotic massage may lead to the aggravation of the disease. Moreover, some elderly people are not suitable for massage because of cervical aging, arterial stenosis and other diseases.