There is a saying in Chinese medicine that blood can be heated and solidified when it is cold. The reason why cervical spondylosis has symptoms such as neck and shoulder pain and stiffness is because exogenous pathogens such as wind, cold and dampness are hidden in meridians, leading to qi stagnation and blood stasis. Hot compress can just help us dredge meridians, help wind, cold and dampness disperse, and thus help relieve pain.

2. Exercise neck and shoulder muscles

One of the causes of neck and shoulder pain is the tension and spasm of neck muscles, so proper exercise to exercise neck and shoulder muscles and eliminate tension and spasm is also helpful to relieve pain. There are many exercises to exercise the neck and shoulder muscles, including the left and right flexion of the neck.

There are also some exercises that can strengthen the strength and function of the neck and shoulder muscles, such as neck contraction, which is also very simple to do. It is to shrink the neck to make the muscles contract as much as possible, and then relax for ten or twenty seconds. As shown in the figure below:

Stretching the spine can also relax and exercise the muscles of the neck and shoulders. You can sit on the bed or on the floor, keep your legs straight together, hook your toes in the direction of your body, and feel your calves stretched. At the same time, cross your hands and fingers, palm up, arms straight, stretch upward as fully as possible, feel the spine stretched, hold it for 10 second, relax, and return to the original position, which can be repeated many times.

3. Massage specific acupoints

Massage can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and eliminate pain. There is an important point for treating cervical spondylosis, namely Houxi point. Houxi point is mainly used for pain syndromes such as stiff neck, low back pain, elbow and arm pain. Massage this acupoint also helps to eliminate the pain in the neck and shoulders.

You can also massage the shoulder well point between the neck and shoulders. Jianjing point is mainly used to treat shoulder pain, headache, top-heavy, eye fatigue, stiff neck and so on. And it is also very effective in preventing and treating cervical spondylosis.

4, dredge the back meridians

Rubbing the door frame with your back in your spare time can also relax your muscles and promote blood circulation. The back of human body is the place where the kidney meridian of foot shaoyin, bladder meridian of foot taiyang and Du meridian pass. These three meridians are all related to cervical spondylosis. Acupuncture theory? Would you rather lose its point than its experience? We can't massage the acupoints on the back ourselves, but we can press the corresponding meridians.

The specific method is: aim the spine at the edge of the door frame, gently squeeze it on the door frame, and gently rub it up and down to squeeze the whole spine as much as possible. In case of special pain, slightly shake from left to right. It should be noted that the intensity must be light, otherwise it will also cause harm.

5, soothing the liver and relieving depression

During my stay at home, I believe many people are in a bad mood and have anxiety and irritability, which is also related to cervical spondylosis. Chinese medicine believes that anxiety, irritability and other negative emotions can lead to liver depression. "Su Wen? Record of the speech of synopsis of golden chamber:? Dongfeng was born in spring, the disease is in the liver, and the relaxation is in the neck? . What is said is that when there is a problem with the liver, it can be reflected in the neck, which is often accompanied by symptoms such as insomnia and headache.