The choice of fillers has a great influence on our health. There are many kinds of fillers for cervical spondylosis pillows. Only by clearly understanding the advantages and disadvantages of different fillers can we choose the most suitable type of cervical spondylosis pillow according to our personal situation. Compared with synthetic chemical fibers, some people prefer to use natural materials to fill cervical spondylosis pillows, especially the elderly, and prefer this type of cervical spondylosis pillows. Buckwheat shell with moderate hardness This is the most common pillow filler for cervical spondylosis. Moderate hardness, good formability and good water absorption. The disadvantage is poor elasticity. Breathable fluffy down fiber has good resilience, temperature and humidity control function and high air permeability, which can provide a dry and comfortable "small environment" for human body. Down pillows can't be washed. People with allergies had better avoid using this pillow to avoid respiratory discomfort. Neutral pillow: natural materials such as cattail and kapok are slightly less elastic, but they are naturally fragrant, comfortable and soft, and have moderate support for cervical vertebrae, which is particularly popular. The best pillow needs moderate elasticity and support. Chinese herbal medicine filler Chinese herbal medicine inner core: Chinese angelica, Ligusticum Chuanxiong, Radix Aucklandiae, Lycopodium, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Notopterygii Rhizoma, Notoginseng Radix, Saviae Miltiorrhizae Radix, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Carthami Flos, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Juncus Junci and other Chinese herbal medicines. The role of Chinese herbal medicine: Angelica has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging collaterals; Chuanqiong has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis; Lycopodium japonicum has the functions of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals. Filling these Chinese herbal medicines into the neck pillow can relieve cervical spondylosis to some extent.
Cervical spondylosis pillow with appropriate height is the main tool to maintain the normal position of head and neck. This "normal" position refers to maintaining the physiological curve of the head and neck section itself. This weight curve not only ensures the external muscle balance of the cervical spine, but also maintains the physiological and anatomical state in the spinal canal. Therefore, the ideal pillow should meet the requirements of physiological curvature of cervical spine, with soft texture and good air permeability, especially the middle and low-end ingot shape. Because this shape can maintain the physiological curvature of the cervical spine by using the concave part in the middle, it can also play a relative role in braking and fixing the head and neck, which can reduce the abnormal activities of the head and neck during sleep.
Height and hardness In addition to paying attention to the internal fillers of cervical spondylosis pillows with different characteristics, the most important thing is to determine the height and hardness of cervical spondylosis pillows that are most suitable for your physical condition. Sleep habits also have a subtle influence on the height of cervical spondylosis pillows, which should also be taken into account. For normal people, the height and hardness of cervical spondylosis pillows are related to everyone's fat, shoulder width and neck length, and comfort is appropriate.
High pillow is not a cervical spondylosis pillow that normal people sleep too much. Whether you lie on your back or on your side, it will change the physiological curvature of the cervical spine. Over time, the neck muscles will strain and spasm, accelerate the deformation of intervertebral joints, promote the formation of bone spurs, and lead to cervical instability and other problems. In addition, a high pillow will increase the angle between the neck and the chest, hinder the ventilation of the trachea, and easily lead to dry throat, sore throat and snoring.
Low pillow can't be comfortable for normal people to sleep low pillow for a long time, which will also change the physiological state of cervical spine. Because there is no valve in the vein of the head, gravity will slow down the venous return of the brain and increase the blood supply to the artery, resulting in discomfort such as rising head, irritability and insomnia.
Judging the height of the pillow cervical spondylosis pillow is too high. If the disease factors are excluded, there will be neurasthenia such as neck pain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus and insomnia, or numbness in your hands and feet during sleep. It is likely that your cervical spondylosis pillow is too high. If the pillow of cervical spondylosis is too low, if you don't drink water before going to bed, but you wake up and find that your face is swollen, it may be that the pillow of cervical spondylosis is too low, leading to slight congestion in your head. The pillow of cervical spondylosis is too low, and the jaw will be lifted upward, which is easy to open your mouth and breathe, leading to snoring.
What is the right height? Usually, the appropriate height of cervical spondylosis pillow is 9- 10 cm, but the specific size depends on everyone's physiological characteristics, especially the physiological curvature of the neck. The old Chinese doctor suggested that the height of the pillow can be the same as the height of the patient's fist and hand. People with broad shoulders and fat bodies can have a slightly higher pillow, while thin people can have a slightly lower pillow. Sleep habits also have an influence on the height of pillows. For people who are used to sleeping on their backs, the pillow height of cervical spondylosis should be equal to the fist height after pressing (fist height is the standard of fist height). For people who are used to sleeping on their side, the height of cervical spondylosis pillow should be consistent with the shoulder width after oppression. Of course, the cervical spondylosis pillow that can keep the normal physiological curvature of the neck whether sleeping on the back or on the side is the most ideal. For the cervical spondylosis pillow itself, the part supporting the nape of the neck (neck curvature) is slightly higher and has a certain hardness to set off and maintain the physiological curvature of the neck. The part supporting the back of the head should be 3 ~ 5 cm lower than the above parts, so as to fully support the head and adapt to the height of the neck. Generally speaking, patients with hypertension, heart disease and asthma sometimes need to sleep on high pillows; People with low blood pressure and anemia sometimes need to sleep on low pillows.
The choice of soft and hard pillow for cervical spondylosis, hard and harmful, will reduce the contact area between cervical spondylosis pillow and head, increase pressure and make scalp uncomfortable; However, if the pillow of cervical spondylosis is too soft, it is difficult to maintain a certain height, and the neck muscles are easily tired, which is not conducive to sleep, and the head is trapped in it, which will affect blood circulation. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the type of cervical spondylosis pillow with suitable hardness, so that on the one hand, the pressure between cervical spondylosis pillow and scalp can be reduced, on the other hand, the pressure can be kept uneven and blood can pass through the place with less pressure. As long as the cervical spondylosis pillow is slightly elastic, excessive elasticity will cause neck muscle fatigue injury.
The scientific basis of the pillow is that the shape of the pillow for cervical spondylosis meets the requirements of ergonomics, that is, the S curve of cervical vertebra. It uses slow-rebound memory materials, which fully solves the problem of pillow pressure, as well as the problems we often encounter such as stiff neck, insomnia and dreaminess. Therefore, cervical spondylosis pillow can not only treat cervical vertebra, but also is the best way for cervical vertebra health care, and it is also a kind of pillow for insomnia, which is why more and more people are buying cervical vertebra pillows now.