Generally speaking, young people's pillows need to ensure that neck muscles are completely relaxed, while old people's pillows need to be safe and comfortable. There are many degenerative changes in the spine of the elderly, and more attention should be paid to the prevention of spinal diseases.
In addition, a suitable pillow can shape the head to some extent. Therefore, when choosing a pillow, it is best to choose one with less hardness and good air permeability, and the pillow core should be able to generate certain friction. With the rotation of the head, it can flow at any time to form a uniform support, which not only ensures smooth breathing, but also relaxes the muscles of the head and neck. Buckwheat skin pillow is more suitable for the elderly.
In addition, silkworm excrement, tea and rice all belong to this kind of pillow core with strong plasticity and good air permeability. For patients with cervical spondylosis, if pillows made of these materials can be used, it will be more conducive to treatment. On the contrary, some fiber pillows are soft and not suitable for the elderly. Moreover, chemical fiber items will also have a certain impact on allergic elderly people. Experts suggest that it is appropriate for the elderly to choose a pillow 9 cm high.
How do the elderly choose pillows?
1, height
High quality sleep is very important for physical and mental health, so it is necessary to choose a good pillow. For the elderly, a pillow that is too soft will hinder the rotation of the head and is not conducive to blood circulation. Experts suggest that it is appropriate for the elderly to choose a pillow 9 cm high. Don't be too demanding or too short. If it is too high, it will easily lead to insomnia and dreams, and sleep is not practical. If it is too short, it will make the cervical spine unable to relax and rest, depressed and poor blood circulation.
2. Soft hardness
Too soft pillows have a large compression area on the scalp, which is not conducive to blood circulation and has no good support for the human head and cervical vertebrae. For the elderly, a pillow that is too soft will hinder the rotation of the head, and it is easy to accidentally bury your face in the pillow when turning over, which will affect your breathing and even cause suffocation. In addition, the pillow is too soft and easy to cause "stiff neck". There are many degenerative changes in the spine of the elderly, and more attention should be paid to the prevention of spinal diseases. In addition, a suitable pillow can shape the head to some extent. Therefore, when choosing a pillow, it is best to choose a pillow with a little hardness, so that it can flow and form at any time with the rotation of the head, which plays a role in uniform support, not only ensuring smooth breathing, but also relaxing the muscles of the head and neck.
3. Pillow core
Buckwheat skin pillow is more suitable for the elderly. In addition, silkworm excrement, tea and rice all belong to this kind of pillow core with strong plasticity and good air permeability. For patients with cervical spondylosis, if pillows made of these materials can be used, it will be more conducive to treatment.
4. Size
Pillows are usually longer than shoulders. Don't sleep with a pillow that is too small, because when you turn over, the pillow can't support your neck, and a pillow that is too small will also affect your sense of security when you sleep. What kind of irregular pillow some people like to use is very personal, but it is necessary to consider whether it will damage the quality of sleep.
Step 5 look at the structure
Recommended groove design, the middle is lower than the surrounding, in addition to moderately supporting the head, but also moderately supporting the neck. The left and right sides are thick, which can automatically adapt to the side sleeping height of the human body when sleeping and turning over. An ideal pillow, the most basic thing is to make the pillow closely fit the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, so that people who have worked, studied and lived for a day can relieve the fatigue of cervical muscles and ligaments during sleep. The head shape is low in the middle and high in the front, which is suitable for the physiological curvature of cervical spine. This kind of pillow can keep the physiological curvature of cervical vertebra by using the protruding part in front. The cervical vertebra of traditional pillow is suspended and easily deformed.