Medical Guidance/Yang Guoan, Deputy Director of Shenzhen Health Education and Promotion Center
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Text/Chen Qingling
Winter is the season of cervical spondylosis. In the past two months, I have received a large number of health consultations about "cervical spondylosis" from netizens, many of whom are young office workers aged 26 -35. In this regard, Yang Guoan, deputy director of Shenzhen Health Education and Promotion Center, pointed out that cervical spondylosis is a high-incidence disease among middle-aged and elderly people. However, due to the lack of neck protection awareness and bad posture, young office workers suffer from more and more "cervical spondylosis" and become a high-risk group of cervical spondylosis.
Prevention of mild duration, cervical pain can not be ignored.
Yang Guoan introduced that under normal circumstances, the human cervical vertebrae are arranged in an arch shape and have their normal physiological curvature; However, after chronic strain, age increase or trauma lead to the straightening of cervical spine or even the formation of anti-bow state, if it cannot be recovered for many years, cervical spondylosis will be formed. Many white-collar workers watch computers at work, watch TV or chat and play games on the computer after work, and keep the same posture for a long time, which is easy to cause cervical pain due to muscle stalemate and fatigue. However, people ignored these "small pains" until the condition worsened and the pain became unbearable, which actually caused local disc and ligament damage and suffered from cervical spondylosis.
Cervical spondylosis will not only cause shoulder and neck pain, arm numbness and dizziness, but also affect the quality of sleep, making people fidgety and anxious. However, if we pay attention to the pain of cervical spine and treat it in time, we have a great chance to stop the "cervical spondylosis" in the embryonic stage or the "minor illness" stage.
Keeping the neck warm in winter is the key to prevent cervical spondylosis.
Yang Guoan pointed out that to stay away from cervical spondylosis, white-collar workers should strengthen their awareness of neck protection, especially in winter. When the winter weather is cold and the neck muscles are stimulated by cold, local muscles and blood vessels will contract and spasm, which can lead to narrowing of cervical intervertebral space, compression of nerves and blood vessels, and increase the risk of cervical spondylosis. Symptoms of cervical spondylosis that are not obvious in other seasons often appear or worsen after winter. Therefore, to prevent cervical spondylosis in winter, keeping the neck warm is the first priority. When going out in winter, it is best to wear a turtleneck or scarf to avoid catching cold due to bare neck muscles. Patients with cervical spondylosis can apply hot compress to the neck at night to promote blood circulation in the neck, which is very beneficial to relieve neck spasm.
In addition to keeping the neck warm, Yang Guoan pointed out that the prevention of cervical spondylosis should also pay attention to the following three points:
1, correct bad posture and habits, avoid high pillow sleep, don't always tilt your head, look straight at the computer screen when watching the computer, and try to keep your spine in a natural upright posture.
2. Don't keep the same posture for a long time, especially sedentary white-collar workers. Always changing their posture. After working for an hour, they have to get up and exercise, such as stretching, looking up and shrugging.
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