Cervical spondylosis is a general term for many human neck diseases based on degenerative changes. Degenerative diseases caused by aging and chronic strain caused by bad living habits are the main reasons.
Everyone's cervical spine has a certain service life. With the increase of age, the compression resistance and repair ability of cervical spine are not as good as before. At this time, the function of various structural parts of the cervical spine may decrease.
Because cervical spondylosis is a chronic disease, the early clinical symptoms are not serious, which leads some patients to think that as long as they rest more or use special health pillows, cervical spondylosis will improve itself. This idea is obviously wrong.
Because the pathological changes of cervical spondylosis are difficult to reverse, once it happens, it is difficult to return to the healthy state before the onset. Therefore, soybean pillow, buckwheat pillow, latex pillow and memory cotton pillow can only relieve the discomfort caused by cervical spondylosis, but can't treat cervical spondylosis.
Good sleep quality is an important guarantee of health. An adult sleeps 69 hours a day, which is 1/4 1/3 for 24 hours a day. The pillow supports the head and neck of the sleeper, so it is very important for the pillow to adapt to the physiological requirements of the head and neck. Improper pillow height will seriously affect health.
Too high a pillow can lead to excessive flexion of the head and neck, and the muscles and ligaments behind the cervical vertebra are easy to cause strain. At the same time, the posterior wall of spinal dural sac tightens and the spinal cord moves forward, which will cause compression on the spinal cord. Over time, it will accelerate the degeneration of cervical spine.
The internal pressure of intervertebral disc is obviously increased, which is easy to induce intervertebral disc degeneration and protrusion; The physiological curvature of cervical vertebra becomes shallow, straight or reversed, which will destroy the natural physiological morphology and balance of cervical vertebra and lead to the occurrence of cervical spondylosis.
If the pillow is too low, it is easy for people to open their mouths and breathe when lying on their backs, which in turn leads to dry mouth, sore throat and snoring. The pillow is too low and the blood supply is unbalanced, which is easy to cause congestion and swelling of nasal mucosa and affect breathing. If the neck and shoulders are sore after waking up, it may also be caused by the pillow being too low or not using the pillow.
The length of the pillow should be at least 1.5 times the width of the whole shoulder. Pillows that are too narrow and too short are prone to eversion and become head-up posture. People with shallow sleep are also easy to wake up and the quality of sleep is greatly reduced. Even some pillows are much narrower than the shoulders, which is even more inappropriate.
People spend13 of their lives dealing with pillows, but most people don't know what kind of pillows to choose when sleeping. Experts believe that a good pillow must meet three elements:
According to the survey, cervical spondylosis mostly occurs in long-term desk workers, drivers and the elderly, and often has symptoms such as neck and shoulder pain and numbness of fingers. This shows that long-term bad posture is the main cause of cervical spondylosis.
An adult's head weighs about 5 kilograms. When we look down or lean forward at electronic devices such as mobile phones, it is usually 60 degrees. At this time, due to the leverage and gravity of the body, the neck muscles will bear more than 25 kilograms of weight. Keeping this posture for a long time will cause neck discomfort, pain, stiffness, headache and other symptoms, and even injury.
In recent years, I have often heard people say that if the cervical vertebra is not good, don't use pillows. This statement has no scientific basis. Except for infants or young people who are very flexible, pillows are a necessity for most people, and the height of pillows must be suitable for them.
In this posture, the cervical spine will bend forward or rotate sideways, which is contrary to the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine. Cervical spine and neck muscles are bound to be involved, and the most obvious feeling is stiff neck after waking up. Sleeping on the table in this position for a long time will aggravate the symptoms until it develops into cervical spondylosis, especially cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.
Sitting in a posture for a long time in the office can cause static muscle tension. Some people habitually sit in a hunched state for a long time, and the spine will remain abnormal for a long time, thus causing muscle ligament strain. This situation involves the upper part of the spine and is easy to induce cervical spondylosis.
In addition, if one or both upper limbs have numbness or pain, and there is acupuncture or electric radiation; Or top-heavy, lethargy, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, deafness, insomnia, dreaminess, memory loss, inattention, etc. It should be considered as the occurrence of cervical spondylosis.
Among the "Top Ten Chronic Diseases in the World" published by the World Health Organization, cervical spondylosis ranks among them. The prevalence rate of cervical spondylosis in China is about 17%, and there are hundreds of millions of patients in China, and the annual cost for cervical spondylosis treatment is as high as 500 million yuan. In the past, cervical spondylosis has always been a "patent" for middle-aged and elderly people, but in recent years, the incidence of cervical spondylosis under 40 years old has approached the age group over 50 years old. Therefore, protect the cervical spine from an early age, and don't let your cervical spine limit your freedom. # Breeze Project # # Scientific Truth # # Rumor Zero Zero Plan #
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