How to prevent cervical spondylosis

  With the progress of society, the development of technology and the improvement of people’s living standards, the incidence of cervical spondylosis is on the rise year by year. There are many causes of cervical spondylosis, mainly trauma and chronic strain (mainly caused by long-term poor sleeping posture, poor work posture and long hours of Internet, games, playing mahjong, poker, embroidery cross-stitch and other bad habits).  Cervical spine disease can affect the quality of life, the prevention of cervical spine disease is multifaceted, it is throughout the person’s life and work. So how can you prevent cervical spondylosis?  The following are some preventive measures for cervical spondylosis: a. Active treatment of pharyngeal disorders: inflammation of the throat is not only prone to spontaneous dislocation of the upper cervical spine, but also one of the factors triggering cervical spondylosis. Therefore, timely prevention and control such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis, lymphadenitis and other bone and soft tissue infections are important for the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis.  Second, maintain a good sleep position: a good sleep position, not only to maintain the physiological curvature of the entire spine, but also should make the patient feel comfortable, so it is best to take the side or supine, not prone, the pillow should not be too high.  Third, prevention and control of head and neck trauma: people in physical exercise, daily work, traffic activities, easy to incur neck trauma. After the trauma, patients should do early treatment. Such as light plaster neck collar can be used to control the neck activities, generally need to be hospitalized to perform traction treatment.  Four, avoid long-term low work: long-term low work intensity is often not large, but long-term low head caused by the back of the neck muscle, ligament tissue strain, low head state of the disc pressure is much higher than the normal body position. Therefore, we should regularly change the head and neck position, when the head and neck to one side of the rotation for too long, should be the other direction of movement, and repeat several times in a short period of time, which is conducive to neck health, but also to eliminate fatigue. Such as long-term ambulatory workers should carry out interval exercise activities, so that the cervical vertebrae in a state of fatigue at regular intervals to obtain balance.