But sometimes neck and shoulder pain cannot be pushed and pressed blindly, for example, for patients with spinal cord cervical spondylosis, massage is a high-risk item. Spinal cord cervical spondylosis Spinal cord cervical spondylosis is caused by degeneration of the cervical vertebrae and degeneration of the adjacent soft tissues (such as disc herniation, vertebral body posterior edge spur, spinal cord stenosis or intervertebral instability), The direct compression of the spinal cord caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, hypertrophy or calcification of the ligamentum flavum, spinal stenosis or intervertebral instability, etc., combined with the influence of dynamic factors such as strenuous exercise or long-term poor posture, leads to spinal cord compression or spinal cord ischemia, followed by spinal cord dysfunction, with clinical manifestations such as numbness and weakness of the limbs, inability to move, and the feeling of stepping on cotton when walking. Spinal cord cervical spondylosis can be said to be one of the more serious types of cervical spondylosis, which can lead to disability in severe cases, accounting for about 10%-15% of all cervical spondylosis, mostly occurring in middle-aged and elderly people. Symptoms and hazards At the early stage of the disease, the symptoms are not obvious and appear as symptoms of common cervical spondylosis, such as neck and shoulder pain with dizziness and vomiting, etc. Some patients may experience paralysis of the hands and feet, which can be easily misdiagnosed as neurological diseases. As the disease worsens, patients begin to experience numbness and sinking in one or both limbs, and gradually have difficulty walking, tightening of the muscles in the lower limbs, and a feeling of stepping on cotton in both feet; then there will be numbness and pain in the upper limbs, decreased dexterity in both hands, clumsiness and weakness, difficulty in fine movements such as writing, tying shoelaces, tying buttons, using chopsticks, and even a feeling of chest girdle, as if being tied with a belt; some patients also have urinary control disorder, frequent urination, urinary waiting, urinary incontinence and constipation, and reduced sexual function. When the disease develops further, patients may walk unsteadily, especially when walking fast, easily fall down, gait staggering, and may appear spastic gait, so that patients need crutches or others to help them walk, and even eventually the lower limbs are spastic paralysis, unable to take care of themselves, and can only be bedridden. Treatment The early stage of spinal cord cervical spondylosis can be tried non-surgical therapy, mainly rest, neck protection, etc., but also light massage or physical therapy, but do not push and take, especially the heavier push and take action, because the bending, stretching, rotation and other actions of push and take, easy to make the spinal cord in the spinal canal is strained, and even deformation, especially some rough techniques can easily cause serious consequences. If early attempts at non-surgical treatment are ineffective or only temporarily effective, patients should be prepared to receive surgical treatment and have surgery as soon as possible to relieve the compression and save the function of the spinal cord, because when surgery is performed after gradual aggravation, the spinal cord will be irreversibly damaged due to too long a period of time, and even if surgery is performed at this time, the recovery effect is not very satisfactory, and there is even the possibility of lifelong disability. Even if the spinal cord is operated on, the postoperative recovery is less than ideal and may result in permanent disability.