Neck often ringing? Is it cervical spondylosis? There are often people around me who are worried to ask: Is it cervical spondylosis if the neck is not sore or painful, but sometimes there is a “rattling” sound when moving the neck? I believe that there are not a few friends who have this concept. In fact, this kind of understanding is often relatively blind. Strictly speaking, the sound of “rattling” when the neck is moving is not necessarily cervical spondylosis. In many cases, it is due to the popping sound of the joints during the flexion, extension and rotation of the cervical spine. In addition, small air bubbles in the joints, abnormal misalignment of the joints, wear and tear of the joints, or abnormal friction in the muscles and ligaments around the cervical spine can cause the sound. If there are accompanying symptoms such as stiffness, pain, numbness and weakness in the neck along with the sound, a professional examination is required. Do you know about cervical spondylosis? Do you know that there are many misconceptions like the above in daily life? Cervical spondylosis is a syndrome of a series of clinical symptoms and signs that occur due to degenerative changes in the cervical discs and degeneration due to strain, resulting in disc protrusion or bulging, ligament calcification, and osteophytes, thus stimulating or compressing the cervical nerves, spinal cord, and blood vessels. I. About the onset of cervical spondylosis People usually think that the onset of cervical spondylosis is a disease of the elderly, thus neglecting the diagnosis and treatment of cervical spondylosis in young people. Indeed, the essence of the onset of cervical spondylosis is due to degenerative changes in the cervical spine, which has a certain relationship with ageing. However, in the modern population, due to changes in lifestyle habits, this traditional geriatric disease is not limited to the senior population. The number of younger cervical spine patients around is becoming more and more frequent, and the age of onset is showing a trend of continuous advancement, and there are even elementary school students diagnosed with cervical spondylosis. When it comes to why this phenomenon occurs, it is simply because of long hours of ambulation, incorrect posture, lack of appropriate activities and exercise, etc. Second, about the diagnosis of cervical spondylosis According to the Guide to the Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Cervical Spondylosis, cervical spondylosis refers to: degenerative changes in the cervical spine interrogative disc and its secondary pathological changes involving the surrounding tissue structures (nerve roots, spinal cord, vertebral artery, sympathetic nerve, etc.), with corresponding clinical manifestations. Degenerative changes of the cervical spine without clinical manifestations are called cervical degenerative changes. At present, imaging methods are commonly used and play a pivotal role in the diagnosis of cervical spondylosis. However, sometimes, over-reliance on imaging examinations, ignoring the actual symptoms and physical findings of the patient, can often lead to misdiagnosis. The diagnosis can be confirmed if the clinical manifestations are consistent with the imaging findings. In cases with typical clinical manifestations of cervical spondylosis and normal imaging findings, care should be taken to exclude other patients before diagnosing cervical spondylosis. If there is only abnormal imaging performance without clinical symptoms of cervical spondylosis, the diagnosis of cervical spondylosis may not be made first. Third, about the treatment of cervical spondylosis Many patients with cervical spondylosis already have more serious symptoms when they seek medical attention because of the excessive use of pain medication to relieve the pain caused by cervical spondylosis or the long-term use of drugs for conservative treatment. With pain medication, pain symptoms are temporarily relieved, but the root of the disease is not removed. Protruding cervical discs gradually compress the spinal cord, which can cause limb dysfunction; degeneration of the discs leads to cervical instability, causing a series of related symptoms. Very often, people are afraid of surgery and are keen on Chinese medicine physical therapy. Massage and other manipulative treatment to relieve cervical spondylosis symptoms itself is not a problem, but its lack of effective standardized treatment standards. A great variety of treatment techniques, some of which can even bring about medical damage and aggravate the condition. And many people overly superstitious massage effect, they do not know that not all cervical spondylosis can be massage, such as spinal cord cervical spondylosis patients massage is very likely to lead to paralysis. Fourth, on the prevention of cervical spondylosis, many people do not pay attention to the prevention of cervical spondylosis. Long working hours, improper work posture, age, sleeping pillow discomfort, improper life posture, and non-participation in physical exercise are all risk factors for cervical spondylosis. Pay attention to good work and life posture, reduce the continuous ambulation time, reduce the angle of low head, adjust the sleeping pillow, and strengthen the physical exercise especially in the cervical area are good ways to prevent cervical spondylosis. For people who operate computers for a long time, they can apply computer stands or use book pads so that the computer screen is not too low and they need to operate with their heads down to facilitate correct posture. For neck activities and exercise need to be careful not to carry out 360-degree circular motion of the head, which will have increased cervical wear and tear, accelerating the growth of abnormal osteophytes. Cervical spondylosis patients and long-term desk workers do 1-2 minutes every hour for 90 degrees to the left, 90 degrees to the right of the action, so that the ligaments on both sides of the neck are balanced stretching, can achieve good results.