Hands can not be lifted up should be based on the cause of the general treatment, physical therapy, drug treatment and surgical treatment, etc. Common causes are physiological causes caused by excessive exercise or exertion, as well as pathologic causes such as frozen shoulder and cervical spondylosis.
1. Excessive exercise: excessive exercise or exertion may cause the hand to be unable to lift up, which can be relieved by rest, hot compresses, massage and so on.
2. Frozen shoulder: it is often manifested as shoulder pain, and the arm cannot be lifted up. Early stage can be treated by shoulder joint function exercise, if the pain sometimes need to line physical therapy, hot compresses and some analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen.
3. Cervical spondylosis: the symptoms are more complex, except for neck pain, stiffness, numbness of the fingers, etc., there may also be a hand lift.
Treatment includes changing high pillows and prolonged head down, moderate exercise, head and neck neck brace braking, traction, heat therapy, etc., oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, neurotrophic drugs such as ganglioside sodium and other treatments.
If there is severe nerve root or spinal cord compression, and the medication cannot relieve it, surgery can be performed if necessary, such as anterior cervical spine surgery.
There may be other reasons why the hands can not be lifted up, such as shoulder trauma, cerebrovascular disease, etc. If you exclude physiological reasons, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, and the doctor will give you the correct treatment according to the symptoms, signs and auxiliary examination to determine the specific cause of the disease. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.