What to do about degenerative cervical spine degeneration

The appearance of cervical degeneration is due to cervical disc herniation and joint osteophytes after a certain age, resulting in mild nerve compression in patients, manifested as neck and shoulder pain, which can be accompanied by mild numbness in both hands and weakness in both lower limbs, the treatment is as follows: 1, change the habits of life, avoid high pillows, the pillow should be the right height; the head should fall on the bed when lying flat, and the head is equal to the shoulders and in a neutral position when lying on the side; avoid prolonged head down, especially not to look down at the cell phone for a long time, which is one of the important reasons for the aggravation of cervical degenerative lesions; 2, functional training of neck muscles, patients can carry out resistance dorsiflexion exercises of neck muscles, but the arc of dorsiflexion should not be too large; 3, rehabilitation; 4, if the neurological symptoms aggravate, patients are recommended to go to the hospital for treatment.