Functional exercise and prevention of cervical spondylosis

  Regular functional exercise for cervical spondylosis is an effective way to prevent and delay the occurrence and development of cervical spondylosis.  The method is: sit upright with your arms crossed, slow down your breathing 1, slowly lower your head so that your chin is as close to your chest as possible, 2, then tilt your head, tilt your head back as far as possible so that the back of your neck has an obvious squeezing sensation, 3, followed by tilting your head from side to side, with your earlobes as close to your left and right shoulders as possible, 4, turn your head from side to side, with your chin as close to your shoulders as possible, 5, rotate your head clockwise or counterclockwise, the rotation amplitude should be large, the action should be slow, rotate one circle clockwise, rotate one circle counterclockwise. Each of the above actions can be repeated 8 times according to the rhythm. (Note: cervical spondylosis with vertigo symptoms caution to do head rotation action) 6, then use their hands overlapping from the top to the bottom or from the bottom to the top pinch neck and shoulder muscles 1-2 minutes, 7, and then do chest expansion, elbow rotation, shoulder pat exercise, two arms to the left and right flat stretch, force back, chest, and then two elbow joints flexion, fingers on the same side of the shoulder, with the elbow tip to do drawing circle action, before and after the turn each 10 times, and then alternately pat the left and right shoulders with both palms for 10-20 times. In addition, patients with cervical spine disease should combine work and rest and adhere to functional exercise, which is very important for the prevention of cervical spondylosis. Also pay attention to local warmth, do not suffer from cold, not directly under the air conditioning fan blowing wind.  Prevention of cervical spondylosis The prevention of cervical spondylosis should take measures from both the cause and the trigger to effectively avoid the onset and recurrence of healed patients.  1, prevention of bad posture in life, to prevent chronic strain There are many causes of cervical spondylosis, but most of them are due to chronic strain on the soft tissues of the neck and shoulder, and bad posture in life is one of the main reasons for the formation of chronic strain, so it is very important to correct bad posture in daily life to prevent cervical spondylosis. In addition, because some work requires a long time of head down, or special forced posture posture work, such as not pay attention to the longer time will occur chronic strain injury of the cervical muscle, and gradually lead to cervical spondylosis.  2, for the prevention of chronic strain injury should do: (1) usually to develop good habits, choose a suitable work and study posture, (2) correct the bad posture in daily life, avoid long-term ambulatory work, some must long-term ambulatory workers should regularly change the head position, you can choose the cervical spine functional activities for cervical shoulder muscle exercise, and then enhance muscle strength to prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, in addition Also avoid trauma to the head and neck, avoid emergency braking when driving, do not doze off when sitting in a car, and avoid high pillow sleep.  3, in order to avoid high pillow sleep, should do a reasonable use of the pillow An adult needs to have 1/4-1/3 of the time for sleep every day, so it is important to choose a suitable pillow, when people are asleep, the neck and shoulder muscles are completely relaxed, relying only on the elasticity of the intervertebral ligaments and joint capsule to maintain the normal relationship between the intervertebral structure, such as long-term use of pillows of unsuitable height, so that Cervical vertebrae at a certain point of flexion is excessive, it will make the ligaments, joint capsule stretch and injury, resulting in cervical instability, joint dislocation, and then cervical spondylosis, in the choice of pillow, the height of the pillow is generally in supine pillow height of about a fist high, side lying pillow height of about a fist and a half, about 10cm, pillow core to wood cotton, buckwheat bark is good, can also be filled with a large piece of acrylic cotton, the amount to Appropriate, to maintain a certain degree of hardness and elasticity, elasticity too much pillow is easy to cause fatigue and injury to the neck muscles, the habit of supine should be moved to the high pillow under the neck, in order to maintain the physiological bending of the cervical spine, the habit of side-lying, the high pillow moved to the face and shoulder gap to reduce the burden on the neck.