With the development of information technology and the popularity of smart phones, more and more people have become low-headed people.
Whether on the bus or subway, or in the conference room or at home, you can see everywhere the spectacular scene of concentrating on the screen. Brush microblogging, WeChat, watch videos, play video games, busy and happy.
However, often look down at the phone, not only vision damage, cervical spine is also very hurt. Nowadays, shoulder and neck pain is no longer the patent of the middle-aged and elderly group.
Low-headed people, you so capricious, consider the feelings of the cervical vertebrae? I can’t help but want to shout: cell phones, don’t do this! Please let go of us, we are the ones who want to protect the cervical vertebrae!
Poor posture, the cervical spine can not hurt white-collar workers, teachers, students are most vulnerable.
I once saw a 30-year-old young man who was a program ape of a software company.
He not only has to face the computer for a long time every day, plus usually like to play cell phones, play online games, basically cell phones do not leave hands, computers do not leave eyes. Not only to take the phone before going to bed to brush on a long time, open your eyes in the morning, good, you guessed it, the first thing is to touch the phone.
However, one morning after waking up, he found that the body can not move! The emergency cervical spine CT showed that his cervical 3/4 disc protruded a large piece, compressing the cervical spinal cord and causing paralysis.
Luckily, he was seen in time, and the herniated disc was removed in an emergency to relieve the spinal cord compression, and with rehabilitation exercises, he was able to regain his motor skills.
I was stunned: I was stunned in the sense that my partner and I were stunned.
In the spine surgery clinic, I found that many patients are clerical administrators, teachers, students party, the common characteristic of these people is sitting for a long time, exercise time is less.
Long-term ambulatory work or study, appear low head, hunchback and other poor posture, after work, after school dinner, entertainment can not be separated from the cell phone, PAD, home to watch TV also used to half lying on the sofa ……
These bad habits make the muscles near the cervical spine in a state of long-term tension, may also lead to damage to the nearby soft tissue, which in turn leads to cervical degeneration, cervical joint dislocation disorder, abnormal activity.
For example, we usually hear a “click” sound when the neck activity is accompanied by the cervical spine in that it is very mulberry outlet.
Some neck pain, in fact, is muscle labor.
A lot of people with low heads are torn by stiffness and pain in the neck: do I have cervical spondylosis?
If it is only because of frequent head down, causing neck pain, stiffness, shoulder pain discomfort, etc., occasionally headache, dizziness, no upper limb radioactive pain, numbness or limb weakness, walking unsteadiness, feet on cotton feeling and other symptoms, mostly muscle strain problems, not cervical spondylosis.
At this time, there is no need for any examination and attention can be paid to improving work and living habits.
What kind of examination should I do if I suspect cervical spondylosis? Frontal and lateral X-ray of cervical spine is the most common
Then the question arises, when we suspect that we have cervical spondylosis, what kind of examination should we do?
The frontal and lateral cervical spine X-ray is the most common examination, and it is generally not necessary to repeatedly check, so you do not need to be nervous about the impact of X-ray exposure on your health.
Some partners will find their own X-ray report in the cervical spine physiological curvature (arc) loss, reverse arch, cervical osteophytes and other words, they often feel unaware of, and even panic.
In fact, most of these are long-term improper posture caused by changes in the structure of the cervical spine, and there is no substantial lesions, through changing life, learning habits, the symptoms will slowly disappear, the partners can not be nervous.
However, if there are symptoms such as numbness in the hands, weakness in the arms and legs, unsteadiness in walking, and a sense of cotton in the feet, it is important to pay attention to them.
In addition to a cervical spine X-ray, a cervical spine CT and/or MRI is needed to understand in detail the compression of the cervical spinal cord and nerve roots, and the way of treatment and the need for surgery needs to be decided based on the results of the imaging of symptoms and signs.
Can pregnant mamas be tested?
Pregnant women and women preparing for pregnancy should be cautious. Even if they suspect that they have cervical spondylosis, they should avoid exposure to X-rays and CT, and wait until after the birth of their baby.
Even MRI without radiation is not recommended during the third trimester; after the third trimester, it can be done, but if it is not particularly necessary, it is better not to do it.
Of course, we cannot exclude pregnant mothers with particularly severe symptoms, and MRI is usually done for the sake of the patient’s health, regardless of the number of weeks of pregnancy. However, the doctor will often discuss with the family and explain the pros and cons.
Cervical spondylosis is also divided into different schools of thought and has different symptoms.
True cervical spondylosis is divided into many schools of thought, each with different strokes, so let me introduce you to their characteristics.
Nerve root faction: this sect has many disciples, and the strokes are usually neck pain, hand numbness, arm pain, etc.
Vertebral artery school: this school prefers the middle-aged and elderly, and the strokes are generally headaches and vertigo.
Sympathetic nerve school: This school often disguises as disciples of other schools and uses other school’s moves to mix with the world, so they are most likely to be misdiagnosed, for example, they often use heart panic, chest tightness and other moves.
Spinal school: This school’s moves are the most lethal, often manifesting as weakness in the limbs, unstable walking or a feeling of stepping on cotton.
Mixed faction: Sometimes, the major sects will also form an alliance to join forces against us, and the moves will also take the longest.
Of course, when doctors strictly determine which school the patient’s condition actually belongs to, they also need to exclude both substantial neurological diseases (such as impaired blood supply to the brain, cranial neuropathy, etc.) and ENT diseases (such as vestibular dysfunction, etc.).
Cervical spine discomfort, pinch will be fine? The neck is not something you want to pinch, you can pinch when you want to pinch.
Cervical discomfort, go massage massage, press the pain means there is an effect! — This is one of the most common ideas of most partners.
For neck and shoulder pain and other muscle strain problems, by improving lifestyle habits, strengthening exercise, with hot compresses, physical therapy can be, personally do not recommend vigorous, improper massage, because the incorrect technique will aggravate the symptoms, but you can rest with a light kneading.
For serious cervical disc herniation, spinal cord cervical spondylosis should be prohibited massage, otherwise it is very easy to aggravate the symptoms, and may even lead to paralysis.
Even if you do need massage, it should be carried out by regular, professionally trained personnel to avoid aggravating the condition.
Cervical traction is also one of the common methods to treat cervical spondylosis, but inappropriate and vigorous traction can lead to relaxation of the ligaments and muscles in the neck, reduce the stability of the cervical spine and accelerate the degeneration of the cervical spine, so traction should also pay attention to restoring and maintaining the physiological curvature of the cervical spine.
Cervical spondylosis prevention treasure trove, take it away! People in the jungle, but also can not be knifed
How can cervical spondylosis be prevented? In fact, to say, the method is very simple; however, to adhere to do, but very difficult.
1, the neck should also be guilty of ADHD.
When studying and working with your head down for a long time, you should change your head position regularly and take a break every half an hour. You can do some shoulder and neck muscle relaxation exercises, such as doing head and double upper limbs of forward flexion, backward extension and rotation movement.
At the same time, when sitting, pay attention to the correct posture of the head, shoulders and back, do not shrug your shoulders, and keep the spine straight when sitting. Stand like a pine, sit like a bell, built or not?
2, the neck is also afraid of cold, hot compresses more healthy.
To pay attention to prevent the neck from getting cold, pay attention to the neck warmth, you can do a little hot compress, physical therapy.
For example, use hot towels on the neck, can promote local blood circulation, relax the muscles, relieve the symptoms of pain and discomfort.
3, high pillow, are deceptive.
Keep a good sleep position and avoid bad habits such as high pillow sleep, to know that from the perspective of protecting the cervical spine, high pillow ≠ worry-free.
4, swimming, jogging, are excellent!
With appropriate exercise, I personally strongly recommend swimming, especially breaststroke, an hour each time, 3-4 times a week, can exercise and relax the muscles of the whole body; can also jogging, 40 minutes each time, 3-4 times a week.
5, neck discomfort, find a regular doctor!
Once the cervical discomfort, be sure to go to a regular hospital as soon as possible, treatment, do not see a roadside massage massage into accepting informal services, but to aggravate the disease, the loss is not worth it.