In life, people often yell about cervical pain, but rarely take it seriously, and do not deliberately protect the cervical spine. The doctor pointed out that “the source of all diseases starts from the cervical spine”, if the cervical spine is not well protected, the whole body will be sick. The cervical spine is not good for many diseases It is generally believed in orthopedics that there are five types of cervical spondylosis, including cervical, neurogenic, spinal cord, sympathetic, and vertebral artery type. The most common of these is the neurogenic type, which accounts for about 60%-70% of cervical spondylosis. These patients often have numbness, pain or decreased sensation of the skin of the limbs from the arms to the fingers. 1.Cervical type cervical spondylosis is mild, and patients often feel stiffness of the neck and shoulder, pain, restricted movement, heaviness in the back of the shoulder and weakness of the arm. 2.Sympathetic nerve type often manifests as headache, dullness, dizziness, pain in the occipital area or the back of the neck, blurred vision, swelling and pain in the eye sockets, dry eyes, rapid heartbeat, etc. 3.The vertebral artery type mainly manifests as vertigo, and patients often turn their heads or suddenly vertigo or even fall down when they lower or raise their heads. 4.The spinal cord type is the most serious type of cervical spondylosis, which can have symptoms such as stiffness of the neck and shoulders and lower limbs, tightness of the chest, abdomen and limbs, and disobedience to commands, which can lead to tetraplegia in serious cases. There are also some diseases that seem to have little to do with the cervical spine, but may actually be caused by the cervical spine. For example, cervical gastritis is caused by stimulation or injury to the cervical sympathetic nerve, which damages the gastric mucosa; angina pectoris occurs because the nerve roots of the cervical spine are damaged or the sympathetic nerve of the heart is stimulated. In addition, it may also cause blurred vision, etc. Before making a diagnosis, these diseases should be considered as possibly related to the cervical spine only after the lesions of the organs themselves are clearly excluded. Three major functions of the cervical spine The cervical spine plays a very important role – supporting the head upward and connecting the back to the waist and abdomen downward. 1. Scaffolding role. The first cervical vertebra is connected to the occipital bone of the skull and supports the head and back together with the following sections. 2.Protection of spinal nerves and blood vessels. The cervical vertebrae are connected to each other and constitute a channel for the nerves, vertebral artery vessels and spinal cord. 3.Motion leverage. The uppermost two sections of the cervical vertebrae are the hubs of neck movement, helping the neck to flex and extend and rotate, completing head nodding, head tilting, and head turning from side to side. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the cervical spine is also one of the most critical parts of the human body. The cervical spine is located at the position of the Directing Vessel. It starts from the perineum, follows the midline of the back spine upward, passes through the back of the neck, crosses the top of the head, and ends at the face. It is connected to the spinal cord, the brain and the Yang meridians in its course, and is the general outline of the Yang meridians. When the cervical spine is bad, the meridians may have problems. If people feel uncomfortable in their cervical spine, they will usually ask their family members to help them “pound their backs and rub their shoulders”. Some more serious patients may be looking for massage, massage. There are different types of cervical spondylosis and different treatment methods. The random massage, pounding, traction, not only can not cure the disease, but also may cause more damage to the cervical spine, serious cases may even lead to paralysis. After the appearance of cervical spondylosis symptoms, you should first go to the hospital to check, confirm the diagnosis, and then according to the doctor’s advice reasonable treatment. Pressing two acupuncture points can also relieve cervical spine pain. 1. Fengchi point. Located at the back of the neck, in the depression of the outer edge of the two major tendons under the back of the skull, flush with the earlobe. Press and rub for 5 minutes after low head ambulation can improve blood circulation in the brain and eliminate symptoms such as dizziness and dullness. 2. It is the shoulder well point. In the nipple directly above the intersection with the shoulder line, use the index and middle fingers together to press and rub, can relax the cervical spine.