Whether it is an outpatient clinic or a ward, or a friend or family member, people often ask what kind of pillow is suitable for cervical spine patients? How about cervical pillows? How about inflatable pillows? Can cervical pillows cure cervical spondylosis? Many patients believe that a suitable pillow is still very important for the prevention of cervical spondylosis. I think many people, including myself, have had the experience of going to an unfamiliar place, such as a hotel, woke up and slept on the pillow, which is largely due to the pillow is not suitable. Therefore, choose a suitable pillow for their own cervical spondylosis patients and cervical spondylosis risk groups (such as teachers, white-collar workers, drivers, medical workers, etc.) are very important. From a medical point of view, there are four physiological curvatures of the human spine, namely, cervical anterior curvature, thoracic posterior curvature, lumbar anterior curvature and sacral posterior curvature. Among them, the cervical anterior curvature is very important, which can increase the elasticity of the cervical spine, maintain the normal force of cervical intervertebral discs and joints, and play a certain role in cushioning the oscillation. We see that many patients with cervical spondylosis start with a decrease or loss of cervical anterior cervical flexion in the early stages. Therefore, maintaining the anterior curvature of the cervical spine is one of the important factors in reducing the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, so the first point of choosing a pillow is to be able to maintain the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine. First of all, the choice of pillow height is crucial. The height of the pillow is related to the sleeping position, and can be chosen according to whether you usually sleep on your back or on your side. Side sleepers need a high pillow with hard support, sleep on your back need some thin pillows; sleep on your back and the height of the pillow and the fist as high as appropriate, when sleeping on the side with a shoulder width on one side as high as, of course, need to be adjusted according to the physiological characteristics of each individual accordingly. When the height of the pillow is too high, can not maintain the normal forward curvature of the cervical spine arc, will aggravate the burden of the cervical spine, increase back muscle tension, shoulder pain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus and insomnia and other cerebral neurasthenia, aggravate the symptoms of cervical spondylosis; and when the height of the pillow is too low, there will be a neck and shoulder pain, will also make the head congested, resulting in swelling of the eyelids and the face, and easy to open the mouth to breathe, snoring. Secondly, the choice of pillow hardness is also an important factor. A pillow with moderate hardness and softness is the right choice. Deliberate pursuit of support and choose too hard pillow, easy to lead to the head and pillow contact area is too small, the pressure increases, so that the head muscle tension, seriously affecting the relaxation of the muscles of the whole body; and in order to pursue the comfort of soft and choose too soft pillow, it is difficult to maintain the height of the pillow, easy to be too fluffy and soft lead to the head and pillow contact area is too large, resulting in compression, affecting the circulation of blood resulting in the neck is backward stretching, the neck is excessive Excessive stretching of the neck will cause tension in the throat muscles, easily aggravating snoring. You must choose a pillow that seamlessly fits the curvature of the head and neck, so that it can provide the head and neck with the right torque, and play the effect of relaxing the neck. The third important factor is the choice of pillow material. Currently commonly used pillow materials, including buckwheat skin, memory foam, latex, inflatable cotton, etc., soft hardness varies for different people with different cervical physiological curvature, as well as different sleeping habits will be different advantages and disadvantages, it is difficult to generalize, but it is very important to choose a pillow suitable for their own material, in principle, is to wake up and do not feel the neck stiffness, soreness is appropriate, if you often wake up neck pain, fatigue or often fall off the pillow, it is important to choose a suitable material for their own pillow, in principle, is not to feel stiffness, soreness, if often wake up neck pain, fatigue or often fall off the pillow. If you often wake up with neck pain, fatigue or often fall asleep, it means that your pillow material is not suitable. Finally, the current market for common pillows to give their own recommendations, may not be completely accurate, but I hope to be able to refer to your choice. Buckwheat skin pillow Recommendation index: ★★★★★ Advantages: moderate softness of the material, the head and neck of the support role of the stronger; core material safety, environmental protection, non-polluting; hypoallergenic, breathable; can make people’s head temperature reduction, so that people feel soothing; buckwheat skin comes with a fragrance, conducive to rapid entry into sleep and so on. Disadvantages: not easy to clean; pillow shape can not be maintained in accordance with the sleeping position; elasticity is basically not. Tip: There are personal emotional factors that may bring too high a rating. Latex pillow Recommendation index: ★★★★ Advantages: the material is purely natural, no adverse effects on the human body; elasticity, play a role in cushioning the pressure; can effectively reduce snoring; promote sleep and so on. Disadvantages: inflated prices, uneven quality. Tips: When choosing a latex pillow need to pay attention to the current market on the latex pillow called some confusion, some synthetic foam, sponge pillows are also known as latex pillows, should be asked to buy clear. Slow rebound memory pillow Recommendation index: ★★★★★ Advantages: soft feel; 2-12 seconds of slow rebound, absorbing pressure and impact; memory deformation, claiming that the design can meet the neck and shoulder curve. Disadvantages: Because of the need for memory rebound function, the material is soft, many people responded to the use of the hardness is not enough, the effect is general. Tips: choose memory pillow do not overly believe the publicity of the business, the feeling of their own application is very important. Cervical small round pillow Recommendation index: ★★★ Pros: placed under the cervical spine, can increase the cervical curvature, play a certain role in the exercise of the back. Disadvantages: small contact area with the head and neck, long time application is easy to fatigue, at the same time easily lead to excessive cervical vertebrae back. Tip: This small round pillow can be used as a short-term cervical spine back exercise aids, if a long time to sleep on the pillow, you need to add a thin pillow in the head. Inflatable cotton pillow Recommendation index: ★ Advantages: good ventilation Disadvantages: too soft, the cervical curvature of the maintenance of the role of poor Tip: This is most of the hotels will use the pillow, for patients with cervical spondylosis try to minimize the pillow such a pillow, live in the hotel it is best to bring their own pillows. We need to correctly recognize the role of the pillow in the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis, the choice of pillow does not necessarily have much effect on the treatment of cervical spondylosis, so patients with cervical spondylosis should not hope that the choice of a pillow will be able to cure cervical spondylosis, but its role in the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis is essential. People with cervical spondylosis or those who are at high risk should develop good living habits, which include choosing a suitable pillow for themselves. We hope you can sleep comfortably and stay away from whiplash.