Precautions to prevent cervical spondylosis

  A, improve and correct the sleep state people have 1/3 time a day in bed, improper sleep posture will intensify the pressure in the cervical disc, so that the ligaments around the cervical spine, muscle fatigue, inducing cervical spondylosis. In order to keep the normal physiological curve of the cervical spine in sleep, should pay attention to several points: 1, the height of the pillow should be moderate. The shape of the pillow is low in the middle, high at both ends of the Yuan Bao shape is better, the advantage of this shape is that the neck can play a relative braking effect; 2, sleep position should make the chest, waist to maintain the natural curvature, both hips, both knees are flexed, so that the whole body muscle relaxation; 3, the bed should be selected to maintain the balance of the spine, to the bottom of the wood Simmons bed is better.  Second, correct and change the bad position at work cervical degeneration and cervical spine for a long time in flexion or a specific position is closely related. Bad posture can lead to increased pressure within the intervertebral disc causing a series of symptoms. For a long time ambulatory workers recommended: 1, regularly change the head and neck position, reading and writing 30 minutes after the activity of the neck, head up and look away for half a minute, which is conducive to relieving cervical muscle tension, can also eliminate eye fatigue; 2, adjust the height and tilt of the desktop. Can make a sloping work board with the desktop is 10 ° ~ 30 °, ambulation work can reduce the cervical flexion and pressure in the cervical space.  Third, self-traction therapy When the neck feels sore or shoulder back, upper limbs have radiating pain, can self-traction neck to improve the symptoms, the method is: hands cross fingers together on the occipital neck, the head back, hands gradually force to the top of the head direction continuous traction for about 10 seconds, 3 to 5 times.  In addition, orthopedic herbalists treat cervical spondylosis through acupuncture, massage, drugs and other means, but Dr. Chen Mei-er said that prevention is better than cure, careful prevention in daily life can help reduce the chances of suffering from cervical spondylosis, the following points are worth noting: 1, do not sleep with your head down, the pillow can not be too high, too hard or too flat; 2, avoid and reduce acute injuries, such as avoid lifting heavy objects, do not tighten the emergency brake, etc.; 3, prevent wind and cold, humidity, avoiding wind and cold, humidity, and avoiding the use of the pillow. 3, to prevent wind and cold, humidity, avoid midnight, early morning bath or wind and cold blowing. Wind and cold cause local vasoconstriction and reduced blood flow, which hinders tissue metabolism and waste removal, and humidity hinders skin evaporation; 4 . Actively treat local infections and other diseases; 5 . Correct poor posture and reduce strain, and every 1-2 hours of head down or head up, neck activities need to be done to reduce muscle tension.  To prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, the most important thing is to improve sitting posture and intermittent exercise when burying your head in the sand.  As cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative disease. Its clinical manifestations are diverse, especially pushing the pulse type and sympathetic nerve type cervical spondylosis, and sometimes it is not easy to confirm the diagnosis. Once you have symptoms in this area, you must ask a specialist to help confirm the diagnosis, otherwise the diagnosis will be delayed and the treatment will be delayed.