The so-called “pillow”, it is estimated that many people have experience. When you get up in the morning, you suddenly find that your neck is sore and swollen, and you can’t move in one position. Forced to twist the head, it will be painful. What’s worse, this soreness and swelling along with the crooked neck posture often to last a whole day or even longer. Why is this a consequence of a drop pillow? We need to figure out this common but not many people really understand the symptoms. What is a drop pillow A drop pillow is actually a symptom of a compressed nerve. When you sleep at night, the neck is in a state of hyperflexion due to the inappropriate height of the pillow – over-extension on one side and hyperflexion on the other, which drives the cervical spine in the same state of hyperflexion. In this state, the cervical spine then pushes the flexible discs from the overflexed side to the overstretched side. The edge of the cervical spine is the intervertebral foramen where the nerve roots leave the spinal cord, and the displacement of the disc is bound to compress the nerve, causing muscle stiffness and pain on the compressed side, which becomes a drop pillow. Because the pillow makes the intervertebral disc shift to the side of the neck over-extension, compression of the nerve root on the side of the over-extension, resulting in muscle stiffness on the side of the over-extension, can not return to normal, as if into a dead-end cycle, more difficult to relieve. But it is not impossible to relieve, otherwise the pillow has become a disabling disease, we all have to wear a fixed neck with the neck brace, careful to sleep. To cure the pillow, steps 1, press the pain point Easily sit, and then extend their customary use of one side of the hand, five fingers fingertips together, in the neck to find the painful parts, and then force pressure appears painful place (generally in the sternocleidomastoid muscle, trapezius muscle and other locations). Five fingers together and massage hard for 5 minutes, left and right hands take turns to help the neck massage. 2, pull the neck standing, with both hands with ten fingers together, placed at the back of the head, try to stretch the head forward, and then the chin as close to the chest, has been stretched to the neck and shoulders produce a sense of pulling or a little pain, you can relax, and then repeat 10 times. This can effectively relax the muscles of the shoulders and neck. 3.Pull the shoulder The left hand pulls the right shoulder, the right hand crosses the top of the head and grabs the left head, pulling the head down to the right front with force until the left shoulder has a pulling sensation. Left and right shoulders in turn, each side stay for 15 seconds and then relax, repeat 5 times in turn. 4, the pillow point pillow self-treatment pillow point is the treatment of sleep pillow special effect points, thus named the pillow point. On the back of the hand. On the back of the hand between the bones of the index and middle fingers, touch with your fingers towards the wrist, from the end of the finger where the bones and bones become narrow, about a finger width distance, a pressure, there is a strong pressure of pain, is the pillow point. With the thumb or index finger to press this point, slightly hard to stimulate it, to have soreness, left and right hands can be swapped to do, the neck will become more relaxed heard of this method, has not used, I generally take the same side of the Tianzong point, while pressing and rubbing the patient to the painful activity, the curative effect is remarkable. Choose the right pillow to prevent the pillow 1, in line with the physiological requirements of supine, the pillow can keep the curvature of the neck, the edge of the pillow should remain curved, can not be slope-shaped; pillow height to meet the individual shoulder width, supine pillow height of about a fist, side lying pillow height should be a fist plus two fingers. 2, the height of modern research that the pillow to slightly below the shoulder to the same side of the neck distance is appropriate. Pillow height is based on the human neck 7 cervical vertebrae arranged physiological curve and determined, only to adapt to this physiological bending, in order to make the shoulder and neck muscles, ligaments and joints in a relaxed state, the pillow is too high and too low are not conducive to human health. 3, the length of the width of the pillow to a slightly longer appropriate, the length of the pillow should be enough to sleep after turning a body position. Pillow should not be too wide, too wide is more than the head and neck joints, muscle tension 4, softness Pillow to moderate softness, slightly elastic for good. Pillow too hard, the head and neck and pillow contact with the relative pressure increases, causing head discomfort; pillow too soft, it is difficult to maintain a normal height, so that the head and neck do not get some support and fatigue; pillow elasticity is too large, the head is constantly subject to the role of external elasticity, easy to produce muscle fatigue and injury. Sleeping on your stomach, more prone to pillow pillow in addition to improper choice of pillow, may also be related to sleeping position, prone especially harmful. Because the prone need to twist the neck to breathe, twist the head for a long time, it is easy to cause excessive cervical spine joint twisting and dislocation, if not corrected, is bound to develop into cervical spondylosis. Therefore, we must pay attention to correct bad sleeping posture. Young people should sleep mainly on their backs, supplemented by left and right side lying. Supine, the twist angle of the neck should not be too large (within 30 degrees safer), side lying low posture is easier to sleep. The elderly are mainly side-lying, supine, which is due to the aging of the elderly spine more osteophytes, some suffer from sleep apnea syndrome, supine is not conducive to breathing.