People have 1/3 of their lives spent in sleep, only a good night’s sleep to ensure the quality of life in the remaining 2/3 of the time work. But many cervical spondylosis patients have many misconceptions and misunderstandings about sleep, including: whether to sleep with a pillow or not. The main cause of cervical spondylosis If the cervical spine with physiological convexity is compared to the sail of a sailboat, then the muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues attached to its surroundings are like a cable. On the one hand, when the cervical disc starts to age and its supporting ability decreases; on the other hand, due to long-time improper posture or persistent strain and wind and cold stimulation, soft tissues such as muscles and ligaments will also age, and their strength and elasticity will show different degrees of decline, while the load they bear is constantly increasing, and over time, they lose their compensatory capacity, forming a vicious circle. These reasons will eventually lead to the destruction of the mechanical balance of the cervical spine, the mobility of the joints will increase, and the cervical spine will become unstable. Cervical spine patients should be pillowed or not? The cervical spine is located in the uppermost part of the human spine, wrapped in the neck, and consists of seven vertebrae. The so-called physiological curvature is formed by these seven vertebrae a smooth, forward-facing arc, the role of the pillow is to maintain this normal physiological curve. If you do not use the pillow for a long time, the original cervical vertebrae should be bent will become straight, that will be hunched over, causing damage to the cervical vertebrae, and will also affect the health of the entire spine. Therefore, cervical spondylosis patients in order to avoid the invasion of disease, we must pay attention to choose the right pillow to use. The pillow is too high and too low are not conducive to cervical health The pillow is too high, no matter what position to sleep in, can not maintain the normal forward convexity of the cervical spine arc, will increase the burden on the cervical spine, may lead to pillow. If there is neck pain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus and insomnia and other brain neurasthenia, or sleep to half feel numb hands and feet, that may be your pillow is too high. The pillow is too low will make the head congestion, easy to cause eyelids and face puffiness, and the jaw will therefore lift up, easy to open mouth breathing, snoring situation. If the neck and shoulders are sore after waking up, it is caused by a pillow that is too low, no pillow or a pillow that is too soft. Suitable for their own is a good pillow Everyone’s cervical curvature, the degree of degeneration is not the same, the body shape is not the same, according to the person’s physiological curvature, age and sleeping posture, the pillow should also vary from person to person. The ideal pillow height is to maintain the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine in supine and lateral position, in principle, sleeping on the pillow does not distort the neck, generally 6 to 10 cm more appropriate. People who are used to sleeping on their backs, the pillow height should be compressed and their fist height (fist up the height of the fist high standard) is appropriate; people who are used to sleeping on their sides, the pillow height should be compressed and their side of the shoulder width height is appropriate. Of course, regardless of supine sleep, side sleep can maintain the normal physiological curvature of the neck cervical spine pillow is the most ideal.