In a person’s life, 1/3 of the time is spent in bed, the pillow to maintain a healthy cervical spine is a very important tool. “High pillow without worry” is probably the most modern people question an idiom. Many people have this feeling, after high pillow sleep often appear stiff neck, dizziness, dizziness, weakness, the more tired sleep phenomenon. In view of this, some people even began not to use the pillow. But this will ensure that the cervical spine is okay? High pillow or low pillow, this is really a problem that plagues us. In order to answer this question, first we should clarify what the pillow is for. We know that the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine, very much like an arch, the head gravity transmission down, even through the arrangement of the vertebrae, discs, small joints, etc. to relieve. The initial pathological change of the cervical spine is firstly the change of the physiological curvature of the cervical spine. Any long-term posture that does not match the physiological curvature of the cervical spine may cause the change of the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, and the gravity conduction is not uniformly absorbed by each vertebra and intervertebral disc, so that a certain vertebra and intervertebral disc bear too much gravity. Over time, this intervertebral disc and joints are damaged, tissue damage, cervical nerve root stimulation, resulting in reflex spasm of the surrounding muscles and ligaments, and spasm exacerbates the change in the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, the vicious circle and cervical spine osteophytes, disc protrusion, front and rear longitudinal ligament ossification and a series of cervical nerve and spinal cord symptoms. An ideal pillow, the most basic function, is to make people tired day, in the sleep, so that the fatigue of the neck muscles, ligaments to get a full rest, which requires a pillow closely fit the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, which is the most comfortable and relaxed posture of the neck muscles and ligaments. And too high and too low cervical pillow, will make the cervical spine in an over-extended or over-flexed position. In this way, even in the sleep state, the muscles around the cervical spine is also in a state of tension and fatigue, which is the reason why there are many people sleep, and not get full of energy, wake up, dizziness, weakness, neck stiffness, sleep than not sleep is still tired. To meet the above requirements, the first is the shape of the pillow. The cross-section should be low in the middle, high at both ends of the yuan Bao shape or dumbbell type is better, while the side view, should be a fit cervical physiological curvature of the arc. The height of the depressed part of the pillow is as high as one’s fist standing up, and the protruding parts on both sides are equivalent to the width of one’s shoulder. In this way, when a person is lying down, the head pillow in the depression, can maintain the physiological curvature of the cervical spine
The cervical ligaments and small joints around the cervical collar are in the best state of relaxation, so that they can eliminate fatigue to get a full rest and adjustment, the two sides of the projection can also play a relative braking and fixing effect on the head and neck, when lying on the side, the head pillow on one side of the projection, the cervical vertebrae can still be kept upright. Secondly, the filling of the pillow core, is also an important factor affecting the comfort of the pillow. Too hard pillow will not be deformed by the force, so the comfort is poor. And too soft pillow, in the sleep process, the pillow shape is not easy to fix, can not form an effective support for the head and neck, not to maintain the cervical physiological curvature of the requirements. The ideal filler, such as buckwheat bark or cotton, because of its light and loose, easy to shape, according to the size of the individual head and neck length and determine the pillow shape and height. Buckwheat hull, non-polluting, odorless. Features: soft and hard, ventilated and breathable, warm in winter and cool in summer, heat and fatigue, beneficial to head blood circulation, prevention of cervical spondylosis, back pain. Washable, sunburnable, will not break, still comfortable. Buckwheat hull more pillows, it is reported that buckwheat hull on the human body has a brightening effect, and buckwheat hull in the pillow slowly move, can play a massage effect, to relieve neck fatigue. Buckwheat pillow can be considered the most traditional pillow. It has the advantage of pillow core soft and hard, moderate elasticity, suitable for a variety of people and ages, and suitable for both winter and summer. According to the Chinese pillow network, although many buckwheat pillows on the market, but customers often do not know, in fact, the quality of buckwheat hull pillows vary greatly, most of the buckwheat pillows on the market is actually filled with buckwheat hulls, not buckwheat hulls, so although the economy, but the breathability is much worse, buckwheat hulls with a triangle of Inner Mongolia export grade is the best, clean and healthy, not easy to break and breathable best. Good export grade buckwheat hull, with moisture-resistant breathable winter and summer cool features, suitable for year-round use, is the treatment of insomnia and neurasthenia of the traditional green health pillow, especially for children, students, brain workers, insomnia patients and elderly patients
Provide buckwheat pillows, buckwheat pillows are made of natural buckwheat hulls, to be strictly sieved and sterilized after treatment, with moisture-resistant breathable winter warm summer cool characteristics, suitable for use throughout the year, is the treatment of insomnia and neurasthenia of the traditional green health pillow, especially for children, students, brain workers, insomnia patients and elderly patients. Note that the production of pillows, buckwheat hulls should be filled as full as possible to prevent the use of a longer period of time too loose, so that the pillow height is reduced. The location of the pillow also has to pay attention to, suitable for the cervical curvature of the pillow shape, should be along the cervical curvature to the back of the head to form the curvature of the high ridge, so as to maintain and adapt to the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine, if the back of the head pillow in the highest part of the pillow, the cervical spine suspended, the cervical spine formed hyperflexion, the peri-cervical muscles, ligamentous joint bundle in a state of tension, the vertebral artery pathway is blocked, the neck stiffness after waking up, dizziness The phenomenon of weakness. The pillow cushion is too far down, the head is empty outside the pillow, the jaw is up, the neck is stretched back posture, is also not a comfortable position. The correct position should be, the highest point of the curvature of the pillow is directly behind the neck, and the part in contact with the back of the pillow should be lower, softer, to play a supporting role, so that the head and shoulders are supported by the pillow, the optimal length of the pillow is more than their shoulder width of 10-15 cm.