1, treatment of cervical spondylosis, not treatment of bone spurs Having bone spurs is not the same as having cervical spondylosis. Among middle-aged and elderly people, 60% to 90% of them have bone spurs in their cervical spine because the cervical spine undergoes degenerative changes when people are old. Some middle-aged and elderly people go to the hospital to do X-ray, CT or MRI examination, often hear the doctor say “your cervical spine has osteophytes”, “disc protrusion”, or “spinal stenosis” etc., then they think they are suffering from cervical spondylosis. In fact, these changes are not the same as having cervical spondylosis. It is only when these changes compress the nerves and there is damaging inflammation at the site of compression that the nerves are stimulated to produce symptoms, which is considered to have cervical spondylosis. Therefore, having a bone spur is not the same as having cervical spondylosis; having a herniated disc or spinal stenosis is not the same as having cervical spondylosis. And we treat cervical spondylosis, is not the treatment of bone spurs, herniated discs or spinal stenosis, but the treatment of “injury” 2, massage, to do “homework” massage in China has a long tradition, highly respected. But cervical spondylosis massage also has its indications, we should be clearly diagnosed, and then consider whether the need for this method of treatment, which is safe. When long hours of ambulatory work, resulting in neck strain, muscle spasm pain, after manipulation massage, can make the muscle relaxation, the patient often feel comfortable. However, the symptoms of cervical spondylosis are produced by compression of nerve structures with injurious inflammatory stimulation. Blindly applying external force to the cervical spine without understanding the condition without cervical spine MRI, etc., which can reflect the state of spinal cord compression, is not only detrimental to treatment, but often aggravates the injury and hinders treatment. For patients with spinal cord cervical spondylosis or developmental cervical spinal stenosis, the spinal cord is close to the state of compression, especially pushing and massage should be absolutely contraindicated. In fact, there have been many clinical reports of tetraplegia due to massage in such cases. Therefore, massage must go to the regular hospital, please have comprehensive medical knowledge of massage therapist to apply. 3, important! Protect the cervical spine from injury The main role of the cervical spine is to support the head and protect the nerves. In life, the head because of the needs of the senses, often occur in different directions of activity and in different postures. This requires the cervical spine to be able to move dynamically as well as to give stable support in different postures. These functions of the cervical spine are diminished when the intervertebral discs degenerate and become unstable between segments, or when the muscles are not sufficiently developed. Therefore, prolonged ambulatory operation, such as operating a computer, reading, writing, playing cards, etc., or prolonged sitting in a fixed position, such as driving, meeting, or head and neck accidentally doing some kind of action, such as sleeping while sitting in a car, fighting with each other, manipulating pushing, falling pillow, etc., these situations may cause some degree of chronic strain on the cervical spine, or acute injury, causing cervical spondylosis attack, or due to soft tissue injury and pain. In short, being in a certain weight-bearing position for a long time in a static and forced manner is not good for the cervical spine. A favorable measure to maintain the cervical spine should be to exercise the muscles of the back of the neck and maintain proper voluntary movement of the neck. In terms of conservative treatment, the main thing is bed rest or appropriate restriction of weight-bearing on the cervical spine. When lying in bed, the cervical spine will no longer support the head, and the relative stillness is conducive to the receding of injurious inflammation, and then some anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs and suitable physical therapy will be added, which is also beneficial to the treatment. 4, suffering from cervical spondylosis, is not terrible Many people have panic about cervical spondylosis because they do not know much about it. Some people have not even been clearly diagnosed and are distracted when they know that their cervical spine has “grown a bone spur”; if the doctor tells them that “the bone spur is compressing the nerve”, he is even more panic-stricken and at a loss for words. So he sought medical help everywhere. Even if you have cervical spondylosis, it is not so terrible, and you have to treat it correctly. The first thing is to find a specialist for consultation to clarify the condition; the second thing is to have confidence in overcoming the disease and actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment. In fact, cervical spondylosis is not terrible, most of the nerve root type, sympathetic type, vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis, the prognosis is good, after drugs, traction. Massage, physical therapy and functional exercise and other systematic treatment, generally can achieve significant results. For patients with more serious conditions, even if the spinal cord type cervical spondylosis, the majority of treatment effects are very good by using surgical methods to remove the protruding discs or bone spurs to the nerve roots, spinal cord and vertebral artery compression, and patients can be cured or significantly improved.