Physical examination methods for cervical spondylosis

Patients should take a sitting position, then hold the head with both hands, the examiner traction upward head, if there is a condition of pain relief in the upper limbs, consider the possibility of cervical spondylosis. The patient should sit with the head turned to the healthy side, then the examiner should push the back of the ear with one hand and pull the wrist to the affected side with the other hand, if there is numbness and pain on the affected side, it also indicates the possibility of cervical spondylosis. Another detection method is to use the examiner to hold the patient’s middle finger, and then tap the nail of the middle finger with the thumb, if the remaining four fingers are bent, there is the possibility of cervical spondylosis. The patient can also take the initiative to do rotational neck activities, and when vomiting or confused dizziness occurs, it may also be cervical spondylosis. Pain in the upper limbs of cervical spondylosis mostly appears in the early stage, numbness when it has entered the middle stage, and the loss of all sensation has reached the late stage. In order to determine in which period, you can let the patient incline his head, then the doctor with the left palm flat on the top of the patient’s head, the right hand lightly tapping the left arm, if the phenomenon of radioactive pain or numbness in the upper limbs, the patient is in the early stage of the disease. If the patient has pain and numbness when the head is lightly pressed with both hands, it means that the patient is in the advanced stage. It is recommended that the patient immediately go to the local hospital for detailed examination and cooperate with the doctor for treatment in order to recover.