Daily life care for patients with cervical spondylosis

  Cervical spondylosis is a strain and degeneration disease of the cervical spine, which is related to long-term neck flexion. In severe cases, it can compress the nerve roots leading to the upper extremities or the vertebral artery leading to the brain, causing pain and numbness or vertigo from the arms to the fingers, or even compressing the spinal cord, the lower center of the nerve, resulting in hemiplegia. The lesion is difficult to reverse, but some preventive measures can be taken to prevent it from deteriorating.  If you work for a long time with your head down and neck flexed, the paravertebral muscles at the back of your neck will be easily fatigued due to continuous tension, and the cervical joints will be strained. Therefore, the ambulation should not be too long, it is best to take a break in an hour or two, or change the position or movement.  Sleeping on a high pillow at night also makes the cervical vertebrae flexion, for years, will increase cervical strain. When reading a book naturally to lower the head to the book, if the book with a bracket placed diagonally, the head can be slightly raised, without a long time to flex the neck.  Supporting the chin with the hand when using the brain is undoubtedly a good habit for cervical spondylosis patients, which can reduce the burden on the cervical muscles and avoid overworking them. Cervical spondylosis can cause cerebral ischemia and dizziness if the vertebral artery is compressed, and the pressure will increase when the head is tilted back, so dizziness will occur whenever the head is raised to look at the ceiling, and care should be taken to avoid this action.  Cervical spine compression to the nerve roots will cause numbness and pain from the upper extremities to the fingertips, do cervical traction can expand the intervertebral foramen, reduce the compression of the nerve roots, the symptoms will naturally ease, cervical spondylosis patients should do more functional exercises for the neck, especially neck extension, on the one hand, can make the cervical joints to maintain a certain range of motion, to avoid degeneration of the joint capsule, ligaments and other soft tissue stiffness: on the other hand, the neck muscles can be developed to increase the The other hand can make the neck muscles developed, increase the support force, to avoid strain atrophy.  In the morning, when you wash your mouth, you can move your neck by the way, which is a two-fold thing. In order to avoid fatigue of the cervical muscles for a long time due to the support of the head, rest more reclining chairs to relax the cervical muscles, is also a way to avoid strain injury. As the intervertebral disc degeneration and narrowing, cervical small joint relaxation, sometimes stuck in a certain position, that is, the occurrence of displacement, at this time there will be neck pain, inactivity, easy fatigue, and even cause dizziness, headaches and other symptoms. The symptoms can be relieved by tui-na and traction, which can be quickly reset. If you do not seek medical attention, you can also lie prone near the edge of the bed, so that the head naturally drops to the edge of the bed, and use the weight of the head itself to traction, sometimes can also be reset. But older, with high blood pressure is contraindicated; no one is also not to use this method.  Warm tip: traction is an effective way to treat cervical spondylosis, long-term patients with symptoms can install a simple set of traction appliances at home, just follow the hospital sewing a jaw pillow belt for fixing the head, hanging neck, plus a carriage, a rope, and a weight instead of weights can be. But the angle, weight and time of traction should also be careful, it is best to consult the doctor’s opinion.