Nowadays the internet is so developed that when it comes to what to do about neck pain, the first thing that comes to mind is to search the internet. I have always believed that the information on the Internet is like water in the sea, and people who know little about medicine are likely to be overwhelmed by the vast amount of information, which is not only useless but also misleading. Today, according to their theoretical knowledge and experience in the practice of medicine, at the end of the year on the six “killers” of cervical spondylosis to make a big inventory, see if you were hit. 1, prolonged low head or sedentary office long time low head reading, reading cell phones, long sitting in front of the computer office, low head walking, these commonplace things are important reasons for the rejuvenation of cervical spondylosis. The normal cervical spine has a physiological forward flexion, if you always love to lower your head, the cervical spine is subjected to excessive pressure, this normal forward flexion will change, which will also let you get cervical spondylosis. As I often say to patients in the clinic, the cervical spine is like a sling tower, the rear muscles are the sling, if you keep your head down for a long time, your cervical spine is under pressure that it should not be under, there will be strain, easily causing cervical disc herniation, cervical instability and other diseases. People who already have serious cervical spondylosis, after a long time low head, suddenly lift the head, but also easy to cause dizziness, nausea and other symptoms due to temporary cerebral ischemia. Suggestions: Develop a good sitting and standing posture, reduce the amount of time spent with your head down for long periods of time, and place your cell phone in a direction parallel to your line of sight when you look. Many of my outpatients say that there is no way to take time off from their busy schedules to relax, so I stand up at the end of the visit and walk the patient to the door, telling him that there are many ways to “interrupt ourselves” at work. I believe that “self-interruption” every 45 minutes at work and relaxing for 5 minutes is the number one tool to prevent cervical spondylosis. Some people ask me why 45 minutes, I can only tell him that the 45 minutes a lesson for elementary school students is the development of countless health experts research, children rarely say that the neck pain …… 2, lying on the table to make up for sleep Many people are very sleepy when lying directly on the table to sleep, this posture for a long time will easily lead to cervical deformation, neck muscle fatigue, and cause cervical spondylosis. Suggestions: when you need to catch up on sleep, it is best to lie down. If not, a soft cushion or pillow in front of the chest as a cushion, do not put the head directly on the arms. Of course, I have a difficult way to catch up on sleep – is to sit and try to maintain the physiological curvature of the spine, close your eyes and go to sleep. It only takes a few minutes of sleep to come back to full blood from extreme fatigue. This is the trick I worked out in between each surgery in the year of long emergency night surgery. 3, no pillow or pillow too high People think about it, if no pillow or low pillow, it will make you keep your head up for a long time while sleeping. For people who are used to working with their heads down, tilting their heads to sleep may make people comfortable for a while, however, if long-term, the neck ligaments are tense for a long time, in a state of high tension, is to accelerate its strain. In addition, too high pillow will also destroy the normal curvature of the cervical spine, in the long run will aggravate cervical spine disease. Suggestions: your pillow to maintain the junction of your cervical spine and trunk parts of the physiological position, rather than too flexed, too tilt or left and right skew. In fact, a pillow is suitable for, you can feel it. If you wake up, feel uncomfortable neck, drowsy head, it is recommended to replace the pillow suitable for you. 4, sitting on a soft sofa Now people get off work, like to nest in a soft sofa to read, watch TV, feel relaxed and comfortable after a hard day doing so. In fact, this is a big mistake! The more tired, the more to keep the cervical spine and even the entire spine physiological curvature, nesting on the sofa will only aggravate the invisible musculoskeletal damage. This is because the human spine between the bones are mutually active, normal by strong muscles to maintain stability; tired muscles or tension, or weakness, this situation nesting in the sofa will lead to abnormal changes between the bones. Suggestions: We should sit as little as possible on soft sofas, even if you want to sit, but also try to sit up straight. A friend asked me, too tired from work, can not sit up straight how to do? I can only tell him that it is best to shuffle off to bed, this is not a joke. Because when the body is most tired, if standing or sitting can not maintain the physiological position of the spine, then the best way to resist gravity is to lie down. 5, wearing high heels The human spine is connected by a number of vertebrae, two vertebrae contact surface is nearly flat. When we posture upright, between the vertebrae is the face to face contact, the force is dispersed, not easy to damage. Wearing high heels will cause the center of gravity to shift too far forward, causing the pelvis to tilt forward, making the spine curved to increase, causing the contact surface between the vertebrae to become smaller, and the lumbar and cervical vertebrae to be concentrated at the point of force, or even concentrated to a point. In this way, the pressure between the vertebrae will rapidly increase, easily causing injury. Therefore, when high heels are worn more often, this damage will accumulate and eventually lead to lumbar pain and cervical spondylosis ……. I would say this to women in the clinic who have cervical discomfort but can’t get rid of high heels: It took millions of years for humans to evolve their bones and walk upright, but high heels have only been invented for a hundred or so years, so your bones won’t be able to fully adapt for a while. Suggestions: For the health of the spine, it is best not to wear high heels, if you really want to wear, it is best not to wear too high. 6, blind massage For cervical discomfort, massage therapy does have a certain role in relaxing the muscles and channels, blood circulation, swelling and pain relief. But blindly and roughly massage cervical spine, but easy to accelerate the process of cervical spine pathology. Any operation that exceeds the physiological limits of the cervical spine bone and joint may cause local traumatic reactions – local edema, increased exudate, adhesion formation in the milder cases, and ligaments can be torn in the heavier cases, accelerating the process of cervical degeneration (which is often referred to as aging), and even increasing the possibility of cervical spinal cord injury. I once saw a friend with cervical spondylosis doing an MRI in the clinic, showing that the muscles in the cervical spine were edema-like signals. Suggestions: If there is only muscle tension and mild neck discomfort, appropriate massage can relax the muscles and promote the dissipation of local metabolites. However, if it is clear that the cervical spine is unstable, disc herniation or spinal stenosis, do not massage. Cervical spondylosis is important in the prevention, prevention is important to pay attention to the details of life and work, may my experience summary can help you out of the cervical spine health care misunderstanding, wish you have a healthy cervical spine from now on, a healthy body!