Bad habits “murder” children’s cervical spine?

  Children often dizziness and headache to be alert to solve Primary school students often due to study tension, long-term ambulation reading, writing, which leads to fatigue of the intercervical muscles. Poor ambulatory posture and carrying a heavy school bag every day can also lead to inflammatory edema in the cervical intervertebral space, which can cause cervical disc herniation in serious cases.  Cervical spondylosis can cause various discomforts in children, such as neck and shoulder pain, upper arm numbness, dizziness, headache, restless sleep, memory loss, tinnitus, stomach discomfort, easy motion sickness and seasickness, inability to concentrate in class, and even vertigo and nausea and vomiting. These symptoms are not unique to cervical spondylosis, so they can easily lead to misdiagnosis, for example, children are often diagnosed as “epilepsy”, “migraine”, “poor physical condition”, etc. It is important to note that many children with cervical spondylosis do not have obvious pain between the neck but often have headaches and dizziness, and if no abnormality is found by neurological examination in a general hospital. Parents should be alert to whether their children are suffering from cervical spondylosis and, if necessary, go to the hospital for timely treatment.  Generally speaking, the symptoms of cervical spondylosis in children are mild, and most of them can be relieved after correcting the learning posture and rest. Through massage and other treatments, cervical spondylosis in children can generally be cured, and there will be no after-effects after the cure.  Do rehabilitation exercises to relieve fatigue Now in the summer vacation, children are mostly addicted to the Internet and watching TV, which can easily cause strain on the neck muscles and lead to cervical instability, causing cervical spondylosis. It is recommended that parents can take their children to do cervical spine rehabilitation exercises to relieve neck fatigue, for children who are not sick can also play a role in the prevention of cervical spondylosis.  Basic posture: two feet apart and shoulder width, both arms naturally hanging, the whole body relaxed, eyes flat, even breathing, standing and sitting can be.  1.Looking back at the moon: the head rotates to the left and right respectively until it cannot be rotated, and stays for about 6 seconds, to sit down and practice, to feel sore and swollen, once a day, 5~10 minutes each time.  2.Golden lion pendulum: head first forward and then backward (before and after to stretch the maximum extent), try to stretch and lengthen forward, 30 times as a group.  3.Shoulder rotation and neck relaxation: place both hands on both sides of the body, palms inward, shoulders relaxed, both arms rotate 30 times from back to front, and then rotate 30 times from front to back.  4.Neck and neck struggle: hands close to the inner thighs, both legs do not move, when the head turns to the left, the upper body rotates to the right; when the head turns to the right, the upper body turns to the left. Once a day, 5 minutes each time.  5, cervical traction: hands crossed fingers holding the back of the occiput, head force backward, hands against it. At the same time, traction upward with force, each traction lasts 9 seconds, once a day.  6.Looking at the moon: rotate the head to the left and lean back as hard as you can, and look up to the left for 5 seconds; then rotate to the right and look up to the right for 5 seconds.  The mother was instructed not to let the child read and do homework for a long time, the bad posture should be corrected and the child should be urged to develop good habits of life and learning. When children write for half an hour, they should be reminded to lift their heads and stretch their bodies. Do not let your child lie in bed reading or watching TV, and forbid your child to watch TV or play computer for a long time.  Physical exercise is a good way to prevent cervical spondylosis, pay attention to supervise children exercise, such as swimming, doing push-ups, jumping rope, inversion, etc., especially inversion, can make the long-term downward force of the cervical spine to relax in the opposite direction, the cervical joint ligaments can be relaxed, get sufficient rest. Exercise to pay attention to safety, beware of muscle strains.