Behavioral interventions for the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis

  Cervical spondylosis is a series of clinical syndromes that cause pain in the neck, shoulder, head, chest, upper limb and other dysfunctions due to a variety of factors such as cervical spine hyperplasia, injury, cervical disc herniation and other factors that cause imbalance in the internal and external balance of the spine, resulting in pressure on the cervical nerve roots, spinal cord, sympathetic nerve or vertebral artery. Cervical spondylosis is a common and frequent disease among middle-aged and elderly people. Degeneration of the cervical spine is an intrinsic factor in the development of cervical spondylosis, and long-term low head work or sleeping on a pillow that is too high is an important precipitating factor for cervical spondylosis. Behavioral intervention therapy such as appropriate activities of the neck and low-pillow supine sleep posture is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis.  1, cervical appropriate activities: in a relaxed situation, do rhinoceros look at the moon action that slowly let the head as far as possible to turn back up, such as first slowly turn the head to the upper left, and then turn the head to the upper right, can be repeated 2-4 times. You can feel a slight soreness and swelling in the neck and upper scapula, 1-3 minutes each time, 4-8 times a day. When working with your head down or watching computer or TV, you can do rhinoceros moon movement for 1-2 minutes every half hour.  2, supine without pillow or low pillow: sleep position as far as possible using supine position without pillow or low pillow. Pillow should be used for soft materials, about the size of the palm of your hand, pad in the neck, avoid the pillow pad in the pillow.  The above methods, perseverance, persistence, the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis will be effective.