Vertigo in young people may be rooted in the neck, not the head

Dizziness has become a lot of young people’s mantra, serious low head, tilt the head or even slightly move the head will feel vertigo, the root cause of this situation is often not in the head and in the cervical vertebrae, belonging to the cervical vertigo, long hours of work and study of the people prone to the onset of the disease. Vertigo induced by cervical spondylosis is called cervical vertigo, most of the patients are in the neck activities in the sudden onset of vertigo, with the recovery of the neck position, vertigo will soon disappear, seizures of patients with head and neck activities are limited, some patients can also be accompanied by headache, tinnitus and so on. Severe cervical vertigo can occur when the neck suddenly rotates, and individual can have a transient fainting. In addition, patients with cervical spondylosis can also experience sudden vertigo during sleep. This is because the neck and shoulder muscles are relaxed after sleep, if the height of the pillow is not suitable, it will cause the cervical joints to be twisted, which will easily cause a reduction in the blood flow of the vertebral artery, leading to sudden vertigo in the middle of the night or early morning. Vertigo occurs during sleep because the vertebral artery is compressed for a longer period of time, and the duration of vertigo is also longer. Patients with cervical spondylosis can carry out cervical muscle exercise to prevent cervical vertigo, the method is as follows: cross your hands, palms on the back of the head and push your head forward, while your head pushes your head backward with force for 4 to 5 seconds, relax for 1 to 2 seconds, and then continue for 4 to 5 seconds, and so on repeatedly, for every 15 to 20 times as a group, and intermittently practicing 15 groups every day. You can also sit on a wooden stool with your back against the wall, and use the back of your head to push against the wall, exerting time, relaxation time and the number of exercises as above. Through the above exercises, you can strengthen the strength of the neck muscles, maintain the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, increase the stability of the cervical spine, slow down the stiffness of the neck muscles, thus avoiding excessive stimulation of the cervical nerves and blood vessels, and preventing the occurrence of cervical vertigo.