Eight types of cervical spine health exercises

  Cervical spondylosis is a common disease, here is the introduction of eight cervical spine health exercises for you to practice in ordinary times.  Front and back: before doing the exercise, stand naturally, eyes level, feet slightly apart, parallel to the two shoulders, and then hands crossed waist. When the action first head back up, while inhaling, eyes looking at the sky, stay for a moment; then slowly to the front of the chest part of the head down, while exhaling, eyes looking at the ground. Do this action, to close the mouth, so that the jaw as close as possible to the front chest, stay for a moment, and then repeatedly do four times up and down. The key to the action is: stretch, easy, slow, to not feel uncomfortable as appropriate.  Arm turn: Before doing the exercise, stand naturally, eyes level, feet slightly apart, the same width as the shoulders, hands hanging naturally. When the action first raise the right arm, palm down, look up at the center of the hand, the body slowly turn to the left, stay for a moment. In the turn, pay attention to the heel rotation 45 degrees, the body weight forward, and then the body then turn to the right rear side, rotate slowly to breathe in, slowly exhale when turning, the whole action should be slow and coordinated. When rotating the neck and waist, try to turn until you can’t, stay for a moment, and then change the left arm after returning to the natural position. And when you change the left arm, put down the hand to slowly press down along the root of the ear, and do the same again after changing the arm, and do it twice over and over again.  Left and right rotation: Before doing the exercise, stand naturally, eyes level, feet slightly apart, parallel to the shoulders, and hands crossed at the waist. When the action will first slowly turn the head to the left side, while breathing in the chest, so that the right side of the neck straight, stay for a moment, and then slowly turn to the left side, while breathing out, so that the left side of the neck straight, stay for a moment. Do this four times alternately. It is important to note that the whole set of movements should be easy and stretching, so as not to feel dizzy.  Lift the shoulders and shrink the neck: before doing the exercise, stand naturally, eyes level, feet slightly apart, parallel to the shoulders, hands naturally down. After a few moments, slowly relax your shoulders and put them down, extend your head and neck naturally, and restore the natural, then sink your shoulders and stretch your head and neck upwards, and after a few moments, relax your shoulders and exhale naturally. Note that you have to inhale slowly while shrinking and extending your neck, hold your breath when staying, and try to relax your shoulders and neck when releasing your shoulders. After returning to the natural form, do it again four times.  Swing left and right: Before doing the exercise, stand naturally, eyes level, feet slightly apart, parallel to the shoulders, and hands crossed at the waist. When you move, tilt your head slowly to the left, so that your left ear is close to your left shoulder, and after staying for a moment, return your head to the neutral position; then tilt your left ear to the right shoulder, and after staying for a moment, return your head to the neutral position; then tilt your right shoulder again, and again your right ear should be close to your right shoulder, and after staying for a moment, return to the neutral position. This swing left and right repeatedly four times, in the head swing need to inhale, back to the neutral position slowly exhale, when doing the exercise shoulders, neck should be as relaxed as possible, the action to slow and steady is better.  Wave flexion and extension: Before doing the exercise, stand naturally, eyes level, legs slightly apart, parallel to the shoulders, hands naturally down. The movement of the lower jaw to the lower front wave flexion and extension, in doing the action, the lower jaw as close as possible to the front chest, shoulders shouldered, the lower jaw slowly flexed, chest forward, shoulders back up and down slowly movement. When the jaw flexion and extension should be slowly inhaled, slowly exhale when the head is restored, shoulders relaxed, do it twice and stay for a moment; then do the jaw extension and flexion movement in reverse, inhale when going up and down, exhale when restoring, do it twice, and practice it twice forwards and backwards.