Many cervical spondylosis friends to see my clinic, when I leave I will say a sentence, change a cervical pillow try? But many friends know little about this aspect of the cervical pillow, and even very little attention.
Cervical pillow, refers to the health of the cervical spine with care, health-care role of the pillow, is through the care of the cervical spine can produce a good effect of soothing the nerves, calming and tranquilizing the health of the pillow. According to its effect can be divided into health care and treatment type two categories.
Health care type
Refers to those cervical spine long-term fatigue in the state of a massage pillow, this type of pillow has a massage effect, can be at rest, the natural aspect of the head of a simple massage, so that long-term fatigue is relieved, can make feel significantly comfortable, and should have a certain role in tranquilizing, clearing fire.
Treatment type
Refers to the cervical pillow used for those who have symptoms of cervical spondylosis or cervical spondylosis patients after minimally invasive surgery for rehabilitation exercises.
What people should change cervical pillow?
1, cervical strain injury office workers, long-term ambulatory work, maintain a fixed posture, cervical pain stiffness, shoulder and back pain, dizziness hand numbness, nausea, or cervical spine lesions have occurred, teachers, drivers and other professionals!
2, poor sleep quality insomnia dreamers Sleep difficult, dreamy, waking up early, more than the night, shallow sleep, sleep after not relieved all kinds of low quality sleepers!
3, snoring crowd Because of the sleeping position is different, long-term snoring habits, apnea syndrome crowd of men!
4, women with skin problems rough skin, dull yellow, wrinkles increase, serious dark circles, depression, early menopause, premature aging of women!
5.Middle-aged and elderly people suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases Middle-aged and elderly people suffering from cardiovascular and other diseases and consciousness.
What people are prone to cervical spondylosis?
1.In terms of age, there are more middle-aged and elderly people who suffer from cervical spondylosis. As we age, chronic strain on the cervical spine can cause degeneration of the intervertebral disc, weakening of elasticity, formation of bone spurs at the vertebral body edge, thickening of ligaments and a series of other degenerative changes, which are all factors in the formation of cervical spondylosis. 2, occupationally speaking, people who work with their heads down for a long time or whose heads and necks often turn in a certain direction are prone to cervical spondylosis. These occupations include office workers, typists, computer workers, operating room nurses, long-term microscope viewers, traffic police, and so on. These jobs due to long-term head down, resulting in the back of the neck muscle groups, ligaments and other tissue strain, and therefore a higher incidence. 3, from the sleep position, the pillow is too high, too bottom or pillow parts improper, bad sleeping posture for a long time, are easy to cause the vertebral muscles, ligaments, joint balance imbalance and produce varying degrees of strain injury. Therefore, people who like to sleep on high pillows and repeatedly “pillow” are prone to cervical spondylosis.
About cervical spondylosis
How to choose a cervical pillow, an ideal pillow, the most basic to make the pillow can closely fit the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, so that people who work and study all day, in the sleep of the cervical muscle, ligament fatigue. The cervical spine is currently treated in a variety of ways, from the point of view of long-term use, cervical pillow is a long-term patient adherence and use of treatment. So choosing the right cervical pillow and sticking to it for a long time will definitely help your cervical spine get well. Cervical pillow varieties are more, most of them have a certain role, but not well combined with the patient’s daily habits, often only supine, and side lying is less than ideal. The cervical pillow currently on the market, through the unique design, patients can not only lie on their backs, is also very comfortable to lie on their sides, but also play a role in improving the quality of sleep, more help to eliminate fatigue, relax the body!
How to buy cervical pillow?
The ideal cervical pillow, first of all, to have a warm feeling slow rebound characteristics, and then to be able to effectively lift the cervical muscle spasm, repair and maintain the cervical physiological curvature; to cervical spondylosis caused by headache, dizziness, neck and shoulder pain, upper limb numbness with rehabilitation health effects; to be able to effectively improve and improve the quality of sleep, so that the cervical spine to get a good rest.
The principle of selecting cervical pillow
1, generally speaking, the pillow height to 10-15 cm more appropriate, the specific size also depends on the physiological curvature of each person;.
2, the hardness of the pillow to moderate, generally recommended natural pillow – buckwheat bark, grain bran, bushel pillow are better choices;.
3, the length of the pillow is normally better than the shoulder to be wider. Do not sleep too small pillow, because when you turn over, the pillow will not be able to support the neck, in addition to too small pillow will also affect the sense of security when sleeping;.
4, pillow core to have a soft feel and better elasticity, breathability, moisture resistance, moisture absorption, etc..
5, pillowcase to soft and comfortable fabrics, such as cotton, velvet, etc.. The bamboo fiber fabric with antibacterial properties that appeared in the last two years is also very ideal.