Exercise methods for occipital neuralgia include joint activities, stretching methods, and traditional Chinese medicine methods.
1. Joint activities: for occipital neuralgia, you can carry out cervical spine activities, make the head flex and extend back and forth, move the head from side to side or carry out head-rotating movements to prevent joint stiffness, improve the mobility of neck joints and alleviate occipital neuralgia.
2. Drawing and stretching method: stand or sit, close the chin, the same side of the hand to help the head to complete the same side of the flexion of the action. Cross your arms and place the palms of your hands on your forehead to pull your head backward until your nose is facing the ceiling. Place the right hand near the top of the head and pull the head back so that the chin is as close to the right shoulder as possible. Cross both hands near the top of the back of the head and gently pull the head down vertically so that the chin touches the chest as much as possible.
3. Traditional Chinese medicine methods: Tui na can be carried out, tui na method for the method and kneading, and then palm kneading the pain area gradually increase the force of the hand to kneading the A is point (acid numbness and distension of the pain feeling obvious acupuncture points), the Tianzhu point, the complete bone point and the Fengchi point, the force according to the patient’s tolerance degree.
Then along the direction of pain in the direction of the root of the palm push or thumb push, fingers gently hit the patient’s scalp, and finally take to lift the collar muscles to move gently.
Occipital neuralgia patients are recommended to rehabilitate under the guidance of doctors and therapists to avoid delays.