I. What are the common symptoms of cervical spondylosis
Cervical spondylosis is very common in our daily life, the disease is usually caused by a variety of factors such as too high pillow, occupational disease (long-term excessive supination, overlooking or neck movement, neck compression is too heavy and no relief measures, resulting in cervical lesions to form occupational disease), lack of exercise (often playing mahjong, embroidery, watching TV, playing computer), strain (doing farm work), so in general good care and exercise of the cervical spine It is very important because it is related to our work life habits.
I will introduce the common symptoms of cervical spondylosis for you in detail.
1.Cervical symptoms: pain in the neck, stiffness of the neck, straightness of the neck, restricted movement, spasm of the neck muscles, difficulty in moving the neck, a feeling of binding, “saddle”, a feeling of swelling of the neck, a feeling of “pillow”, etc. The head is often tilted to one side, with difficulty in raising and lowering the head, and difficulty in rotation.
2.Upper limb symptoms: numbness, pain, motor and sensory disorders, pain allergy, electric shock, numbness or ankylosis of fingers, hand weakness, heaviness, unstable holding, tremor and paralysis, upper limb muscle atrophy, limited peri-shoulder movement.
3, lower limb symptoms: lower limbs can appear radioactive pain, cold, numbness, cold, or hot scurrying pain, weakness, can not stand, can not walk, can not squat, aggravated after activity, reduced after rest, or just after rest up aggravated, rarely after activity improved, and then aggravated after activity. Related to weather changes, aggravated by cold, alleviated by heat, or not obvious, etc. In severe cases, muscle atrophy, lameness and functional decline.
4, eye symptoms (cervical eye syndrome): can not open the eyes, only closed eyes lying flat, eye distension, eye sinking, eye opening weakness, with blurred vision, reduced visual acuity, flashes in front of the eyes, dark spots, visual field defects, eye pain during excessive neck activity, eye muscle spasm, transient insomnia, conjunctival congestion and other symptoms.
5.Headache: firing pain, scurrying pain, numbness, swelling pain, sinking pain, hot pain, cool pain, localized pain, forehead pain, pain on both sides, top pain.
6.Dizziness: headache, vertigo, or even nausea, vomiting, transient blindness with dizziness, dizziness, etc., or even the feeling of wanting to faint or suddenly fainting, waking up afterwards, already as normal.
7.Lower memory, insomnia, etc.
Second, the treatment method
Acupuncture therapy is an important part of Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the use of refined metal needles into a certain part of the body, with appropriate techniques to stimulate, while moxibustion is the use of moxa or moxa cones ignited and smoked acupuncture points to stimulate, through stimulation to adjust the function of the human meridians organs qi and blood and prevention of disease. Modern acupuncture treatment for cervical spondylosis has received increasing attention from scholars at home and abroad, and various acupoint stimulation methods are used for this disease.
When acupuncture is used to treat cervical spondylosis, local acupuncture points are mainly taken, and acupuncture points are distributed according to the evidence (symptoms), and the angle and depth of acupuncture should be mastered when acupuncture is applied to the cervical joints. With electroacupuncture can enhance the effect of pain relief, long-lasting disease cold quality can be added moxibustion method synergistic effect. Long-term disease can be removed by acupuncture and cupping to relieve pain. Ear acupuncture pressure can play a preventive role, with the neck activities can loosen the muscles, unlock the joints, relieve pain. Head acupuncture, cupping, acupuncture knife and acupoint injection have their own advantages in treatment.
Acupuncture is effective in treating cervical spondylosis and has no side effects. Among them, nerve root type is the most effective, sympathetic type and vertebral artery type are the second most effective, and spinal type is less effective. Among the various treatments, acupuncture point combination therapy has the best effect. The acupuncture treatment is mainly applied to the cervical instability and the bone flap irritation stage in the degeneration process, while for the bone flap compression stage, comprehensive treatment measures including surgery are required. Acupuncture treatment for this disease mainly works by improving local blood circulation and releasing adhesions and spasm. Experiments have shown that acupuncture can relieve vasospasm and increase blood flow to the cervical artery; it can relieve the subjective pain and improve the cervical electromyography. Cervical spondylosis is a degenerative disease, and acupuncture can relieve pain and improve symptoms, but it cannot be eradicated and is often prone to recurrence. During the treatment period, attention should be paid to protection, avoid long-term low head work, moderate activity after 1 to 2 hours of work, usually take the correct sleep posture, pillow height is moderate, pay attention to the neck warmth, avoid wind and cold, cold and wet evil.
Third, how to prevent cervical spondylosis
During the treatment period, attention should be paid to protection, avoid long-term low head work, moderate activities after 1 to 2 hours of work, usually take the correct sleep posture, pillow height is moderate, pay attention to the neck warmth, avoid wind and cold, cold and damp evil.
Chinese medicine health experts summed up a method to exercise the tendons and prevent cervical spondylosis.
1, shoulder abduction: shoulders as close as possible to the midline of the back. While doing this action you can slightly raise your arms, similar to the action of expanding the chest, but the key thing to do is to consciously keep the back muscles tense.
2.Shoulders up: Keep your shoulders abducted while lifting them upward as if someone is pressing down on your shoulders and you want to fight against them. The key point is to keep both shoulders abducted and consciously contract the upper trapezius muscle and scapular lift muscle.
The key is to consciously make the muscles at the back of the neck exert themselves, preferably to achieve a slight tremor. After the head upward movement is completed, hold it for 3 to 5 seconds, then slowly relax. The order of relaxation is exactly the opposite of the previous action, that is, the head first returns to the correct position, then the upward shrugging shoulders droop, and finally the shoulders are retracted inward to the original position. After relaxation, repeat the procedure 3 to 5 times.
Health tips: all the action requirements: slow movement; conscious control of local muscle tension, contraction; action throughout to maintain deep breathing.