The main methods to relieve cervical spondylosis include general treatment, medication, traction, surgery, and physical therapy.
1. General treatment
(1) Improve your lifestyle: avoid working with your head down for a long time, pay attention to keeping the spine straight, pay attention to resting at intervals, and avoid maintaining the cervical vertebrae in a flexed position for a long time.
(2) Exercise shoulder and neck muscles: Swimming is a good way to exercise neck, shoulder, waist and back muscles.
2. Medication
(1) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: such as ibuprofen, celecoxib and rosoprofen sodium, etc., commonly used in patients with shoulder, neck and arm pain, mainly for the nerve root stimulation caused by the damage of inflammation, with anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect.
(2) Myorelaxants: such as Eperisone Hydrochloride tablets, Chlorzoxazone tablets, etc., are used to relieve neck and shoulder pain caused by muscle spasms, and to relieve the stimulation of nerves and blood vessels.
3. Traction therapy: Generally, cervical spine traction belt is used for traction therapy to relieve neck muscle spasm, loosen soft tissue adhesion, and improve or restore the normal physiological curvature of cervical spine.
4. Surgery: Surgery can be divided into anterior cervical spine surgery and posterior cervical spine surgery. Patients should choose the appropriate surgical method under the guidance of the doctor.
5. Physical therapy: infrared radiation, ultra-short wave therapy and intermediate frequency physiotherapy.
There are various treatment methods for cervical spondylosis, and patients should consult the doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the doctor’s guidance.