1.Prevent injury to the cervical spine
Do a good job of labor, sports, performance before the preparatory activities to prevent injury to the cervical spine and other parts. Such as people engaged in sports, martial arts and other occupations and students in physical education classes, to do a good job of preparing activities before exercise, so that the joints, muscles fully stretch, coordination, and make the body’s stress capacity with it, so as to prevent injury in sports.
2, to ensure a good sitting posture
People engaged in accounting, writing, proofreading, typing, knitting and other work, often due to work position and posture or long-term head down, so that the muscles of the neck in a long-term non-coordinated state of stress, the ligaments and muscles of the back of the neck is easy to be strained, strain, and vertebral body due to mutual wear and tear of the front edge of the growth, so people engaged in this type of work and students should first have the correct sitting position and sitting posture. The “three one” sitting method.
3.Correct the inappropriate sleeping posture
(1) Sleeping posture
Head and neck to maintain a natural supine position, chest, waist to maintain a natural curvature, both hips, both knees slightly flexed (relax the joints, muscles, ligaments).
(2) Pillow height
Length: 45-60cm.
Height: 10-15cm.
Shape: cervical spine physiological curvature straightening or anti-arch with round pillow or aviation pillow. General conditions with ordinary pillow. The head of the pillow and the neck are placed on the pillow.
Pillow core: soft and moderate, or ordinary or medicine or other.
4, prevent the neck from wind and cold
Wind chill often leads to muscle spasm and stiffness, thus causing drop pillow, cervical small joint disorder and muscle fiber tissue inflammation. Protect the neck with scarf, sarong, etc.
5.Actively treat trauma to the neck, upper respiratory tract infection and intervertebral discitis.
Such as coughing, sneezing, sudden turning back and sharp braking when riding in a car, etc. caused by neck sprain and contusion, which present mild symptoms at the time, but often become an important factor in triggering cervical spondylosis, and thus should be completely cured. Colds must be taken seriously and treated.
6.Adhere to the exercise, enhance physical fitness
“Water does not rot, the pivot is not worm-eaten” – the effect of exercise.
Hua Tuo’s “five-animal play” and modern fitness qigong – strengthen the body and prevent disease.
Cervical spondylosis can also be through the cervical spine functional exercise (cervical spine exercise exercises) – to enhance local muscle strength, slip cervical joints to relieve symptoms, so that the lesion gradually improve.
7.Live a disciplined life and combine work and rest
Live a regular life and arrange work and rest reasonably well. Work continuously for 2 hours, rest 10-15 minutes or do cervical spine exercise gymnastics.
8.Health care massage
Acupuncture points: Fengchi, Tianzhu, Tianrong, cataract, Sun, Erzhang, Lijiao, Aye points.
Operation: Fengchi, Tianzhu, Sun, Erzhang, Lijiu, 30 times each in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. Tianrong and Cataract are pressed with the point press method for 3-5 seconds. A-Ye acupuncture point with point pressing or tapping. You can also comb your hair with a cow horn comb before going to bed.