Correct your bad habits and stay away from cervical spondylosis!

Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical spine syndrome, is a combination of symptoms such as numbness of the upper limbs, dizziness, neck pain, etc., caused by various reasons such as cervical spine degeneration, sprains, etc., which stimulate the compression of cervical spine nerves and vertebral arteries. With the popularity of computers, cell phones and other electronic devices, the incidence of cervical spondylosis has increased year by year. Although cervical spondylosis is not a big disease, but it seriously affects the quality of life, the causes of its incidence are varied, but most of them are inseparable from a variety of bad habits in life. So what are the common bad habits in life will cause cervical spondylosis? First, improper sleeping habits One-third of human life is spent in sleep, so long time poor sleeping habits can cause cervical spine lesions and neck muscle injury. Sleep habits and the use of bedding, pillows and sleeping posture is closely related. The use of too soft bedding, the use of too high or too low pillow will cause changes in the physiological arc of the cervical spine, thus inducing cervical spondylosis. In addition, long-term prone sleep will also lead to stiffness of the neck and back muscles, thus inducing cervical spondylosis. (Note: absolutely can not sleep without a pillow, if you do not use a pillow to sleep for a long time, will gradually make the physiological arc of the cervical spine change or disappear, or even reverse curvature, will slowly form a cervical disc protrusion, compression of the cervical nerve roots or spinal cord nerves, thus becoming a spinal cord cervical spondylosis, spinal cord cervical spondylosis is not treated in a timely manner, the development of the late stage will cause paralysis). Suggestions: 1, the bed should not be too hard or too soft, to hard wooden planks placed on Simmons and other elastic bedding is appropriate; 2, the pillow should not be too soft, the height of compression is slightly higher than their fist high, about 10 to 15 centimeters; (do not use the business so-called cervical spondylosis pillows S-type, memory foam pillows and so on, generally do not meet the use of patients with cervical spondylosis and the use of everyone’s health care, only the gimmick business buyers.) 3, sleeping position to supine and side lying alternately appropriate, avoid prone, fall and winter should pay attention to sleep neck warmth; 4, avoid half lying reading books or watching TV. Second, the air conditioning blowing neck summer heat, blowing air conditioning is very comfortable, but there are a lot of people because of blowing air conditioning suffered from cervical spondylosis. This is due to the air conditioning blowing directly on the human body, the neck muscles are subjected to long-term cold stimulation, long-term in a state of tension, and affect the cervical spine of the nutrient supply, thus inducing cervical spondylosis. Suggestions: 1, the summer air conditioning temperature should not be too low, the best control at 24 ℃ or more, air conditioning should not be directed at the human body blowing; 2, pay attention to the neck warmth, air-conditioned room work is appropriate to wear collared clothing; 3, open the air-conditioning do not sleep on cool mats, mat pillows, in order to avoid the cold. Third, poor work-study posture Many white-collar workers and students due to work-study reasons, the need for long-term use of computers or long hours of work, the cervical spine is often in a posture, in the long run, leading to cervical degeneration and neck muscle strain, resulting in cervical spondylosis. Coupled with the popularity of cell phones, tablet computers, “low head” is increasing, the incidence of cervical spondylosis has also increased. Suggestions: 1, sit upright, eyes should be flat, not hunching, not crooked head twisted waist, body symmetry; 2, chair to hardwood chairs are good, avoid swivel chairs, table height to sit with the height of the elbow level for good, the work of the computer screen should be level with the height of the head; 3, sitting work full half an hour to get up and move the neck for 1 to 2 minutes to help the neck muscles relaxation; 4, do not rely on the back of the bed to read, watch TV, watch mobile phones, in order to avoid long-term cervical spine disease, the incidence of cervical spine disease. 4, do not lean on the back of the bed to read books, watch TV, look at the cell phone, in order to avoid long-term excessive neck flexion induced cervical spondylosis.