Can pregnant women apply hot compresses to their cervical spine?

Pregnant women can hot compress the cervical spine, but the hot compress process requires attention to the following items: First, hot compress can choose hot towels or hot water bags and far-infrared physiotherapy instrument, etc., hot compress should be strictly controlled direct contact with the skin of the towel and hot water bag temperature, can not exceed 40 ℃, far-infrared physiotherapy instrument should be controlled to 30 ℃, otherwise skin burns are likely to occur. Second, the hot compress should not be in direct contact with the skin, should be spaced waterproof materials to avoid moisture in the soft tissues of the neck. Far infrared physiotherapy instrument and other physical therapy instruments, should be kept at a distance of more than 40cm from the skin to prevent local overheating. Third, the time of hot compress does not exceed 30 minutes each time, too long can also cause soft tissue damage to the skin, but also lead to vasodilation dizziness symptoms. In summary, pregnant women can reasonably use hot compress treatment to relieve neck discomfort.