How much do you know about falling pillows?

Definition Falling pillow or “lost pillow”, is a common disease, preferably in young adults, winter and spring. The common onset of pillow loss is that there are no symptoms before going to sleep, but after waking up in the morning, the back of the neck is obviously sore, and neck movement is limited. This shows that the disease started after sleep, and sleep pillow and sleep position has a close relationship. Etiology Falling pillow in Guangdong is also known as “training short neck”, the etiology of two main aspects: First, muscle sprain, such as poor sleep posture at night, the head and neck for a long time in the excessive deflection position; or due to sleep pillow is not suitable, too high, too low or too hard, so that the head and neck are in a state of hyperextension or hyperextension, which can cause muscle tension in one side of the neck, so that the small cervical joints are twisted wrong, and the cervical vertebrae can be twisted at any time. Cervical spine small joints twisted wrong, a longer period of time can occur static injury, so that the injury muscle and tendon strong and not and, poor blood flow, local pain and discomfort, movement is obviously limited. The second is to feel the wind and cold, such as sleep cold, summer cold, so that the back of the neck and blood stagnation, tendon paralysis, resulting in stiffness and pain, movement is unfavorable. Third, some neck trauma, can also lead to protective muscle contraction and joint sprain, coupled with poor posture of the neck during sleep, qi and blood congestion, tendon contracture, can also lead to this disease. Fourth, there are cervical spondylosis and other neck and shoulder tendon injuries, a little wind and cold or poor sleeping posture, can trigger this disease, and even repeated “pillow”. Clinical manifestations are generally manifested in the back of the neck after getting up, the upper back pain and discomfort to one side, or both sides of the pain, or a heavy side, a light side, due to the body from lying down to upright, the neck muscle group strength changes, can cause progressive aggravation, and even involved in the shoulders and chest and back. Most of the patients can recall that last night’s sleep position is not good, and there is tenderness in the neck muscles during examination. Because of the pain, the neck movement is unfavorable, can not be freely rotated, and in severe cases, there are also difficulties in pitching, and even the head is straightened in an abnormal position, so that the head is tilted to the side of the disease. Examination of the neck muscles have tenderness, superficial muscle spasm, stiffness, touch with a “rope feeling”. Treatment Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of pillow fall a lot of methods, manipulation of tendons, acupuncture, drugs, hot compresses and so on have a good effect, especially massage tendon method is better.