In the modern age, yet
Even if you’re not working with your head down,
I’m also on my way down to my phone,
I can’t wait to get into the screen!
Under the double attack of busy work phone and computer,
Our cervical vertebrae are getting older,
Cervical vertebra bearing head,
Lower trunk,
Which is the most active part of the spine,
It’s also the most important part of the nerve center,
It’s the only way to get through the heart and blood vessels,
Once the disease occurs, the consequences are serious.
- Structure of cervical vertebra
The cervical spine is made up of seven vertebrae, each of which is connected by a disc in the front and a facet joint in the back, and there are many muscles around the vertebrae, especially at the back of the neck, that hold them together.
Cervical vertebra flexibility, high frequency of movement, heavy load, its range of motion than the middle thoracic vertebra and lower lumbar much larger.
Cervical spondylosis is a disease in which the degeneration of cervical intervertebral disc itself and its secondary changes stimulate or compress adjacent tissues and cause various symptoms and signs.
It means that one or several parts of your neck are aging and don’t function properly, and those “brothers” associated with it also suffer from it. This is cervical spondylosis.
Where does 02 cervical spondylosis come from?
To put it simply, in addition to the irresistible factors of age and aging, the vast majority of cervical spondylosis is caused by the long-term lowering of the head, which makes the neck maintain the over-extension and over-flexion position for a long time, resulting in neck muscle and disc fatigue, and causing chronic strain or degeneration of the disc.
A person’s head weighs about 5kg, usually 60 degrees when looking at a mobile phone or other electronic device, and neck muscles have to bear more than 27kg due to gravity and leverage.
In addition, the following factors can also cause cervical spondylosis:
Trauma, such as a sudden impact;
Congenital developmental malformation of cervical spine;
Is 03 neck painful it is cervical vertebra disease?
If only the simple neck discomfort, such as acid distension, stiffness, “click” when twisting the neck, etc., are mostly caused by the long-term work of lowering the head caused by the neck and shoulder muscle strain.
Such manifestations often indicate problems in cervical vertebrae, including possible aging and degeneration, which are early symptoms and “warning signals” of cervical spondylosis. It is recommended to check the spinal surgery department of the hospital, and make a diagnosis by combining the symptoms, signs and imaging manifestations.
According to different clinical manifestations, cervical spondylopathy can be divided into cervical, radiculopathy, myelopathy and other types.
- Cervical spondylosis
Neck and shoulder pain and other abnormal feeling, can be accompanied by the corresponding tenderness point.
- Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy
With more typical nerve root symptoms arm numbness, pain, its range and cervical spinal nerve innervation of the region consistent
- Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
The typical manifestations of cervical spinal cord injury are limb dyskinesia, sensory and reflex abnormalities.
Other cervical spondylosis
The classification includes vertebral artery type and sympathetic type of cervical spondylosis in previous classification. Clinical manifestations include vertigo, blurred vision, tinnitus, hand numbness, hearing impairment, tachycardia, anterior cardiac pain and a series of sympathetic symptoms.
Diagnosis whether suffering from cervical spondylosis needs doctors to do the final diagnosis according to the patient’s symptoms physical examination and imaging examination, I hope you do not over-nervous, easily put on the cap of cervical spondylosis for yourself, also do not blindly confident, reluctant to treat, the body is not comfortable to go to the hospital in time, to the doctor to symptomatic treatment.
What can I do to save your neck?
- Non-surgical treatment
- Whether conservative treatment of cervical spondylosis or prevention of cervical spondylosis, the most important thing is to change bad living habits.
Reduce the time of lowering the head, maintain the correct posture, it is recommended to try to look at the screen as low as possible or slightly up.
Look at the correct posture on the computer
The correct posture to look at your phone
02, more activity cervical spine, every 40 minutes “self-break”, activity neck, movement is better than not moving, do cervical health exercises, effectively relieve cervical soft tissue strain.
03, neck cold easily cause muscle tissue cramps, pain, so pay attention to cervical warmth. The weather is getting cooler. Wrap up your warm scarf
04, choose the right pillow, lying down, the head does not appear to head up or down posture, the head and the body in a horizontal state, maintain the normal physiological curve of the human body.
- Head and neck traction: with safety and effectiveness as the premise, emphasizing the principle of small weight, long time, slow and continuous. Traction weight was 1/12 ~ 1/14 of the patient’s body weight. The neck and back muscles can be exercised under traction.
- Physical therapy: Neck brace braking, hyperthermia, electrotherapy and other treatments may help to improve symptoms.
- Exercise therapy: Moderate exercise is beneficial to cervical spine recovery. Swimming, especially breaststroke, is recommended. However, high intensity exercise that causes excessive cervical spine movement is not recommended.
- Drug therapy: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, neurotrophic drugs, and skeletal muscle relaxants help relieve symptoms.
- Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: moderate massage can be given, but should be careful operation, must be in a professional regular medical institutions to determine the degree of cervical spondylosis, see whether it is suitable for massage. Manipulation therapy for cervical spondylosis (especially rotatory manipulation) has the risk of spinal cord injury and should be used with caution.
- Surgical treatment
Surgery should be performed when the following symptoms occur:
Conservative treatment was ineffective for 3 months or although effective, the symptoms recurred after treatment was stopped, affecting normal work and life;
Acute nerve root pain, conservative treatment is ineffective;
Muscle weakness or even atrophy of some upper limbs muscles;
With the development of the disease, the symptoms of cervical spondylotic myelopathy are gradually aggravated, and may even be disabled, and the spinal cord has been compressed for a long time, the degree of postoperative recovery will be greatly reduced. Therefore, timely surgical treatment should be carried out after diagnosis.
In a word
If your cervical spine has discomfort, it is recommended that you must go to a regular hospital to help determine the severity of the disease, determine the appropriate treatment. Must not blindly seek folk prescription, avoid counterproductive, lead to future trouble.
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