The common causes are neck trauma, cervical degeneration, facet joint hyperplasia, cervical disc herniation, cervical spinal stenosis, shoulder joint disease, neck and shoulder myofascitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, tumor, coronary heart disease, gallbladder, oral diseases, temporomandibular joint and so on, which can all cause this symptom. The soft tissues of the neck and shoulders include muscles, tendons and ligaments. Soft tissue injury can lead to neck and shoulder stiffness and muscle spasmodic pain. Soft tissue injury of neck and shoulder can be divided into acute injury and chronic injury.
Acute soft tissue injury is seen in acute neck and shoulder soft tissue injury caused by external forces such as muscle traction.
Chronic soft tissue injury is a chronic cumulative disease caused by bad posture and long-term desk work, which often leads to neck and shoulder pain due to bad stimulation such as cold and humidity. Maintain correct posture, reasonable diet, control weight, maintain a good attitude, do appropriate cervical exercise, do appropriate outdoor exercise, and avoid fatigue. Exercise neck and shoulder muscle strength reasonably.
prescribe a diet
Eat a balanced diet, eat more foods rich in vitamins such as fresh fruits and vegetables, drink more milk and yogurt, and supplement calcium appropriately.
Patients with gouty knee arthritis should avoid eating foods rich in purine, such as fish, shrimp and animal offal. And drink plenty of water to prevent the increase of blood uric acid level and urate deposition.
Living habits
Prevention of neck and shoulder pain
Keep a good sitting posture and exercise properly to avoid keeping the same posture for too long and prevent the neck and shoulders from being under too much pressure. Live a regular life, relax and reduce the time when your bones and muscles are constantly tense.
Good sitting posture practice
Stand with your back against the wall and your shoulders, hips and heels against the wall.
Put your palm against the wall, move up as far as possible along the wall, and then move down. Repeat 10 times, and then move forward.
Regular practice helps to improve sitting and standing posture.
Stretch and exercise
Establish a set of stretching exercises to relax the muscles of the neck, shoulders and back, adhere to regular exercise, and consult a doctor if necessary. You need to keep in good condition during exercise to avoid pulling muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Move around a lot
If you are sedentary all day, you must get up and exercise after sitting for 30 minutes.
Workplace adjustment
Repeated activities will increase the pressure on the neck and shoulders. If such repetitive activities are unavoidable, try to find ways to relieve these pressures.
Follow ergonomic skills in the workplace and get rid of bad habits;
If you answer the phone frequently, don't hold your head and shoulders against the phone when you answer it;
The seat is comfortable and the support is stable;
Have regular rest.