What actions do you usually do to prevent cervical spondylosis?

Dr. Hou Liping from Gansu suggested that with the change of working style and lifestyle, people sit in a sitting position for a long time and have more opportunities to crookneck, which leads to an increase in the incidence of cervical spondylosis, showing a trend of universality and youthfulness, which greatly affects people's work and life. Guidance has a long history as a means of health preservation, disease prevention and treatment, and it is an important method to improve the sub-health state of spine and joints in traditional Chinese medicine.

The common fitness exercises are introduced as follows:

Preparation: Stand naturally, with eyes looking straight ahead and hands akimbo.

1. Looking back at the moon: the head and neck extend to the limit to the left (right), just like looking up at the moon in the sky, and then try to pull it in this direction for 3~5 seconds. Restore.

2. Looking back: the head and neck extend to the limit to the left (right) rear lower part, look at the right (left) rear lower part (heel), and then try to pull in this direction for 3 to 5 seconds. Restore.

3. Listen to your shoulders: bend your head and neck to the left (right) as far as possible, and the left (right) ear approaches the limit in the direction of the left shoulder (right), and then try to pull it in this direction for 3~5 seconds. Restore.

4. Protrude to explore the sea: stretch your head and neck to the left (right) to see the ground below, and then try to pull it in this direction for 3~5 seconds by using the natural drooping of your head and the forward extension of your jaw. Restore.

Contraindications: use with caution in patients with severe cervical spondylotic myelopathy, those who are prone to dizziness due to neck activity, and patients with acute nerve root symptoms.

Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized "three points of governance and seven points of transportation". This series of neck muscle function exercises is easy to learn, takes less time and can be finished after a rest. Guided by the principle of muscle kinematics, it tries its best to pull the muscle in this movement direction after each step reaches the limit, and pauses for one minute, so as to exercise the strength and elasticity of the muscle, improve the mechanical state of local high stress, maintain the dynamic balance of the cervical vertebra, prevent the premature degeneration of the bones, protect the static balance of the cervical vertebra, and thus avoid the symptoms of pain, dizziness and limited activity, and reduce the occurrence of cervical spondylosis.