1. Causes of poor cervical spine
1, related medical history
People with a history of head injury, chronic pharyngitis and congenital malformation of cervical spine are prone to cervical spondylosis. In addition, endocrine diseases such as hypothyroidism will also promote cervical degenerative diseases, which is a major cause of cervical spondylosis.
2. Chronic strain
Refers to all kinds of injuries caused by excessive activities beyond the normal range, such as poor sleeping posture, improper pillow height or improper cushion position, etc., and the prevalence of repeated stiff neck is also high. In addition, the incidence of cervical spondylosis is extremely high, especially for workers who have bowed their heads for a long time.
3. Environmental factors
When the human body is in a cold environment, the cervical spine is easy to catch cold, which leads to poor blood circulation of the lumbar spine, thus inducing cervical spondylosis.
4. Improper exercise
When you go to the gym to exercise with equipment, don't try equipment that is beyond your neck's capacity. Similar to yoga, we should pay attention to the practice of head and neck, and don't practice equally. The cervical vertebra has degenerated, so exercise is not recommended.
5. Improper massage
Long-term application of SPA and massage to the intervertebral disc, facet joints and ligaments of cervical vertebra will destroy the stability of cervical vertebra, accelerate the protrusion of intervertebral disc, make the cervical spinal cord more severely compressed and accelerate the emergence of cervical spondylosis.
2. How to keep the cervical spine healthy?
1, keep warm.
Clinical studies have found that catching cold can cause neck muscle spasm or facet joint tension. Therefore, people should try to avoid staying in a humid and cold environment, and adjust the thickness of clothes and quilts at any time according to climate change to prevent the neck from catching cold.
2. Strengthen neck exercise
Strengthening the exercise of neck muscles is an important measure to prevent cervical spondylosis. However, it should be noted that unscientific neck exercise will aggravate the strain of cervical spine. The correct method of cervical spine exercise should be to use the movements of shoulders and upper limbs to drive the neck muscles, such as jogging, cutting, yoga, swimming and so on.
3. Correct bad sleeping posture and choose pillows scientifically.
When people sleep, if they sleep incorrectly, the ligaments between the cervical vertebrae will be in a state of tension. Be sure to maintain the correct sleeping position, that is, the lateral position is the main position, supplemented by the supine position. In addition, the height and quality of pillows also have a great influence on people's cervical vertebrae. The height of a standard pillow should be around 10 cm, and the material of the pillow core should be soft and elastic.
3. Collar health care methods
1. A scientific and reasonable pillow can protect the cervical spine.
To have a suitable height, almost the height of a fist _ to have good air permeability, so that the skin can breathe smoothly during sleep _ to have comfortable hardness, too little elasticity, too hard feeling, too much elasticity, increased reaction force and increased compression force. A good pillow can protect the cervical vertebra from oppression.
2. Sit up straight and bow your head.
Look at the mobile phone and put it in the direction parallel to the line of sight. You can do some movements of raising your head and shrugging your shoulders to relieve the tension of cervical muscles. White-collar workers who work in front of the computer will get up and move their necks after using the computer for a period of time to ensure that the ligaments on both sides of our necks can be pulled evenly.
Open channels and collaterals
That's all that matters. If the neck is uncomfortable, the easiest way is to write a meal on your chin once a day, or put Houxi point on the table to ensure the blood circulation of the cervical spine and make your cervical spine feel warm instead of cold.
4. Stay away from the air conditioner, which is wrong.
Don't let the air conditioner blow directly at yourself, because people's sweat pores are open. When the air conditioner blows, cold and dampness can easily enter the body, which will aggravate the calcification of our ligaments.
5. Keep exercising and keep fit.
Exercise is beneficial to the growth of human bones and muscles, enhancing cardiopulmonary function, improving the functional status of blood circulation system, respiratory system and digestive system, promoting human growth and development, and improving the body's disease resistance and adaptability. Good health contributes to the blood circulation of joints.
Eliminate cola
Reduce the intake of all carbonated drinks, including cola, because the process of boiling frogs in warm water is gradual, so it is difficult to be taken seriously.