Cervical spondylosis is generally divided into four types: cervical spondylosis, nerve root cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylotic myelopathy and vertebral artery cervical spondylosis. Vertigo is the main symptom of cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type. This kind of dizziness usually occurs when the neck rotates. Dizziness patients are often accompanied by the feeling of weakness and instability of lower limbs.
In this case, you must go to the hospital first to check whether it is dizziness caused by cervical vertebra problems. Many of these patients will go to a treatment called cervical traction. In fact, it should be noted that traction treatment is not recommended when the acute condition of sympathetic cervical spondylosis or vertebral artery cervical spondylosis is serious.
Generally, due to trauma, long-term strain, congenital dysplasia and other reasons, this vertigo will induce various pathological changes, such as instability of atlantoaxial joint and lower cervical joint, proliferation of uncinate joint, intensified peripheral inflammatory reaction, muscle tension and spasm around cervical vertebra, physiological curvature change of cervical vertebra, cervical disc herniation and so on, and these pathological factors can stimulate the operation of vertebral artery and sympathetic plexus on cervical vertebra.
When abnormal signals affecting blood supply and nerve conduction enter the brain, the brain may produce nonspecific sensory disorders such as abnormal spatial positioning and ataxia, thus causing dizziness, imbalance and other symptoms.
Generally, this dizziness will be induced when rotating or bending the head and neck and changing the posture. If you suddenly feel dizzy during rest (sleeping and lying on your back), most of them have nothing to do with cervical spondylosis. At the same time, most patients with cervical vertigo are accompanied by neck pain, stiffness and decreased mobility. If dizziness is not accompanied by symptoms of local cervical pain and limited activity, it has nothing to do with cervical activity and is probably not caused by cervical spondylosis.
Sympathetic cervical spondylosis is often accompanied by symptoms of inconvenient movement for a period of time. Sympathetic cervical spondylosis is often accompanied by symptoms of inconvenient movement for a period of time. For example, I always feel numb in my arms, insensitive, and pain in my shoulders, accompanied by limited activities. The dizziness caused by this kind of cervical spondylosis is often unrelated to posture.
If you have cervical spondylosis, you must first adjust your living habits. Playing with your head down all day is equivalent to adding 50 pounds to the cervical spine, so people with low heads are more likely to get cervical spondylosis. Playing less mobile phones, playing less mahjong and doing more activities are the primary measures to prevent cervical spondylosis.
If cervical spondylosis already exists and causes symptoms, then of course it is necessary to carry out related treatment. At present, the commonly used methods to treat cervical spondylosis include massage, physical therapy, traction acupuncture, etc., and can also be combined with certain drug treatment.
Reducing the compression between cervical vertebrae can relieve the pain and dizziness caused by cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis is mostly caused by the compression between cervical vertebrae, so reducing the compression between cervical vertebrae can alleviate the pain and dizziness caused by cervical spondylosis. The simplest and most effective way is to move the neck more to relieve the pressure caused by the continuous traction of cervical muscles and cervical vertebrae. For example, draw a circle with your head and write the word "m", or put your hands behind your head.
Then turn around, put the strength of your head on your hands completely, and then lift your head up with your hands, which can increase the cervical intervertebral space and reduce the oppression. In addition, pay attention to proper rest, don't keep the same posture for a long time, and sit and stand correctly. These are all things that should be paid attention to in daily life.
All these can relieve symptoms, but if there is obvious head dizziness and it can't be effectively relieved, you must seek medical advice in time.
When sleeping, the pillow should not be too high, too hard and too flat, so as not to put too much pressure on the neck. In daily life, we should avoid reducing acute injuries, lifting heavy objects, and stopping suddenly. At the same time, we should pay attention to keep warm, prevent cold and moisture, and avoid cold, because cold will cause local vasoconstriction, blood pressure reduction and so on.
In addition, it is necessary to correct bad posture, reduce strain, do neck exercises every one or two hours, relax neck muscles and prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis. The most important thing is to improve sitting posture and reduce hard work. Bowing your head for too long may lead to vasospasm in the neck.