Tips for protecting cervical spine health

If you don't succeed at first, practice really makes perfect. This may sound incredible, but you may repeat a gesture 10000 times before it becomes your subconscious action.

Don't let your shoulders rise. A common mistake is to let the shoulders rise to the ears, while the muscles are tense and the back is stretched forward. Try to gently shrink your shoulders to leave enough room for your neck.

Use a suitable cushion. Cushion should support your spine comfortably and snugly at the waist depression. If it is too low, it will put pressure on the sacrum joint and make the pelvis move forward.

Walk with your head up and relax your back. When walking, raise your head until you look straight ahead and relax your neck and shoulders. Press your shoulders back (not up) so that your chest will stand out. Straighten your spine and you will stand up straight, but don't be too stiff like a slingshot.

Three-finger width keeps circulation smooth. When you sit down, if your feet are suspended or contracted, the increased pressure on the back of your thighs will hinder the blood circulation from your feet. This will lead to or aggravate ankle swelling and venous rib tension. Put your feet on the ground and leave a distance of three fingers wide at the knee socket.

Sleep on a hard bed at night to ensure that your mattress is hard enough to fully support your body and reduce the pressure on your spine.

Being close to your keyboard and sticking out your elbow will make your shoulders and back tense, which will lead to pain and other undesirable by-products. If you are typing, put away the keyboard and make sure that your elbow is hanging beside you, not sticking out.

If you lie on your side at night, consider putting a pillow between your knees, so that the width between your knees is the same as your hips. This can avoid pelvic sprain, relieve pelvic pressure and avoid discomfort caused by thigh pain.

Don't stretch your neck. Your neck should not be straight or stretched forward. The perfect posture is to keep a slight natural bend, so that the chin is parallel to the ground, neither curled nor protruding.

People who are used to sleeping on their side can reduce the burden on their spine more than those who sleep on their back and lie prone. Sleeping on your stomach is the most harmful posture for spine health.

Imagine the good posture of gold wire. This advice draws lessons from Alexander's technology, which is a way to teach you to walk straight without getting hurt. Imagine a golden thread running vertically through your spine from bottom to top and over your head, so that you can straighten out and stretch your spine evenly.

When you walk, bend your arm at the elbow. Using this posture when striding consumes 5%~ 10% more calories than hanging your arms at your sides.

You may look at your feet involuntarily when you walk forward, but the best posture is to focus on a point 3.5~6 meters away from yourself. If you hang your head down, it will increase the pressure on your neck and shoulders.

Go quickly, don't stride too far, you won't reach the expected goal, and you may even have potential damage to your back. The speed of walking is produced by the elasticity of the thigh, so walk faster and don't stride.

Stretch your neck and stand up straight against the wall, keep your head level, don't look up or down, stretch your neck forward, and then close your chin like you are on a railroad track. Repeat this action 5 times to relax the tense neck muscles.