The cervical spine is located below the head and above the thoracic spine, which can support the weight of the head and protect the nerves in the cervical spinal canal.
Moreover, the cervical spine has a very large degree of motion, which can expand the range of people's vision and hearing, and can also carry out a large degree of flexion and extension, which is conducive to the completion of various activities by the body.
For any population, the health of the cervical spine is very important. However, in daily life, there are many people who will cause a certain degree of damage to the cervical spine due to some bad behaviors, and it is easy to suffer from cervical spondylosis, causing relatively large damage to health.
Therefore, in daily life, no matter what kind of people, we must do a good job of protecting the cervical spine. But there are many people who do not know what to do to effectively protect the health of the cervical spine. In response to this problem, the following, I will give you the most detailed answer.
How to protect cervical spine health?
First, bedding choice
Be sure to choose a bed with moderate softness and hardness, if the mattress is too soft, it will lead to cervical deformation, but if the mattress is too hard, it is easy to make the shoulder and neck position has been in a tight state and cannot be relaxed, affecting the blood circulation of the neck.
In addition, choose a pillow that allows the cervical spine to maintain normal physiological curvature. Pillows that are too high, too low, or too large can affect the natural curvature of the cervical spine.
Second, improve the sitting posture
No matter what kind of group of people, we must pay attention to the improvement of self-sitting posture. When sitting down, the body should be a natural seat, the cervical spine should be straight, and there should be no phenomenon such as chest, bending, and hunchback.
For computer families, when using a computer, the eyes should look down at the computer to avoid excessive forward flexion or reclining of the neck.
Third, reduce sedentary sitting
For people who work for a long time or use computers, after each 1 to 2 hours of work, they should take a proper break of 5 minutes. And when resting, you should get up to change your position, and the fatigue in your neck will completely disappear before continuing to work.
Fourth, reduce the bowing of the head
Once there is a long-term low-headed behavior, such as playing with the mobile phone with the head down, the muscle ligament tissue at the back of the neck will be overextended, which can easily induce cervical spondylosis.
Therefore, in daily life, no matter what kind of crowd, it is best to keep the time of each bowing head within half an hour. If it exceeds an hour, it will aggravate the damage to the cervical spine.
Fifth, do a good job of keeping warm
One of the causes of cervical spondylosis is related to cold in the neck. Once the neck is cold, it will lead to poor local blood circulation and abnormal spasms of muscles, which will induce the emergence of cervical spondylosis. Therefore, in daily life, we must pay attention to the warmth of the shoulder and neck position.
In the summer, do not let the air conditioner or fan blow directly at the neck. When the temperature drops, you should pay attention to adding clothing to avoid cold in your neck.
Sixth, strengthen exercise
Be sure to exercise the shoulder and neck position appropriately every day, such as the head and neck can be extended, forward flexed and rotated.
It relieves fatigue in the neck and shoulder muscles and maintains the stability of the cervical spine.
The health of the cervical spine is directly related to the health of the human body. Therefore, no matter what kind of people, they must do a good job of protecting the cervical spine in their daily lives.
In addition to the above 6 points, we must not let the cervical spine area be damp for a long time, otherwise it will also aggravate the risk of cervical spondylosis.
If the shoulder, neck and upper limbs are tingling, stiff, and painful repeatedly in daily life, accompanied by dizziness, headache, and nausea, it is generally related to cervical spondylosis. Then patients should be admitted to the hospital quickly for formal treatment in order to maximize the maintenance of cervical spine health.