If we want to describe a person who is in good spirits and well-mannered, then we always use the idiom of "looking up and holding your chest up".
But if a person's spine is curved, then who can stand up straight? What is even more worrying is that the consequences of this scoliosis are far more than just spirit and manners.
The number of scoliosis in primary and secondary school students in China has exceeded 5 million?
Recently, according to the early circulation data of the Spine Disease Prevention and Control Committee of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, combined with authoritative magazines and domestic expert consensus: At present, the number of scoliosis in primary and secondary school students in China has exceeded 5 million, and it has also increased at a rate of about 300,000 per year.
This also means that after obesity and myopia, scoliosis has become the third major disease that endangers the health of children and adolescents in China.
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Why does my child's spine have scoliosis?
If, by classification, the most common is idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents, so far, the cause of this disease is unknown.
The poor sitting posture, the poor back of the school bag, the height of the stool, the height of the table and chair, etc., are all one of the influencing factors.
Not only children, but also adults due to sitting posture problems, too long time on the desk also led to the increasing incidence of cervical spondylosis.
Discomfort in the cervical spine? You might as well use a small towel to fix it
With the increasing time of the case, cervical spondylosis has become a problem that many people urgently need to solve.
Many people often think that cervical spondylosis will only cause shoulder and neck pain, in fact, cervical spondylosis can cause a lot of harm, in addition to causing neck discomfort, it will also cause dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations and other problems, and when it is serious, it will also affect vision and lead to confusion.
In the face of cervical spine problems, there are actually many small tricks that can be prevented and adjusted, such as a small towel can be very effective in treating cervical spondylosis.
1. Confrontation training
When it comes to neck confrontation training, many people are not unfamiliar, the conventional practice is to cross the hands behind the neck, so that the head is leaned back, and the hands are forward to form a confrontation.
However, many people in this kind of conventional confrontation training will often feel tired because of weak arm strength, so they cannot develop a good habit of long-term exercise.
At this time, you can use the towel to play a role, the specific method is to stretch the towel behind the neck, still let the head and neck form a confrontation exercise, this exercise method can be regarded as a variant of the conventional confrontation training, but the way of exerting force is more convenient and effective, and it is not easy to feel tired.
2. Friction training
The specific method of this exercise method is to stretch the towel behind the neck, and then use both hands to rub the back of the neck from top to bottom, from left to right.
However, it should be noted that the force should not be too strong, as long as the effect of slight fever can be achieved. This training can be very effective in relieving stiffness and fatigue of the neck muscles and improving cervical discomfort.
However, the material of the towel needs to choose a softer type, and if it is too rough, it may cause skin injury.
Everyone must pay attention to cleaning the towel frequently during the exercise process, and the length of the towel does not have to be too long, as long as it can reach the width of the shoulder after full extension.
To prevent soreness in the cervical spine, these methods can also be taken:
First, hot compresses
After a day of work, most people will feel that their shoulders and neck are tired, and when they bow their heads, they may have cervical soreness.
In this case, you can apply hot compresses to the cervical spine before going to bed, and the method of hot compresses is relatively simple, as long as the hot towel is applied to the sore place, but the temperature of the hot towel should not be too high, otherwise it may burn the skin, resulting in itching and redness.
Second, choose the right pillow
Even if you have cervical spine problems, you must use a pillow to sleep, and the height, shape, and softness of the pillow must be appropriate, otherwise it is likely to aggravate the discomfort of the cervical spine, and it will also cause headaches and insomnia, so that the quality of sleep at night will be affected.
The height of the pillow is 8 to 13cm, the shape can choose a pillow with a slight depression in the middle, and as for the material, you should choose a type with moderate softness and hardness and comfortable and breathable.
Protecting the cervical spine is something that everyone should pay more attention to, especially now many office workers will be in a state of sitting and bowing their heads for a long time, this behavior is very unfavorable to the health of the cervical spine, and it is easy to cause serious cervical spine problems for a long time.
In ordinary life, we must pay attention to avoid moving for a long time, and we should properly move our heads, necks and limbs every once in a while.
In addition to work, you should do more neck training to help the cervical spine maintain a healthy physiological curvature.