I don't know if you have heard the rumor that "rich bag = life-killing bag"?
The rich bag is here, and if you touch the back of your neck, you can touch the place where the drum comes out.
In beauty salons and informal gyms, rumors about rich bags are particularly frightening.
For example, someone spends 370,000 yuan to remove the rich bag, and the doctor says that if he doesn't do it, he will die of brain death...
For example, some people say that the rich bag will cause acupuncture point congestion, which will cause cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction...
These are, of course, nonsense! Let's take a look.
I am afraid that the first people to name the "rich package" are to think that this "package" is the patent of the rich person.
But in fact, the rich bag and the fat and thin do not have much to do with each other.
Rich bag is actually a pathological state of the cervical spine, which can be used by fat and thin people, not fat.
So how did the rich bag come about?
Adults generally weigh about 5 kilograms on their heads, and when they look down at their phones, the weight of their cervical spine increases significantly.
The greater the angle at which the head leans forward, the greater the weight of the cervical spine:
Needless to say, how much modern people love to play with mobile phones, right?
Playing with your head down on your phone will increase the load on your cervical spine by up to 400%!
In the spine of a normal person, the curvature of the cervical spine is forward, while the curvature of the thoracic spine is backward.
However, if the cervical spine bears weight for a long time, it will lead to the development of the anterior cervical muscle group and the weakness of the posterior cervical muscle group.
The result is excessive precocity of the lower cervical spine.
In order to balance the body and to walk without hitting the wall, the upper thoracic vertebrae had to pull the "head" back through the "kyphosis" method [3].
Under the superposition of these effects, a protrusion at the junction of the cervical thoracic vertebrae is formed.
Note that the protrusions here are mainly the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, which is part of the bone and the longest in the cervical vertebrae.
Because the bones change their physiological curvature, the neck muscles attached to them have to tense spasms and then swell.
The rich bag was born.
All right! Now we know that the rich bag is a spinal deformation + muscle swelling, and the bag is wrapped in bones and muscles.
Then it is natural to know that those so-called rich bag removal surgery are all fake, otherwise what is cut? Cut the spine?
Real pictures, high-energy warnings, view with caution
First of all, the conclusion: the rich bag is not a life-threatening bag, but only one of the warnings of cervical spondylosis.
Those so-called rich bags compress nerves, can cause cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction, etc., are all over-inferences.
More precisely, the rich bag is not even a disease, it is just a hint that you may have cervical spondylosis.
Note that here is "possible".
In this world, no orthopedic doctor will give you a hat for cervical spondylosis because you have a rich bag.
Whether it is not, whether there is or not, or it is recommended to go to the hospital to take a film to see.
Of course, although the rich bag is not as terrible as imagined, after all, it is an imbalance in the strength of the front and back muscles of the neck, and if it is not improved continuously, cervical spondylosis may occur [4].
If there are no symptoms of discomfort, you don't have to feel anxious because you have a "rich bag", and it is even more unnecessary to go to a beauty salon to do high-priced massage projects for this "bag".
The protruding cervical spine must be corrected by its own exercise, which can cure the root cause.
Massage is nothing more than to relieve a temporary discomfort, if you want to press the "bag" back, I am afraid it will not help.
In daily life, you only need to maintain good working and living habits, with a certain degree of neck muscle exercise, the spine that is not seriously diseased is expected to restore normal physiological curvature, and the rich bag will disappear with it.
Like what:
Adjust your posture using your phone and computer so that your head and body are in a straight line as possible. Don't put your phone too low, don't hunch over, don't shrug your shoulders, don't lean forward, don't type with your head down.
Minimize the time spent using your phone, and try to move your cervical spine for 5 minutes for every half hour of playing with your phone, including bowing your head, looking up, tilting your head left and right, and shaking your head. The activity should be slow, the force should be uniform, and the range should not be too large. At the same time, it can be combined with the movement of the shoulder joint and chest expansion exercises.
In fact, many people's cervical spine is not as good as imagined, and at the same time as the appearance of rich bags, there are more or less problems, such as neck and shoulder soreness, stiffness and so on.
If you experience these symptoms, you can also:
1. Apply a hot towel to the neck to help relieve muscle soreness (towel temperature to feel warm and comfortable).
2. Try topical medications, such as patches, liniments, etc. Use with caution for allergies and skin diseases.
3. Cooperate with some exercises in the back of the neck [5].
Positive pressure neck flexion and extension method
Loosen your neck, raise your head and chest, and look straight ahead.
Cross your hands with ten fingers and place them on the pillow.
At this time, the hands press the pillow hard, while the neck exerts force to counter the hand force and maintain the position of the head unchanged.
Last 5-10 seconds, rest for 5 to 10 seconds, repeat.
3 times / day, 3-5 minutes / time.
Towel (stretch belt) exercise method
Hold the ends of the towel (elastic band) separately with both hands and place it on the pillow.
Tilt your head back to the maximum, while tightening the towel (elastic band) to counter force.
Maintain for 5-10 seconds, repeat the above movements for 20 to 30 times per group, 3 sets a day.
Note: No matter which method, be sure to do what you can, do not exceed the body's ability to bear. If discomfort occurs after a workout, the exercise should be reduced or even stopped. Exercising the neck muscles cannot be achieved overnight and requires long-term persistence.
If the symptoms are more severe, can not be relieved after taking the above measures, or have appeared hand numbness, upper limb muscle atrophy, dizziness and even walking instability, stepping on cotton and other symptoms, be sure to seek the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedics in time.
Contributing Author: Gong Long | Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Review expert: Tan Mingsheng | Chief Physician of the Department of Orthopedics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital
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