The cervical spine establishes a variety of vital "life connections" between our human mouth and stomach, nose and lungs, brain and spine, and brain and heart, and can be called the busiest "hub" of our human body. Cervical spondylosis is a common clinical disease characterized by a high prevalence and young age. People who are plagued by cervical spine problems in their lives range from teenagers to their seventies. The national adolescent cervical spine health census data shows that 80% of adolescent cervical spine is currently in a sub-healthy state.
How terrible is cervical spondylosis?
The healthy cervical spine is very even, and it curves toward the front of our body like a capital "C." The sick cervical spine is rigid or curved in the opposite direction, more severely similar to the folding knife shape in the picture on the left of the picture above. This image is a CT image of the neck of a 7-year-old patient, the small patient can not sit for more than half an hour, the cervical spine can no longer support the weight of the head normally.
How is such a serious cervical spine disease caused?
According to the patient's family, children usually have various forms of incorrect bowing habits, such as looking down at the mobile phone for a long time, tilting their heads, lying on the table reading books or electronic products, listening to online lessons, and playing games.
This is a very extreme case, but it is sobering that the wrong way of behaving is enough to destroy the "life hub" of a 7-year-old.
What is the harm of looking down at the phone?
Usually when we look down at the mobile phone, the cervical spine will have an angle change, when the head tilted down 30 degrees, the cervical spine weight rises to 18 kg; when the angle of our head reaches 60 degrees, the weight of the cervical spine is equivalent to the weight of an adult husky, about 27 kg.
What are the manifestations of your child's cervical spine dysfunction?
Physical problems: torticollis, scoliosis, hunchback, facial features of the head and face, strabismus, eccentricity, probes, neck and shoulders, oblique shoulders, slippery shoulders, shoulder probes, shoulder extensions, shoulder shrugs.
Mental problems: low concentration, hyperactivity, impatience, slow response, autism, low self-esteem.
Special manifestations: involuntary muscle twitching.
What are the causes of cervical spine dysfunction?
Motor dysplasia: loss of movement. Long hours of sleep in a posture before the age of 3 years, resulting in scoliosis. Prolonged vertical holding on one side, resulting in asymmetry of the pelvic iliac bone;
Inadequate medical care for injuries: neck injuries such as childbirth injuries, head falls and bruises in infancy, and "whiplash injuries" in the car are not healed;
Infection: children before the age of 10, the lymphatic system is in an active stage, poor position sleep or external force influence, prone to atlantoaxial subluxation;
Developmental deformities of the cervical spine: common absence of dental processes, hemispheres, occipital-cervical fusion, cervical ribs, and fusion vertebrae.
How can I protect my child's spine?
Children and adolescents are in a critical period of physical growth and development, compared with other bones, spine development is more immature, in the strong growth potential to promote, to the outside world of stress is very sensitive.
With the intensification of the pressure of adolescent academic competition, if they read and study for a long time, it will cause great harm to their cervical spine health, so there is a trend of cervical spondylosis at a young age. In addition to paying attention to the height, nutrition, eyes and oral health of their children, parents should pay more attention to the health of the spine. Reduce the weight of the school bag as much as possible, choose a trolley box or a school bag with light weight and support for the back; correct the posture of studying and writing, change from passive restraint to active training, and develop good behavior habits.
How can I prevent cervical spine problems in my child?
Cervical spine health in children and adolescents focuses on prevention. Starting from sports maintenance, the 0-1 year old infant period ensures the complete development and movement of "three flips, six sittings, seven or eight climbs"; 1-3 years old early childhood, under the supervision of the guardian, the guardian supervises the self "climbing, standing, walking, squatting, running, jumping, jumping" in the preschool environment; 3-6 years old school pre-school environment, self "running, jumping, jumping, carrying, throwing"; 6-16 years old school age, home-school environment, physical education class, housework, strength training, speed improvement, enhance endurance.
Neck injury care should be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner, the injury mechanism should be judged, and an injury rehabilitation plan should be formulated.
Through physical examination and professional screening of spine imaging, the hidden dangers of the spine are detected as early as possible, so as to prepare for the protection of children's spine health. (Source: Workplace Health Class)