Symptoms of cervical spondylitis

The cervical spine of our human body plays a very important role. If there is a problem with our cervical spine, it will cause great harm to our body, so we must prevent the occurrence of cervical spine diseases. Cervical spondylitis is a common cervical spine disease. The treatment of cervical spondylitis is very troublesome, so we must understand some knowledge about cervical spondylitis. Let’s take a look at the introduction to cervical spondylitis below.

Cervical spondylitis is related to many factors. Long-term use of computers and stiff neck are dangerous signs of cervical spondylitis. We can use self-treatment methods to deal with cervical spondylitis.

Cervical spondylitis refers to the clinical symptoms and signs caused by cervical spine lesions. It is a frequently occurring disease, with a peak incidence in people aged 40-60 years and a 100% incidence rate after the age of 70 years. But now it is gradually becoming younger. The occurrence of cervical spondylosis is closely related to acute and chronic injuries of the cervical spine, occupational characteristics, and personal physique including genetic traits. In addition, personal living habits and eating habits have a certain influence. The treatment of cervical spondylitis is a comprehensive treatment process, and daily protection and prevention are very important.

Early stage cervical spondylosis is mainly manifested by neck, shoulder and back pain, headache, dizziness, and upper limb numbness. The degree is relatively mild. At this time, no special treatment is required. Pay attention to the following aspects of adjustment:

First, pay attention to proper rest

Avoid lack of sleep. Lack of sleep, excessive work stress and maintaining a fixed posture for a long time will lead to excessive tension in the nerves and muscles and intensify the symptoms of cervical spondylosis.

Second, change your pillow habits

The physiological curvature of the cervical spine (abbreviated as cervical curve) is not static. As age increases, the cervical spine will undergo degenerative changes and cervical bone hyperplasia, which will cause the cervical curve to change, and even straighten or hyperextend the cervical curve. In addition, when people have improper posture and bad living habits for a long time, such as working with their heads down for a long time, sleeping with a high pillow, or neck trauma or cold, the physiological curvature of the cervical spine is also prone to change. Changes or disappearance of the cervical curvature often means poor vertebral stability, narrowing of the intervertebral space, smaller intervertebral foramen, vertebral degeneration, nerve compression and chronic injury to the cervical extensor muscles. In addition, the disappearance of the cervical curve can also lead to hypertrophy of the yellow ligament, damage to the cervical ligament, damage to the related muscles beside the vertebral body, etc., which in turn induce cervical spondylosis. At this time, people are likely to experience pain in the head, neck, shoulders and back, or feel numbness and weakness, or even a series of cervical spondylosis symptoms such as incontinence and paralysis.

Third, take active exercise

Especially the training of the neck, shoulders and back muscles. Correct training can strengthen muscle strength, strengthen the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine, increase the stability of the biomechanical structure of the cervical spine, and at the same time promote blood and lymph circulation, which is beneficial to the recovery of cervical spondylosis.

Fourth, you can use hot compress

It has a certain effect on relieving local neuromuscular tension.

Above we introduced what cervical spondylitis is. We know that the occurrence of cervical spondylitis brings great harm to the patient's body. We must pay attention to some knowledge about cervical spondylitis so that we will not be at a loss when cervical spondylitis occurs. The above article introduces the symptoms of cervical spondylitis in detail. I hope this helps you all.