How to treat cervical spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis has now become one of the most common diseases encountered by many elderly people. If cervical spondylosis is not relieved in time, it will cause varying degrees of damage to the health of the cervical spine and one's normal work and rest. Therefore, cervical spondylosis absolutely requires timely treatment. Do you know what are the treatments for cervical spondylosis? Take a look at the following medical gymnastics for the treatment of cervical spondylosis.

When you have cervical spondylosis, you can use some gymnastics to help yourself relieve it. If this method is done scientifically, it will not only not bring adverse effects to your body, but also help you quickly relieve cervical pain.

1. Bend your elbows and expand your chest: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, let the dumbbells in your hands hang naturally, bend your elbows at shoulder level, and expand your chest backwards at the same time. Repeat 12 to 16 times.

2. Oblique attack: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands, bend your elbows and place them on both sides of your chest, move your upper body slightly to the left, and attack with your right hand obliquely to the left front, alternating between left and right, repeat 6 to 8 times.

3. Side attack: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and bend them to the sides of your chest. Hold the dumbbell in your left hand and attack to the right side, alternating between left and right, repeat 6 to 8 times.

4. Attack upwards, spread your legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and place them on both sides of your chest while bending them, hold the dumbbell in the right hand and attack upwards, alternating between left and right, repeating 6 to 8 times.

5. Extend your arms and abduct: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and let them hang down. Straighten your right upper limb and raise it from the front to the top. Repeat 6 to 8 times, alternating between left and right.

6. Shrug and rotate shoulders: Stand with legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and let them hang down, stretch your arms straight down, shrug your shoulders upward, rotate your shoulders backward and lower them, repeat 12 to 16 times.

7. Pull your shoulders back, expand your chest and extend your body backward: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and let them hang down, straighten your shoulders and externally rotate them, stretch your shoulders back and expand your chest at the same time, repeat 12 to 16 times.

8. Swing straight arms back and forth: Stand with your legs apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and let them hang down. Straighten your left and right upper limbs and swing them back and forth alternately. Repeat 6 to 8 times. Then swap the positions of your legs and swing them 6 to 8 times at the same time.

9. Lateral flexion and rotation of the head: Stand with legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and let them hang down, flex the head and neck to the left to the maximum range, then rotate to the right to the maximum range, alternate left and right, and repeat 6 to 8 times.

10. Head flexion and backward movement: Stand with legs shoulder-width apart, hold dumbbells in both hands and let them hang down, flex the head and neck forward to the maximum range possible; tilt the head and neck backward to the maximum range, and repeat 6 to 8 times.

11. Head rotation: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart and hold dumbbells in both hands. Rotate the head and neck in a clockwise direction for one circle, then in a counterclockwise direction for one circle, and repeat 6 to 8 times.

The above movements should be performed gently. The rotation movements vary from person to person and can be done 1 to 2 times a day.

The above is an introduction to the therapeutic gymnastics for cervical spondylosis. If you are also troubled by this problem and cannot get relief for a long time, then you might as well try the gymnastics method introduced above! I believe that it will definitely help you effectively relieve the various pain problems caused by the cervical spine to a certain extent.