Cervical spondylosis

First, what is Cervical spondylosis ?
In the cervical and thoracic between the skull is the smallest in the spine, and maximum flexibility, the highest frequency of activities segments were born later, with the body of the development, growth, cervical spine to take different positions in the various activities to meet its support for the functions and activities of the skull. As constantly subject to various load, fatigue or even minor trauma, degenerative changes gradually emerging. Cervical disc degeneration earliest, and induce or other organizations to promote cervical spine degeneration, a cervical disease, the foundation of development. Organization for cervical disc degeneration and secondary pathological changes tired and surrounding tissue structure (nerve root and spinal cord, vertebral artery, etc.), corresponding to the clinical manifestations, known as cervical spondylosis. Cervical disease in the study of the three images is typical of the intervertebral disc degeneration, and thickening of the ligament osteophyte.

Second, the reasons for the cause of Cervical spondylosis What?
(1) cervical spine injury is an important cause of disease. (2) development of the cervical spinal canal stenosis and the incidence of the disease, and to develop a very close relationship. (3) the head and neck trauma and the incidence of cervical disease and develop a direct relationship. (4) cervical congenital malformations and cervical also linked to the incidence of the disease. (5) In addition, there are some scholars believe that the patients with genetic factors.

Third, the Cervical spondylosis pathology progress
(1), cervical disc degeneration
To the middle-aged people - long-term strain - disc nutrition obstacles - degeneration.
1. Annulus fibrosus: first appeared degeneration, generally more than 20 years after the beginning.
2. Nucleus: more variability in the former on the basis of the secondary. Early water for dehydration and dysfunction, and then replaced by fibrous tissue. If annulus fibrosus complete fracture, the nucleus can be arrived at before the posterior longitudinal ligament longitudinal ligament or below, and even into the spinal canal.
3. Cartilage: degeneration appeared relatively late.
(2), degeneration of the cervical spine
Ultimately forming process to the vertebral canal to the front or the sudden osteophytes.
(C), the changes in the joints and ligaments

1. Small joints: traumatic arthritis.
2. Ligament: thickening and calcification, ossification.
3. Around the longitudinal ligament: fiber hyperplasia, sclerosis and calcification.
4. Of the ligaments: the spine ligament is the ligament on the transitional structure, it is a form of degenerative ligament calcification.

Fourth, in clinical cervical spondylosis at which several types? Each type of cervical spondylosis what clinical performance?
According to the symptoms of patients with the organizations involved, will be divided into cervical carotid disease type, nerve root, spinal cord, vertebral artery type of esophageal oppression and mixed-six.
I. neck cervical spondylosis
Ii. Nerve root type of cervical spondylosis
Iii. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Iv. Type of cervical vertebral artery disease
V. esophageal cervical spondylosis
Vi. Mixed type of cervical spondylosis

5, whichCervical spondylosis treatment
(1) non-surgical treatment include: cervical traction, braking cervical, sleep-round pillow law, physical therapy, massage and massage therapy, medication, medical sports.
(B) Surgical treatment
1. Surgical indications: in principle to surgical treatment can be considered null and void surgery.
2. Surgical methods
(1) posterior cervical spine surgery: a. decompression of the intervertebral foramen incision; b. Keyhole nerve root decompression; c. laminectomy decompression; d. cervical spinal canal expansion of the Sheet Metal Forming (including single - open the door, double-door);
(2) anterior cervical spine surgery
1. Lateral anterior cervical decompression surgery for nerve root alone or combined-vertebral artery type.
2. Anterior decompression and interbody fusion.
(3) after treatment: gypsum neck from fixed three months (after the road), 2 months (after posterior)

6, can cure Cervical spondylosis , the prognosis?
1. Cervical Cervical spondylosis : better prognosis;

2. Cervicalspondylotic radiculopathy: early treatment and more than satisfied with the course as long root canal adhesion formation has been widely hyperplasia caused by osteoporosis or radicular pain, not only the treatment of complicated, and the poor prognosis.
3. Disc causes of cervical spondylotic myelopathy caused prognosis satisfied because with narrow spinal sagittal diameter or larger spur the posterior longitudinal ligament calcification, poor prognosis; close to the spinal cord completely transgender poor prognosis.
4. Type of cervical vertebral artery disease: a result of segmental instability caused by the best prognosis, the treatment symptoms of serious cases good prognosis.
5. Oppression of cervical esophageal disease: surgery for a better prognosis.
6. Mixed Cervical spondylosis : a single general prognosis poor.

Cervical spondylosis on pillows choosy

The cervical spondylosis, in addition to the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, in the choice of pillows are also other stresses, in particular pillows texture, shape, height and length, and others have specific requirements.

Patients with cervical pillows, Zhenxin fillers to moderate hardness and good permeability. As perfect pillow, head contact area and decrease the pressure increased, scalp and cervical will feel uncomfortable in turn, pillows too soft, it is difficult to maintain a certain level, will cause neck muscle fatigue, illness increase.

The shape of the pillow should be low to middle, two high “ingot-shaped” mainly pillows. This can be maintained because cervical pillow normal physiological curvature, the head and neck may also play a role fixed, a reduction in the sleep abnormalities in the head and neck activities. At this point, Hei-to-home hot bed of physiotherapy treatment head, its shape like a “small ingots”, it is suitable for cervical spondylosis patients. In addition, the heating apparatus to run neck and neck muscles can be fully relaxed to help promote metabolism and improve symptoms.

Like the supine, pillows and fist to maintain a high degree of contour, if the pillow is too high or too low, not only affects sleep, we can not maintain the normal curve of cervical increase cervical burden, but also easy Stiff Neck. Lateral regular people, the side of the pillow should be a high degree of shoulder width. These two different altitudes to ensure that in the supine or lateral, cervical maintain normal physiological curvature.

Save the cervical now

Cervical disease has become a headache for most city workers defects. Prolonged use of computers, such as driving to work could not be avoided, and in the course of the posture of fatigue, excessive fatigue, a direct result of soft tissue neck injury, blood Yuzhi, making a cervical muscle type of cervical spondylosis of the workers “defects.”

Always protecting neck

Lying in bed reading, watching television, reading or napping in the car, pillow high pillows to sleep…… these seemingly normal living habits are threatening cervical health.

Human cervical spine has its normal physiological curvature, the use of the pillows too low or too high, will make cervical bone, muscle and ligaments in a state of tension. A close physiological curvature for cervical pillows can work, study and life after the day you sleep in the lifting of the cervical muscles, ligaments fatigue. Therefore, the high pillow like sleeping pillows to change the habits of people, will be the height of the pillow to 8-15 cm suitable.

At the same time, we must pay attention to cervical local protection. Neck blood vessels and nerves of low temperature and wind were very sensitive, especially neck discomfort people have, once and neck cold, and will trigger a sharp contraction of the blood vessels, resulting in the worsening of symptoms. Therefore, we should pay attention to the neck warm in the summer when air conditioning use, and to pay particular attention to the neck protection, do not let cold wind blowing straight shoulders and neck, Wai, a scarf or wear high-necked clothes block the wind.

Regular cervical Campaign

Grip the mouse, 52, focused on the computer screen. This is the majority of office workers every day with a repetitive work postures, it is precisely this posture has induced cervical spondylosis “accomplice.”

Maintain such a long time and focus too much on the rigidity of the posture, is likely to result in muscle fatigue, speed up the cervical spine degeneration. Some people in Fuan sedentary at the same time, also inadvertently develop a bending, 1982-87 habits, in the muscles of the neck in such a long-term coordinated by the non-state power, easily induce cervical spondylosis. Some Weichecou inactive sedentary work, coupled with driving under the pressure and cervical spine injury, the more likely illness.

Therefore, when the busy work you inadvertently found neck stiffness, shoulder pain, cervical movement needs to be done to not only prevent cervical disease can be the treatment of cervical disease, and the training method is simple, or sitting or standing can be carried out.

Isolation and with feet shoulder width, the two arms on both sides of the body, the vertical downward fingertips (two sit on two legs palm, palm down), eye-level as front-body.

1. Days speaking to rise slowly, to the extent possible, to maximize elongation of the head and neck, chest and abdomen and with upward extension (not simply caused the rise Movement).

2. Elongation of the neck slowly move downward movement, like the rooster Tijiao posture.

3. Backward to slow upward necking. Ready to resume posture.

Not to massage

Countless streets of massage clinics, and many clinics under the banner of “massage treatment” as a pretense attract customers. Treatment of cervical equipment in a variety of advertising, attracting eager to cure patients with cervical spine. And the survey found that nearly half of the cervical discomfort or cervical spondylosis patients who received massage, or use the cervical spine treatment equipment.

Massage is to improve the role of local blood circulation, massage is appropriate, but must be confirmed after receiving professional medical training after the massage therapy can, or will only bring negative impact on cervical health.

Massage misconduct could lead to further soft tissue damage. Some massage clinics masseur has not been professional medical training, the intensity of their practices and the use of massage are not science, although massage after patients feel more comfortable in a short time, but symptoms quickly reappears. Worse still, some patients will appear edema, increased illness, or even bring life-threatening. Therefore, when cervical feel uncomfortable, shall be taken to hospital for checks to the formal diagnosis. Cervical spondylosis should not be arbitrarily Massage, must be under the guidance of specialists, select the optimal treatment.

Summer seven victims of the cervical spine injury

Summer those living habits become a white-collar office workers cervical disease attacks the main incentive? To this end, cervical health network reporters visited the Beijing Jishuitan

1, high temperatures, stood up in the increased frequency of sleep, resulting Stiff Neck;

Summer sleep, the body temperature too high because local, stood up and the increased frequency, and many of my friends have found themselves the morning sleeping in the bed to the other side. You frequent process, it is easy to lead Stiff Neck, bringing cervical pain, we should try to keep the indoor temperature not too hot, and pillows to add a straw mat sets are also very useful;

2, the scorching weather, the mood irritability, induced cervical disease;

Research shows that Chechoushangan, bad-tempered person susceptible neurasthenia, neurasthenia will affect the rest of the joints and muscles, if things continue this way, the Department of neck and shoulder pain easily. Summer, we must pay attention to maintaining a healthy, happy, peaceful mood, let yourself from cervical disease;

3, the air-conditioning temperature is too low or Meng blowing fan, neck cold induced cervical disease;

Cervical disease and cold have great relations. Summer in the office, the air-conditioning temperature was very low in general, particularly on the seats are air-conditioned, or with women wearing harnesses, neck and back muscles easily Daohan, induced cervical spondylosis. Experts recommend air-conditioned office, preferably wearing a jacket outside, so cold and neck caused or exacerbated cervical spondylosis. Female white-collar workers could wear the scarf soft texture, this is the protection of the cervical, and without losing etiquette.

4, the hot weather, on reduced at home, watching television time increased, leading to cervical spondylosis;

Summer hot weather, more people are willing to stay indoors Internet, watching television, compared with spring and autumn outdoor activities significantly less time, and will take advantage of cervical spondylosis. So experts recommend even in the room, we may wish more significance for some “movement”, such as sit-ups, wipe windows, overlooking, the full movement neck, and back muscles, and maintain blood flow neck;

5, the night short, nightlife rich, sleep-induced reduction of cervical disease;

From the laws of nature, the long summer day at short; speaking from the living habits, young people living in the summer evening entertainment increased substantially reduced the time to sleep, daytime fatigue of the cervical spine, the night did not have sufficient time for recovery, the cumulative result, many young people cervical pain;

6, Summer easy Fankun, bad posture morning cervical spine injuries;

Summer, people are easily tired, noon want to nap while, but we often see some white-collar workers in their seats Da asleep on the brain, cervical spine to realize that such sleep will hurt greatly. Experts remind you that morning or in the car sleep: First, do not advocate forward Baizhao sleep, can be taken back Yangtang posture take a rest; Secondly, we must find help for cervical care, for example, in the neck behind a volume of the pad wrapped clothes or put U-Jingshu pillow;

7, cold water Bathing induced cervical disease;

Summer day sweating all over, go home, I always wanted to explicitly cool wash of a cold shower. But we must be careful, chances are good the next day you feel a little abnormal, the first can not be changed, beginning numb hands and feet. In fact, the warm-water shower can give you an energy recovery and health.

Finally, a special network of cervical health experts also remind everyone to “winter of summer rule”: the hot summer weather, the human blood circulation accelerated, ligaments stretch muscles change, the treatment of cervical disease is the best time. On the above-mentioned various preventive controllable external factors, and adhere to develop scientific life, work habits, we will be able to overcome cervical spondylosis and win healthy future.

Sleeping car cervical spine injury

Every morning at the regular board meeting can see the people feel, the more this will not only sleep sitting sleeping more tired, lumbar acid Tuiteng, but will also affect cervical health, a cool breeze blowing might facial paralysis.

Sleep is divided into shallow and deep sleep sleep two processes, experienced only in the deep sleep during sleep, the fatigue will eliminate. But in the car-McGREGOR is vulnerable to noise, light, body swaying factors such as interference, it is difficult to enter deep sleep. At the same time, in the car Dalazhao side of the brain to sleep easy Stiff Neck and neck fatigue, and also the long term health damage cervical spine. The door switch and the cool breeze blowing ventilation fans, but also apt to make people catch cold cold, some people may even lead to facial paralysis.

Alarm signal Cervical spondylosis

Cataplexy: often stand or walk due to a sudden Zhoutou, and indeed lost in cataplexy, fell to the ground after a clear stand up quickly, without disturbance of consciousness, no sequels. Such patients can be accompanied by dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, sweating and other symptoms of autonomic dysfunction. This is due to compression of cervical proliferative changes arising from the basilar artery vertebral artery blood obstacles, resulting in 1:00 of the serious shortage caused by cerebral blood supply.

Hypertension: cervical disease can cause increased or decreased blood pressure, but blood pressure is a common, known as the “neck hypertension.” This is caused by cervical spondylosis vertebrobasilar disorders and the sympathetic nerve stimulation in the dysfunction. Because cervical disease and hypertension in the elderly were most were so many opportunities for one another.

Dysphagia: when swallowing obstruction sense of esophageal foreign body sensation, a handful of nausea, vomiting, hoarseness, dry cough, chest tightness. This is due to cervical bone front directly arising from the posterior wall of oppression esophageal stenosis, or cervical disease caused by autonomic dysfunction caused esophageal spasm or over-relaxation and the symptoms. Also can spur the formation of soft tissue in the esophagus stimulated reactions.

Visual impairment: performance for vision problems, eye pain, Boguang, tears, ranging from the pupil, and even narrow the field of vision, visual sharp decline. This cervical disease caused autonomic nerve dysfunction and vertebrobasilar insufficiency caused by cerebral ischemia occipital central visual loss related to sexually transmitted diseases.

Cervical heart syndrome: performance for the heart before the pain, chest tightness, such as arrhythmia and extra-ST segment changes, easily mistaken for coronary heart disease. This is the neck and back by cervical nerve root stimulation and oppression caused by bone.

Strap hunger cervical premature senility

Diaodaishan only because of a tape in the neck, wearing such clothes will lead to a long time of the involuntary neck flexion, so that the neck muscle tension, cramps, tissue damage, resulting in neck dynamic imbalance, the days for a long time, the cervical spine in the original physiological degeneration accelerated on the basis of degeneration, which eventually led to the vertebral lesion hyperplasia, disc degeneration, calcification of ligaments, stimulate or nerve root compression of adjacent vascular cervical heavier burden.

In addition, easy to wear Diaodaishan neck Daohan, especially in the summer air-conditioned office work, or wear low necklines with Diaodaishan induced cervical spondylosis is an important factor

Identification of cervical disease and cerebral ischemia

Recent clinical findings, as vertebral - basilar artery ischemia and cervical spondylosis is very similar clinical symptoms, many patients with cerebral ischemia was misdiagnosed as cervical spondylosis. Experts pointed out that only understand these two different diseases can be effectively screened.

General cervical disease outbreaks vertigo activities occurred in the neck, doctors attending to patients generally do cervical spine imaging. Only found in a hole in the transverse cervical bone hyperplasia, and oppression to the vertebral artery, before we can judge is dizziness caused by cervical spondylosis, otherwise it could be vertebral - itself basilar artery lesions caused by vertigo. The vertebral - basilar artery ischemia were mostly due to obstruction caused by Endovascular, does not necessarily occur in the neck activities. Vertebral - basilar artery ischemia occurred in the crowd getting on in age. Therefore, when the vertigo in the elderly, must be highly vigilant vertebral - basilar artery disease may be.

Winter to prevent repeated Stiff Neck

In winter, the cold air is likely to cause Stiff Neck, particularly those with cervical spondylosis of the elderly, to guard against repeated Stiff Neck, and to pay special attention to sleep, neck and shoulder warming to avoid cold.

Stiff Neck prevent recurring, we must also develop good Shuizi, pillows should be the height of the side of neck and shoulder width of the ipsilateral to the root of the same. Reading, Lianshufa neck when not too long to maintain the same position, it should be more activities, more exercise, may do more pitching rotation of the head and neck, to Effects of Shujin active, strengthening neck muscle strength. Weak blood for the elderly, some of the blood, nourishing food products.

Cervical: The Myth of seven bones

Resolve your cervical spine pain

Know that the world’s most quality and taste of most men would like to kiss the female part is where? Not Jiaoyanyudi lips, and even the ankle is not very sexy, but soliciting Xiasai - necks. Beautiful flexible neck not only supported the Mianlong Xiaohao you, you also support the normal life and work, or even supported your sweet love.

Imagine, when your cervical some small problems, but that pain has just begun, and gradually become the shoulders of the hardware, dating Review laugh even when some are insufficient. Then you will arise from time to time and dizziness, tinnitus, of course, will be tried in the care of her boyfriend, and fingers numb Finally, the pain is just unbearable, that you have been very deep wounds of cervical disease, and when her boyfriend kissing has changed as painful and extravagant things, even in this time before he is a little crying.

If you have more than half of the “yes”, then very unfortunate, you have cervical problems; if there are more than three “yes”, please do not take it lightly, because the majority of cervical diseases are a chronic injury in the final outcome, but It attack slow, and therefore the most easily overlooked problem. You do not want the total e) If deep in emotion and her boyfriend when, I heard a terrible cervical “carbazole it carbazole it,” the voice of it. The bad news is that this was just the beginning. If you do not want a shoulder, upper extremity pain stiffness, muscle cramps, limited activities such as even worse symptoms, then begin the process of paying attention to our fragile cervical bar.

The Myth of seven bones

Formed by the seven cervical bone, of course, it is not merely a seven bones. Aodaili Hepburn has the world’s most beautiful seven bones, they really go the distance, flexible, flexible, beautifully wrapped with silky smooth skin and shoulder connected into the imaginations of people marvellous lines, as its elegant divergence of temperament Centre, which is the health of cervical Body beauty. However, it also goes far beyond the role of these cervical care on the head, even under the body, through the spinal cord in here, issued by the various brain innervation information, here are transmitted to the whole body from the trunk, where the body through the brain Send neural information. In front of the cervical spine, and vascular, respiratory tract, esophageal, and other complex physical organs, human labor intensity is the largest joint hub site. This seven small bones influence our thinking, action and Yitai, when we have problems of the cervical spine, and the pain is the lightest punishment, it also allows you to a nerve, blood vessel disease, you will nausea and dizziness , decreased judgement, you awkward body movements and will let you look 10 years old, even more terrifying news is that the problems in the cervical spine, if it is not timely and correct treatment, but also by paralysis.

Four seeking ways cervical strong

● kite-flying: kite-flying, chest rise, must not hesitate or adopt, maintain cervical spine, spinal muscular tension, and maintain the flexibility and spinal ligament joint flexibility and to the enhancement of bone metabolism, enhance the cervical spine, spine compensatory function, neither vertebral injury, but also to prevent the degradation of vertebrae and the ligament, it is left to us of our ancestors cervical spondylosis a good way.

● Swimming: Because swimming the first time is always upward lift, neck and psoas muscles have been tempered, and people in the water without any burden, it will not pose any disc damage, calculated on the exercise is relatively soft cervical way .

● Rouruanbencao: Rouruanbencao done properly, can make full muscle relaxation in the campaign. Take one or two hours a week, with the help of fitness coaches some Shibin, yoga or physical carding-training lets you access to be perfect at the same time build a healthy cervical spine.

● ease Massage: The Effects of Shujin Tongluo, Huoxue casual deposition, such as swelling pain, but also improve local blood circulation, ease muscle cramps, many large US

Vice hospital set up a “neck and shoulder massage oil,” “neck and shoulder decompression treatment” category, such as neck and shoulder care, these courses are using massage to relax the muscles of principle, together with oil or Guasha treatment methods, such as Chinese medicine, neck and shoulder pain relief to a certain extent, but it can not cure diseases.

GO AHEAD, DO! Following good habit to uphold ah efforts:

Less sit hyperactivity: 1 ~ 2 hours of work should be to stand, recreating the head and upper limb flexion, but it encompasses the rotation after the campaign will not only ease fatigue, muscle and toughness can enhance. Or to inverted cup water, and chat with colleagues. Do not have half a day sitting in a fixed, otherwise, muscles fatigue, the entire spine more fatigue, Pretty soon, cervical spondylosis would not been invited.

Shrugs: correct Song Jian is the first upright and chest Stubbs neck, perpendicular to the Tice, and shoulders while minimizing upward Songqi. Shoulders Songqi, stopped a second and then forced shoulders sinking. Shen is a large one, about 50 times per day. Song Jian such simple activities can play a massage cervical spine, neck of the blood flow to the role of tension, improve blood flow.

Calcium added: male or female, over 30 years of age should Calcium can be used under the guidance of doctors calcium, and calcium in the diet, eat rich food such as soybean, milk, dried small shrimps, bone soup, to increase bone strength and prevent osteoporosis, cervical flexibility of the seven strong bones.

STOP NOW!

If we do not improve the following bad habits, cervical disease will be to come in quickly.

Angmian shampoo: For like shampoo massage relieve pressure by women is bad news, supine shampoo the length of the artery on the neck after causing oppression, in the brain insufficiency. If this happens again hit an already suffering from cervical spondylosis, this posture is even more to the already sluggish blood worse, it will not only add to the existing cervical spondylosis, but also dizziness, nausea, were also serious may spot syncope, noteworthy.

Mahjong Queen: Even if you victory also swept three of you can not undo the damage caused by cervical spondylosis, zombies take a long time, will lead to cervical spine curvature physiological changes, neck ligament calcification, vertebral body dislocation, and energy when playing mahjong focus on winning or losing, it is easy to overlook long-term neck bending over the tension caused by fatigue. Think you will have to pay Fajiang neck, the hardware, and the pain, neck limitation, the Department of Xianbei heavy muscles stiffen; upper limb weakness, numb fingers and limbs, and other skin feeling diminish price, or less touch is the best bar.

Beautiful addiction: beauty is a woman’s nature, in spite of this, we have suggested at least one day a week do not wear high heels, those complicated shiny necklace shelved, and the right not to wear a retro-style chandeliers extravagant large earrings, and they will increase the burden of cervical, of course, blindly Ca diet weight loss does not necessarily lead to the resumption Yaotiao allow you to posture, but will definitely give you the cervical spine in trouble.

Bed: Maybe you like waves on the water bed fond fool, but still use soft flexible and good permeability Ximengsai bed bar, so sleep in the above help to maintain the balance of spine, the body feel comfortable . To use cylindrical pillows, soft and hard to moderate, breathable good. The pillows on the neck, back and head can be traction is conducive to the maintenance of physiological curvature of the neck.