What are the consequences of vertebral traction

Nowadays, more and more people are addicted to their phones, looking at their phones all the time. This will cause many cervical spine diseases. For example, the physiological curve of the cervical spine becomes straightened, the cervical spine protrudes, etc. Moreover, cervical spondylosis cannot be treated by going to the hospital. It can only be treated by continuous massage to gradually change the physiological curve of the cervical spine. Cervical traction is also a method of treating cervical spondylosis. So what are the consequences of cervical traction?

Not all cervical spondylosis can be treated by traction. However, patients often lack knowledge in this area and do not understand the indications, contraindications and precautions of traction. They blindly perform traction, resulting in adverse consequences.

Blind traction often causes the following damages:

1. Static injury of cervical muscles and ligaments, the clinical manifestations are similar to stiff neck;

2. Nerve root damage, numbness and pain in the upper limbs;

3. Dysfunction of facet joints, manifested as limited neck movement;

4. The vertebral artery is twisted and the blood supply is reduced, which manifests as dizziness;

5. The detachment of vertebral artery plaques can easily cause lacunar cerebral embolism;

6. Occipital nerve damage, manifested as headache.

Why does traction for cervical spondylosis cause more pain? In clinical practice, it has been found that some patients are not unsuitable for traction, but they have not mastered the traction method and time well, so the pain becomes more and more severe. This type of situation is mostly caused by excessive traction weight and prolonged traction time, which causes static injuries to the muscles and ligaments, resulting in aggravated neck pain; or it causes the ligaments attached to the cervical spine to relax, reducing the stability of the cervical spine and causing dysfunction of the facet joints, resulting in limited neck movement; and if it causes the vertebral artery to twist, reducing blood supply to that area, vertigo symptoms are likely to occur. You feel dizzy, or something like that.

It is important to note that traction is not a panacea, nor is it the only way to treat cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis rehabilitation treatment is a systematic project with many treatment methods, including massage, acupuncture, physical therapy, functional exercise, etc. The treatment methods for cervical spondylosis caused by different causes are also different. Therefore, people with cervical spondylosis should go to a regular hospital for treatment and choose a treatment method that suits them under the guidance of a doctor and based on their own conditions.