Can people with cervical spondylosis sleep on latex pillows?

It is best for patients with cervical spondylosis not to sleep with latex pillows. The comfort of this type of pillow is not suitable for patients with cervical spondylosis to correct the cervical spine, so we recommend sleeping with harder pillows, which is better for cervical spine care. Patients with cervical spondylosis should exercise more in daily life, which is very good for alleviating the disease. At the same time, you should adjust your sitting posture and avoid facing the computer for a long time to prevent the cervical spondylosis from becoming deformed.

Latex pillows are not a panacea for cervical spondylosis, but an auxiliary tool to prevent cervical spondylosis and relieve cervical fatigue! Just like you want to lose weight but can't control your mouth, can't move your legs, gain weight but complain that the auxiliary fat-reducing health products are not effective! "What should I do if I have cervical spondylosis?" Our standard answer is always, "See a doctor!"

Before you think that latex pillows are not good enough, please carefully reflect on whether you have corrected the following bad habits that cause cervical spine injuries!

1. Do you have the habit of reading or watching TV while lying on the bed or sofa? This keeps the cervical spine in a flexed state for a long time, causing the muscles and ligaments on the back of the neck to be under load for a long time, which will cause chronic strain over time.

2. Is the pillow in the right position when sleeping? In China, people pay attention to sleeping with a high pillow and no worries. In fact, from a doctor's point of view, sleeping with a high pillow will cause worries and is prone to cervical spondylosis. According to research, 65% of cervical spondylosis patients in China have the habit of sleeping with high pillows. When lying on your back, a high pillow will cause the cervical spine to have a physiological curvature that protrudes forward. Doing this for a long time will lead to bone hyperplasia at the posterior edge of the cervical spine. When lying on your side, a high pillow will cause the ligaments and joints of your neck to stretch unbalancedly for a long time, resulting in strain.

what to do?

1. Maintain sitting posture and adjust the table. People who work at a desk for a long time should first maintain a natural upright sitting position, with their head slightly tilted forward to ensure that the normal physiological curves of the head, neck and chest are not affected. Secondly, you can adjust the height of the table and chair to avoid excessive backward or forward bending of the head and neck. If you can use a 10-30° inclined workbench, it will be more beneficial to neck health.

/2. Small neck and shoulder exercises in the office. Work for about 1-2 hours, gently and slowly rotating your head and neck within the maximum range of motion. After exercising your head and neck, move your shoulders. Slowly tighten your shoulders, hold for 3-5 seconds, then lift your shoulders upward and hold for 3-5 seconds. Repeat 6-8 times.

3. Choose a reliable pillow. One third of a person's time is spent sleeping, so sleeping away the problems caused by sleeping is an important conditioning task! But it is impossible for most of us to maintain one posture when we sleep. Do you need to change pillows to maintain a reasonable height when sleeping? Some extreme people even suggest that children throw away their pillows to ensure an upright body. In fact, children bring greater harm. Neck and shoulder discomfort is a common problem and more and more people are suffering from it. As society progresses, our office tools are becoming more and more convenient. Computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc. are becoming more and more popular. We are repeating the action of lowering our heads as soon as we wake up. The constant action of lowering our heads increases the load on the cervical spine, and the muscles behind the neck will become over-tired, resulting in symptoms such as soreness, discomfort, and limited head turning. In severe cases, it will develop into cervical spondylosis. All we have to do is to choose a latex pillow with the right rebound, because the latex pillow is ergonomic, elastic, easy to recover, fits the human body, provides strong support for the cervical spine, and can fully adjust the appropriate height of the cervical spine during sleep.