What's a good way to treat cervical pain

Cervical pain is a disease that many people have experienced. Occasional cervical pain can be treated through care and exercise in daily life. You should pay attention to getting more rest and doing proper exercise. When sleeping, you should also pay attention to whether the pillow is comfortable. You can adopt different sleeping positions to relieve cervical pain. If the cervical pain is severe, it can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine or medication.

Cervical pain

Correct sleeping posture for cervical pain

An inappropriate pillow can easily cause cervical pain. In addition, many office workers now work overtime and stay up late, sit in a fixed posture for a long time, and sleep lying down casually, which can easily cause cervical spondylosis. Let’s take a look at the correct sleeping posture for cervical pain.

1) Supine position. It is best to sleep in the supine position. If you use the prone position when sleeping, you usually need to perform lateral flexion of the head and neck position to maintain better breathing. This can easily lead to long-term strain on the cervical ligaments.

2) Lie on your side. When lying on one side, patients with cervical spondylosis should keep their left and right knees flexed in opposite directions for the best time. Because the spine will bend due to the influence of the mattress, patients with spinal diseases should not use mattresses for a long time. If the mattress is used for a long time, scoliosis may occur. The best way is to use supine and side sleeping positions when sleeping at night, avoid maintaining the same position for a long time, and alternate between the two positions.

3) The pillow is suitable. When sleeping, in addition to paying attention to the correct sleeping position, you should also pay attention to the gap between your head, neck and pillow. For example, it is easy to cause chronic injury to the neck, which may develop into cervical spondylosis over time. If a patient suffers from cervical spondylosis, the head and neck cannot fit the pillow well, which will aggravate the condition.

Acupuncture treatment

For mild cases, adequate rest and the use of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs such as indomethacin can alleviate the symptoms. Acupuncture, physical therapy, etc. can also provide good therapeutic effects. To limit neck movement, a cervical collar may be worn. Generally, symptoms can be relieved within 2 weeks to 1 month.

Drug treatment

Western medicine can play an auxiliary symptomatic treatment role in the treatment of this disease. Analgesics, sedatives, and vitamins (such as B1, B12) can be used, which have a certain effect on relieving symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine can play a causal role in the treatment of this disease, but oral Chinese medicine has relatively large side effects, and oral medicines can cause great damage to the liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract.

The vast majority of cervical spondylosis does not require surgery and can be cured through conservative treatment.

How to relieve cervical pain

1) Pay attention to psychological adjustment

Improve disease prevention awareness, enhance treatment confidence, and master rehabilitation methods. At the same time, pay attention to regulating psychological emotions and maintaining mental health.

2) Do proper exercise

Correct head and neck function exercises, insist on active neck exercises, training with both hands squeezing a rubber ball or towel, and various finger movements.

3) Massage the upper and lower limb muscles

50% safflower alcohol is often used to massage bony prominences, massage upper and lower limb muscles, and actively strengthen joint activity.