How to sleep well with cervical spondylosis

Cervical pain is very uncomfortable. In order to prevent serious cervical spondylosis, you should pay attention to health care and diet in your daily life. It is very important to maintain a good sleeping posture during the treatment of cervical spondylosis. Patients with cervical spondylosis should choose an appropriate bed to maintain the balance of the spine and choose a suitable pillow. Pillows made of buckwheat husks or mung bean shells can adjust cervical spondylosis, and patients can make one themselves.

1. Beds for patients with cervical spondylosis

Each type of bed has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it is related to a person's place of residence, climate, living habits, and economic situation. But from the perspective of preventing cervical spondylosis, it is better to choose a bed that is conducive to stabilizing the condition and maintaining the balance of the spine. Therefore, it is better to choose a Simmons mattress that is elastic on the bed board. It can adjust according to the changes of the physiological curve of the spine.

2. Pillows for patients with cervical spondylosis

The pillow is the main tool for maintaining the normal position of the head and neck. This "normal" position is to maintain the physiological curve of the head and neck segment itself. This weight curve ensures the external muscle balance of the cervical spine while maintaining the physiological and anatomical state within the spinal canal. Therefore, an ideal pillow should be in line with the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, be soft in texture, and have good breathability. It should be in the shape of a gold ingot with a low middle and high ends. Because this shape can use the concave part in the middle to maintain the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, it can also play a relative braking and fixing role on the head and neck, and can reduce abnormal activities of the head and neck during sleep.

Secondly, the choice of pillow core contents is also very important. Commonly used ones are:

① Buckwheat husk: cheap, breathable, and the height of the pillow can be adjusted at any time. ②Puff: soft texture, good air permeability, and the height can be adjusted at any time. ③Mung bean shell: It not only has good air permeability, but also can cool you down and relieve heat. It will be even better if you add an appropriate amount of tea or mint, but it is mainly used in summer. Others such as duck feathers are also good, but the prices are higher.

The pillow should not be too high or too low, and it is best to avoid "sleeping comfortably" in the physiological position. Generally speaking, the pillow height should be 8 to 15 cm, or calculated according to the formula: (shoulder width - head width) ÷ 2.

3. Sleeping position of patients with cervical spondylosis

A good sleeping position should not only maintain the physiological curvature of the entire spine, but also make the patient feel comfortable, so as to relax the muscles of the whole body, easily recover from fatigue and adjust the physiological state of the joints. According to the requirements of this good body posture, the chest and waist should maintain a natural curvature, and the hips and knees should be flexed. At this time, the muscles of the whole body can be relaxed. In this case, it is best to lie on your side or on your back, not on your stomach.