Why does it hurt where the neck and head connect?

Everyone knows that the neck connects the head and the body. This part is also very fragile and can easily get sprained or suffer from some diseases. When pain symptoms appear at the connection between the neck and the head, most people often don't know what is going on. For this phenomenon, you must first understand the cause before you can prescribe the right medicine. At the same time, you must also pay attention to the care and improvement of the neck.

1. Cervical spondylosis

This is a cervical spondylosis, which is caused by incorrect posture and tense neck muscles for a long time. If the time is not too long, you can heal it through your own activities, that is, look up more and look down less, you can count stars or fly a kite. If you play computer games for about an hour, you should move your neck. If this situation lasts too long, you should go to the hospital for a lower neck X-ray.

2. Treatment

The treatment of cervical spondylosis is mainly non-surgical. For mild patients, proper rest and some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can relieve the symptoms, and acupuncture and physical therapy can achieve good results. If the symptoms are still obvious, traction therapy should be performed. Neck traction is the main means of non-surgical treatment for cervical spondylosis. The purpose of traction is to open the cervical intervertebral space and reduce the compressive effect of the protrusion, but in fact the main role of traction is to allow the neck to rest and relieve cervical muscle spasms. Generally, public hospitals can do this.

3. Note

For cervical spine diseases, comprehensive conservative treatment is needed, and full use of instrumentation and drug combination combined with systemic treatment can effectively relieve symptoms and block the progression of the disease. The specific treatment method needs to be determined based on the patient's actual clinical situation. Patients with severe cervical spondylosis and spinal cord compression can undergo surgical treatment if necessary.