What are the treatments for cervical curvature?

Cervical curvature is a relatively serious cervical disease. Once it occurs, the patient will experience cervical pain, heaviness in the back, and discomfort in the shoulders. In severe cases, it may even affect the patient's normal life. Therefore, it is necessary to take the correct method to actively treat cervical curvature. Treatments for cervical curvature include minimally invasive treatment, cervical traction therapy, massage therapy, physical therapy, and external use of Chinese medicine.

1. Minimally invasive treatment

Laser acupotomy: This treatment technology is a visual minimally invasive technology that first emerged in Europe. It is used to treat spinal diseases such as lumbar disc herniation and cervical spondylosis. It is also one of the most eye-catching emerging treatments in current minimally invasive technologies. This is a non-invasive technology that does not require surgery. It has significant therapeutic effects in treating adhesions caused by soft tissue and can effectively relieve pain symptoms.

2. Cervical traction treatment

(1) Widen the intervertebral space and restore the stability of the cervical spine and its normal physiological function.

(2) Relieve muscle spasms, peel off and loosen adhesion tissues, and eliminate inflammation and edema.

(3) Enlarging the intervertebral foramen and intervertebral space, retracting the wrinkled or ossified ligaments, relieving the compressed nerve roots and spinal cord, improving their blood supply, and helping to restore the function of the nerve tissue.

(4) Retract the tortuous vertebral artery, restore the proportional relationship between the length of the cervical vertebra and the vertebral artery, keep the vertebral artery unobstructed, maintain normal cerebral blood supply, and restore normal brain tissue function.

3. Massage therapy

It is the most common method to relieve the symptoms of cervical spondylosis. Massage treatment of cervical spondylosis has the effects of relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, lubricating joints, and correcting misalignment.

4. Physical therapy

The method of applying natural or artificial physical factors such as sound, light, electricity, heat, magnetism, etc. to the human body to prevent and treat diseases is called physical therapy, or physiotherapy for short.

Physical therapy is widely used in clinical practice and has its unique medical value. It is an auxiliary means of treating cervical curvature straightening. Cervical spondylosis often causes stubborn neck and shoulder pain. Electrotherapy and heat therapy both have good pain-relieving effects.

When cervical bone hyperplasia compresses the nerve roots and spinal cord, it can cause an inflammatory response. The application of ultrasound, infrared, electrotherapy, heat therapy, etc. can promote the disappearance of inflammation and absorb edema. The inflammatory response can cause tissue adhesion over time, and patients often have a lot of scars after surgery. Physical therapy has the effect of loosening adhesions and softening scars.

5. External use of Chinese medicine

External treatment with Chinese medicine is one of the important items of TCM treatment for cervical spondylosis. It is a treatment method that applies Chinese medicine to the affected part of cervical spondylosis. The cervical spondylosis plaster treatment that we often talk about is one of the external treatments with Chinese medicine for cervical spondylosis. The external treatment method of straightening the cervical curvature is simple and convenient to use, and it is effective in relieving the symptoms of cervical spondylosis. However, there are also some side effects such as skin allergies and skin damage. Please use it under the guidance of a doctor. Traditional Chinese medicine used for external treatment of cervical spondylosis can be divided into several types according to the dosage form of the medicine: plasters, liniments, wet compresses and hot ironing medicines.