How to treat shoulder and neck pain

Pain in the shoulders and neck is generally caused by cervical spondylosis. We are not unfamiliar with cervical spondylosis. It is a relatively common disease and it is quite harmful to patients. In addition to regular treatment, you should get enough rest, change the previous bad habit of using pillows, and carry out physical therapy in time to relieve the symptoms.

First, pay attention to proper rest

Avoid lack of sleep. Lack of sleep, excessive work stress and maintaining a fixed posture for a long time will lead to excessive tension in the nerves and muscles and intensify the symptoms of cervical spondylosis.

Second, change your pillow habits

The physiological curvature of the cervical spine (abbreviated as cervical curve) is not static. As age increases, the cervical spine will undergo degenerative changes and cervical bone hyperplasia, which will cause the cervical curve to change, and even straighten or hyperextend the cervical curve. In addition, when people have improper posture and bad living habits for a long time, such as working with their heads down for a long time, sleeping with a high pillow, or neck trauma or cold, the physiological curvature of the cervical spine is also prone to change.

Changes or disappearance of the cervical curvature often means poor vertebral stability, narrowing of the intervertebral space, smaller intervertebral foramen, vertebral degeneration, nerve compression and chronic injury to the cervical extensor muscles. In addition, the disappearance of the cervical curve can also lead to hypertrophy of the yellow ligament, damage to the cervical ligament, damage to the related muscles beside the vertebral body, etc., which in turn induce cervical spondylosis. At this time, people are likely to experience pain in the head, neck, shoulders and back, or feel numbness and weakness, or even a series of cervical spondylosis symptoms such as incontinence and paralysis. Therefore, the correct use of Lehaha analgesic and sleeping pillow is of great significance both for the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis.

Third, take active exercise

Especially the training of the neck, shoulders and back muscles. Correct training can strengthen muscle strength, strengthen the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine, increase the stability of the biomechanical structure of the cervical spine, and at the same time promote blood and lymph circulation, which is beneficial to the recovery of cervical spondylosis.

Fourth, you can use hot compress

It has a certain effect on relieving local neuromuscular tension.

What should you do if you have cervical spondylosis? After reading the above introduction, you will have an understanding of what to do if you have cervical spondylosis! I hope this helps you. Experts from Fangxin Medical Network said that to prevent cervical spondylosis, you must avoid lack of sleep, excessive work stress, and maintaining a fixed posture for a long time! If you see symptoms of cervical spondylosis, seek medical treatment promptly!