Does cervical spondylosis cause back pain? What is the reason?

Cervical spondylosis has become an occupational disease in the 21st century, and many people are troubled by it to varying degrees. If your cervical spine discomfort gradually leads to discomfort in your limbs or lower back, you should pay attention. Whether long-term cervical spondylosis may lead to back pain problems requires analysis of the causes.

Can cervical spondylosis cause back pain?

Neck soreness and back pain are common symptoms of cervical spondylosis. While technology has brought convenience to our lives, it has also brought many causes of cervical spondylosis. Long-term use of laptop computers, poor sitting chairs and postures, the position of the computer, time spent lowering the head, etc., can easily induce cervical spondylosis.

If you hear a young person complaining about back and shoulder pain all day long, he is either an office worker who needs to work in front of a computer for a long time or a computer game enthusiast. According to clinical data statistics, many patients with early cervical spondylosis first experience shoulder and back pain, and the culprit for many neck and back pains is laptops.

Causes of back pain caused by cervical spondylosis

The causes of neck and back pain are not only partly due to poor sitting chairs and posture, but also the height of the computer placement has a great impact. One important reason for shoulder pain when operating a computer is that the keyboard is too high. When pressing the keyboard, you have to raise your arms, which makes the shoulder muscles too tense and causes pain.

The second reason for shoulder and back pain is that the screen is placed too low. You have to lower your head to watch the screen. If you do this for too long, the neck and back will be under excessive tension and cause pain.

In fact, many patients with neck pain or arm paralysis are caused by hanging their heads for a long time. Here, experts tell us that among office workers aged 25 to 45, more than 76% of cervical and lumbar spondylosis patients are caused by strain, and the probability of laptop users suffering from the disease is as high as 85%. How to prevent back pain caused by cervical spondylosis?

If the keyboard is too high, lower it to the level of your elbows when you sit down; if you cannot lower the keyboard, raise your seat; the screen should be positioned so that your neck does not need to bend more than 35 degrees. Also, don't stretch your head too far forward, as this is also a key cause of shoulder and back pain. It is also recommended that you turn your head in different directions from time to time; turn your shoulders backwards from time to time, or even stretch; you can also use hot compresses after getting home from get off work, or spray the sore area with warm water in the shower, which also has a certain soothing effect.