Many people have experienced stiffness, soreness and discomfort in the shoulder and neck. Sometimes the pain in the cervical spine makes it difficult to concentrate on any work. Hou you will find that massage may not solve the pain situation. This may be because your cervical spine pain is not due to pure muscle soreness, but due to serious neck disease.
An accidental fall or acute trauma can cause whiplash trauma to the cervical spine, especially when the back is hit suddenly and violently in a car accident. Under the influence of the impact force, the head and neck will rush back and then forward, and the cervical vertebra will be quickly damaged to varying degrees. The symptoms caused include cervical vertebra pain, mild muscle stiffness, and severe fractures. , joint displacement, and even injury to the spinal cord. In addition, there are some sudden cervical pain for no reason. Most of them are caused by abnormal posture during sleep, which leads to spasm and cramps in the neck muscles. Generally, they can recover by resting on their own for about 3-5 days. In addition, cervical pain can be formed over time. Long-term muscle tension in daily life, or repetitive strain actions, such as sedentary and poor posture, may damage the joints in the upper back and shoulders. Over time, it will lead to cervical pain, disc herniation and other problems.
The human cervical spine is divided into seven segments, which are used to support the muscles of the head and back. However, with the natural growth of age, the bones will age, and the intervertebral disc of the cervical spine will lose elasticity. The compression and wear caused by the cervical spine will narrow and protrude the cervical intervertebral disc, pressing the nerve line in the neck, resulting in cervical pain, upper back and finger numbness. The last type of cervical pain is osteoarthritis, which is also formed due to joint degeneration. As age increases, the cartilage tissue of the joints will become fragile, and it is easy to rupture under the friction of the bones, resulting in long-term shoulder and neck pain and pain. Neck pain.
Many people have back pain after waking up, or even neck muscle pain after exercising, but how do you know that it is a common muscle strain, not a serious cervical pain? In fact, as long as a simple self-test can be found. If it is common shoulder pain, usually through stretching and massage, the pain symptoms will be improved in a few days. On the contrary, if it is cervical vertebra pain, it is formed due to the compression of the cervical vertebrae nerves, and the condition tends to grow slowly and repeatedly, with good times and good times. In addition, if you have the following symptoms, you need to pay more attention, it may be a serious cervical dislocation: neck movement disorder, unable to turn the neck naturally. The fingers are paralyzed and unable to move, and the limbs are cold. Dizziness, headache, tightness and pain in the back of the neck muscles. Radiating pain, electric shock-like pain.
Cervical pain treatment:
1. Medication. In the early stage of treating cervical vertebral pain, doctors will generally first use pain relief methods according to the patient's condition, and prescribe anti-inflammatory pain relievers and muscle relaxants to relieve the patient's pain.
2. Conservative treatment. Relieve the pressure around the cervical spine through different methods, thereby eliminating the symptoms of cervical spine pain. Common methods include hot compress, cold compress, massage and other treatments.
3. Surgery. After medical treatment and conservative treatment, if the condition of cervical spondylosis does not improve, and cervical disc herniation or degeneration is confirmed, surgery is most common to improve cervical spondylosis.
So in the early stage of cervical pain, how do we need to relieve it? For people who sit in the office for a long time, it is easy to cause shoulder and neck pain, so it is necessary to change positions frequently. We are accustomed to using different electronic products every day. Long-term incorrect posture will cause the muscles of the shoulder and neck to be pulled to an incorrect position, which can easily cause pain and discomfort in the cervical spine. You can use the method of standing against the wall every day to help improve poor posture such as cold back, turtle neck, and neck leaning forward. You can also stretch the back muscles, or use Foam Cervical Collar to help keep the cervical spine in the correct position. Warm compresses can also help relieve pain and relax tight muscles.
