Usually, people often complain about neck pain, discomfort in the neck, dizziness, but few people really take cervical spondylosis seriously and consciously protect their cervical spine. Experts point out that "the origin of all diseases begins with the cervical spine," and there are many diseases associated with poor cervical spine health. Many people often choose treatment methods only when cervical spondylosis affects their normal lives and becomes unbearable.
Cervical Spine Exercises for Health
Usually, people often complain about neck pain, discomfort in the neck, dizziness, but few people really take cervical spondylosis seriously and consciously protect their cervical spine. Experts point out that "the origin of all diseases begins with the cervical spine," and there are many diseases associated with poor cervical spine health. Many people often choose treatment methods only when cervical spondylosis affects their normal lives and becomes unbearable.
In orthopedic diseases, cervical spondylosis is divided into five types, including cervical type cervical spondylosis, nerve root type cervical spondylosis, spinal cord type cervical spondylosis, sympathetic type cervical spondylosis, and vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis. The most common type is nerve root type cervical spondylosis, which accounts for 60% to 70% of cervical spondylosis cases. Patients with this type often experience numbness, pain, or reduced sensation in the arms and fingers.
Cervical type cervical spondylosis is relatively mild, and patients often feel stiffness, pain, limited movement, heaviness in the shoulder and back, and weakness in the arms.
Sympathetic type cervical spondylosis often manifests as headaches, heaviness in the head, dizziness, pain in the occiput or neck, blurred vision, eye socket pain, dry eyes, and increased heart rate.
Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis mainly manifests as dizziness. Patients often experience sudden dizziness or even fall when turning or lowering their heads.
Spinal cord type is the most severe type of cervical spondylosis, which can cause stiffness in the neck and shoulders, stiffness in the lower limbs, tightness in the chest and abdomen, inability to follow commands, and in severe cases, paralysis in the limbs.
Why should we keep our heads up instead of looking down? It is actually to protect your cervical spine and allow it to move freely, presenting a comfortable and healthy state at all times, and enjoying a pain-free life every second.
When the head is in its normal position, an adult's head weighs about 5kg. When the head is tilted forward, the pressure on the neck increases significantly, reaching up to 27kg.
Cervical spine exercises are one of the effective methods for treating cervical spondylosis. Exercise can improve physical fitness, strengthen muscles and bones, and relax tense muscles, thereby preventing and treating cervical spondylosis. Examples of exercises include Tai Chi, badminton, table tennis, swimming, and flying kites. Tai Chi pays great attention to posture, coordination, and coordination of the head, eyes, neck, and limbs. Playing badminton involves relaxing movements of the head, such as bending forward, stretching back, turning left, and turning right, which can have a "reverse treatment" effect for office workers who spend long hours sitting or for people who constantly look down at their phones. The action of raising the arm backward in badminton can also relax the cervical spine and spine, relieve shoulder pain, and effectively prevent and treat cervical spondylosis.
If you don't like exercising or don't have time to participate in sports, here is a neck exercise that you can do regularly. It's called the "10 o'clock exercise."
If you have a bad cervical spine, raise your hands! Straighten your fingers and raise both hands to the position of 10:10 on a clock. Walk with this motion for half an hour every day, and the next day your cervical spine will feel great. Both arms should be slightly behind the body for the best effect, and look slightly forward.
Cervical spondylosis patients who persistently perform neck exercises can alleviate cervical spine diseases to some extent, allowing us to experience less pain in our daily lives. However, this is not a long-term solution because cervical spondylosis is caused by long-term poor posture and habits. Once cervical spondylosis develops, it indicates that there is damage within the bones and inflammation. Before doing the above exercises, it is necessary to eliminate the internal inflammation of the bones and then proceed with rehabilitation exercises to truly cure cervical spondylosis!
