Office workers who often face computers often experience symptoms such as neck pain and dizziness. This is cervical spondylosis. Massaging acupoints can relieve the symptoms of cervical spondylosis. Let's take a look at the five acupoints that can relieve cervical spondylosis.
Office workers who often work with their heads down are prone to cervical spondylosis, and it is becoming younger and younger. Long-term bowing can cause fatigue in our neck muscles and changes in cervical spine, leading to symptoms such as neck pain, nausea, and dizziness. Massage can relieve cervical spondylosis. Now let's take a look at the five acupoints that can relieve cervical spondylosis.
1. Knead Fengchi Point
Location
Located below the occipital bone on both sides of the neck, on the outside of the major tendons at the sides of the hairline.
Massage Method
The person being massaged sits down, and the massager stands behind the person being massaged, one hand supporting the person's forehead, and the other thumb and index finger placed on the Fengchi point of the person being massaged, kneading for about half a minute, with a local sense of soreness and swelling being ideal.
Efficacy
This acupoint has the functions of calming the liver, relieving wind, detoxifying, and regulating the organs. It is often used to treat symptoms such as dizziness, headache, neck pain and discomfort, limited neck movement, fear of wind and cold caused by cervical spondylosis.
2. Rubbing Bingfeng Point
Location
Located in the central depression above the scapular prominence, directly above the Tianzong acupoint, there is a depression when raising the arm.
Massage Method
Sit down and use the index, middle, and ring fingers of the opposite hand to rub Bingfeng point for 2 minutes, until the shoulders and back feel sore and swollen, and the upper limbs feel weak and powerless.
Efficacy
This acupoint has the functions of dispelling wind and activating collaterals. It is often used to treat symptoms such as cervical spondylosis, stiff neck, shoulder pain, and numbness in the upper limbs.
3. Rubbing Tianyou (you) Point
Location
Located below the mastoid process, behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle, about the level of the lower jaw angle.
Massage Method
Sit down and use the thumb to knead Tianyou point in a clockwise direction for 3 minutes. Both sides can be massaged at the same time. The massage should be moderate, with a local feeling of soreness or pain being ideal.
Efficacy
This acupoint has the functions of clearing the head, improving vision, and activating collaterals. It is often used to treat symptoms such as headache, dizziness caused by cervical spondylosis, and spasms and stiffness in the neck, shoulders, and back.
4. Rubbing Jianjing Point
Location
Located at the midpoint between the seventh cervical vertebra and the acromion process at the back of the neck.
Massage Method
The person being massaged sits down, and the massager stands behind the person, using both thumbs to press Jianjing point for about 1 minute, then rub for about 2 minutes, until a local sense of soreness and swelling is felt.
Efficacy
This acupoint has the functions of dispelling wind and heat, activating collaterals, and reducing swelling. It is often used to treat symptoms such as headache, neck pain, limited neck movement, neck muscle spasms, shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, and inability to lift the arms caused by cervical spondylosis.
5. Rubbing Quchi Point
Location
Located on the outside of the elbow joint when flexed, on the outside of the horizontal lines of the elbow.
Massage Method
The massager uses the left hand to hold the person's arm, and uses the right thumb to rub Quchi point in a clockwise direction for 2 minutes, then in a counterclockwise direction for 2 minutes. Alternate between the left and right hands, with a feeling of soreness and swelling in the local area being ideal.
Efficacy
This acupoint has the functions of clearing heat, nourishing, reducing adverse flow of qi, and activating collaterals. It is often used to treat symptoms such as headache, dizziness caused by cervical spondylosis, neck pain, electric-like pain in the upper limbs, and numbness in the arms.
Above, we have introduced the acupoints for treating cervical spondylosis. Massaging these five acupoints can effectively relieve cervical spondylosis symptoms. People who often work with their heads down should frequently move their necks.
