With the increasing incidence of many major diseases and chronic diseases, physical examination has now become a very important thing for everyone. When many people go for examination because of frequent neck pain or dizziness and nausea, the doctor will suggest a CT or MRI of the neck. Many people will see in the report that the physiological curvature of the cervical spine is straight or reverse. The normal spine is not a straight line, but has four physiological bends, and the normal cervical spine protrudes slightly forward. The first picture below shows a normal cervical vertebra, the second picture shows a straight cervical vertebra, and the third picture shows a slightly reversed cervical vertebra.
Doctors will generally tell you that there is no particularly good treatment, mainly relying on physical therapy. But people with a little medical knowledge will tell you that you can't massage your neck casually, because the neck is an important center of nerves and blood vessels, and wrong massage will lead to paraplegia, sudden death and other very serious consequences. So what can be done to save our cervical vertebrae? Of course there is. Training according to the following training methods can promote the recovery of straight cervical spine to a certain extent, but please note that the following training methods are only applicable to cases where there are no other diseases in cervical spine. If you have cervical disc herniation, cervical spinal cord lesions or other neck diseases, please seek medical attention in time.
The first step is to wrap a towel, scarf or silk scarf around your neck, grab both ends of the towel with both hands, and pay attention to putting the towel in the middle of your neck as much as possible, not too close to your head or back. Then slowly tilt your head back, keep your hands at a certain resistance, tilt your head to the maximum angle for 2 seconds, slowly return to the original position, and repeat the above actions 10 times.
Step 2: Massage to relax muscles.
Because many muscles in front of the neck are attached to the clavicle, you can relax the front of the neck by massaging the muscles on the clavicle. After finding the clavicle, put your head in a neutral position, look straight ahead, and press it slightly above the clavicle with your index finger or thumb to feel the muscles tense. At this time, press slightly hard and massage on each side for about one minute.
Step three, stretch your neck. Look back first and stretch the anterior cervical muscles for about half a minute at a time. Repeat 5 times. Then hold the opposite ear with your hand and stretch it to one side. This action can stretch the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Then turn your head slightly on the basis of raising your head and stretch the muscles on the side of your neck. Finally, in the neutral position, hold your chin with your hand and push your head opposite. The above three actions each take about one minute.
The fourth part, baby-like looking up, like Xiaobei nose who just learned to look up, lying in bed, looking up, turning left and right, looking around. This is how the earliest cervical curvature was formed.
Step 5, change a pillow with cervical support. The use of this kind of curved pillow with cervical support is helpful to form the correct stress on the cervical spine during sleep and to slowly restore the physiological curvature of the cervical spine.
The above is the way to restore the straight cervical spine. It is recommended that people who only have physiological curvature of cervical spine try it. If there are other cervical spine problems, you must seek medical advice in time and treat them correctly. Never train blindly.