After the busy study and work in the morning, the happiest thing should be to take a comfortable nap at noon, but due to the limited space, sleeping on the table has become the choice of most people. Occasionally one or two times may not feel anything, but after a long time wake up, there are often symptoms such as arm discomfort, shoulder pain, neck numbness and soreness, do you know what causes this?
Poor sleeping posture can easily lead to cervical spondylosis
It is the norm for many office workers to lie on the table and squint for a while during the lunch break. The opposite changes of normal physiological curvature will easily lead to cervical spine deformation, neck muscle fatigue, and cervical spondylosis over time.
In addition, people who often lie down for naps may also suffer from cervical spondylosis due to improper sleeping posture, because too low and too high pillows are not conducive to the health of the cervical spine. A pillow that is too low will make people keep their head up for a long time, which will cause the neck ligaments to tighten for a long time and cause strain; while a pillow that is too high will break the normal curvature of the cervical spine, which will aggravate the cervical spine disease in the long run.
How to take a nap to avoid cervical spine injury
In order to avoid cervical and lumbar spondylosis, it is best to put a soft pillow on the table or lower the height of the chair to reduce the range of upper and lower body. And don’t sleep for a long time. In addition, you can also train to sleep in a sitting position. Sitting and sleeping is better than lying down. It is best to choose a high-back chair and bring a U-shaped neck pillow to support the cervical spine.
How to protect our cervical spine
1. Don’t look down at the phone for a long time. If you want to look at the phone, lift the phone up to eye level. This also applies to office workers who look at the computer for a long time. Keeping one posture all the time will also cause damage to the cervical spine and surrounding structures, so you should get up and move frequently and change your posture.
2. Change the sitting posture. Office workers use the computer for a long time every day, and they have to take a car or drive after get off work, and the “sitting” time will be particularly long a day, and cervical spondylosis is just like “sitting”. . Studies have shown that correct sitting posture can reduce the incidence of cervical spondylosis by at least 40%. Establishing a correct posture can be summed up in one sentence, tilt your head slightly, keep your chest high, and relax naturally.
3. Strengthen the neck muscles, swimming and kite flying are good ways to exercise the neck muscles, and protect the cervical spine during exercise and entertainment. In winter, you can also protect the neck muscles and cervical vertebrae by keeping warm such as scarves.
4. Correctly understand the normal “C”-shaped physiological structure of the cervical spine, choose a suitable pillow, keep the cervical spine in a relaxed state when sleeping, and do not do things that affect the normal physiological results, such as lying on the table to sleep , High pillow sleep, no pillow, etc.
Warm reminder: If the cervical spine has abnormal symptoms, such as pain, stiffness, etc., it is necessary to go to the regular hospital for scientific diagnosis and treatment in time. Do not miss the opportunity for treatment because of carelessness, resulting in more injuries.
Organized by reporter Zhang Ye