Correspondent Li Xu, reporter Chai YueyingWhen I woke up, I found that my neck was sore, and I couldn’t move. . What you may not know is that a stiff neck may be a precursor to cervical spondylosis. This year, 21-year-old Xiao Fu (pseudonym) started with frequent “stiff neck” and developed into numbness in her hands. After a check in the hospital, she found out that she suffered from serious cervical spondylosis. At a young age, her cervical spine has aged like 60 years old. old man! 
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Long-term “head down”, the girl has a long cervical spine Xiao Fu is engaged in office copywriting work in a company in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou. His usual work is mainly data entry and sorting of materials, and he often works overtime. After work, the most common thing Xiao Fu does is play games with her mobile phone in her arms. The intense games often make her trapped and unable to extricate herself. After returning home every day, in addition to eating, until one or two in the morning, I almost always lie on the sofa and play games. In Xiao Fu’s words, she kept her head down for at least 14 hours a day, and she was a typical “head bower”. Since last month, Xiao Fu always felt uncomfortable in his neck. After several days of waking up in the morning, his neck was sore and unable to move. He felt that his neck was stiff. But the stiff neck came very frequently, and it happened every three to five. I started to think that I was sleeping too badly and didn’t pay attention to it. Later, Xiao Fu’s entire neck and shoulders were sore and unbearable. Every day, she felt like she was carrying several thousand pounds around her neck. She also had symptoms of dizziness and numbness in her hands. In the end, it was difficult for her to type on the keyboard. Go to the hospital.
Dr. Xie Tao from the Department of Orthopedics, Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, who was admitted to the hospital, did a relevant examination for Xiao Fu. One hop. In front of this young girl, her cervical spine has degenerated to look like a 60-year-old man, and the cervical spine curve is seriously reversed!
Normal cervical spine
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Cervical inversion, severe paralysisWhat is cervical inversion? Dr. Xie Tao said that cervical vertebral arch is a more serious symptom than the disappearance of cervical curvature. It is relatively rare for a young man like Xiao Fu to have such serious cervical degeneration. “Our normal cervical spine is a positive ‘C’ shape with a forward convex curve. The forward physiological arc ensures a high degree of flexibility in cervical spine activity. When the neck is injured, cold, or poor sitting posture, the musculature of the neck and shoulders is caused Inflammation or cervical vertebra disease, neck muscle pain, spasm, muscle pulling on the cervical vertebra, often resulting in postures and activities that go against the physiological curve of the cervical vertebra. It is called ‘the curvature of the cervical spine becomes straight’.” Dr. Xie said, the “reverse arch of the cervical spine” is a more serious condition, and the cervical spine bends in the opposite direction, forming a reverse “C” shape. Cervical arches can cause many diseases. The first is cervical vertebral artery compression, which will cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, followed by nervePressure, resulting in radiculopathy or sympathetic, neurological disease. Common limb numbness, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, headache, and severe paralysis. A situation like Xiao Fu’s is already quite serious, and without treatment and intervention, it can even lead to paralysis. According to Xiao Fu’s condition, Dr. Xie used a multi-pronged approach such as traction, physiotherapy and drug treatment. After one month, Xiao Fu’s cervical vertebral arch has improved, but the cervical spine injury is irreversible. It is impossible to completely restore the healthy cervical curve of young people. ![]()
When you bow your head, your cervical vertebra wailes with it With the popularity of mobile phones, watching movies, playing games, online shopping, chatting… More and more people have become bow-headed people. But what you don’t know is that when you bow your head, your cervical spine is howling. Dr. Xie Tao said that under normal circumstances, the weight of our head is about 5 kilograms, but when we lean forward to look at the mobile phone, it tends to be at an angle of 60°. At this time, under the dual action of leverage and gravity, the neck muscles will need to be Withstand weights above 25kg. If you hold this position for a long time, you will experience symptoms such as neck pain and stiffness. If it goes on for a long time, the cervical spine will gradually become straight, lose the “curvature”, and even appear reversed. This will cause excessive flexion and extension of the muscles in the front and back of the neck, resulting in neck pain, shoulder pain, etc. If the blood vessels and nerves are compressed, symptoms such as numbness of the upper limbs will occur, and in severe cases, paralysis will occur. Under normal circumstances, the cervical spine will begin to age from the age of 20, and symptoms of cervical spondylosis will usually appear at the age of forty or fifty. But now, with the increase of young people bowing their heads, the accelerated aging of the cervical spine is very common. ![]()
Protect the cervical spine from these actions Under such circumstances, long-term bowing is the main culprit for cervical spondylosis. Here, Xie Tao reminds everyone that there are several movements that particularly hurt the cervical spine, and it is best to do less. 01Using a pillow that is too high
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