Cervical spondylosis is an extremely common disease. According to statistics, about 17% of the patients in China are threatened by mild or severe cervical spondylosis. Especially for white-collar workers, the number of cervical spondylosis is not in the minority, so can cervical spondylosis be massaged?
Got cervical vertebra disease, can you do massage?
Most cervical spondylotic radiculopathy can be treated by massage, but the choice of massage treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy will only lead to more severe compression of the spinal cord, and even paralysis.
Before massage, you need to take X-ray, find a professional doctor to judge whether you can massage, spinal canal dysplasia (spinal stenosis), etc., in order to avoid accidents caused by massage.
How to alleviate the headache caused by cervical spondylosis?
Headache caused by cervical spondylosis is very rare. Taking analgesic tablets or anti-inflammatory analgesics can relieve headache symptoms.
How should white collar workers prevent cervical spondylosis?
Reducing the movement of lowering the head, adjusting the distance between eyes and screen, can reduce the load of cervical spine, but also can do more cervical health exercise, which is the most effective way to avoid and prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis.
Can cervical spondylosis be massaged?
of course!
Massage is one of the most important methods in the conservative treatment of cervical spondylosis. It can relieve pain, relieve neck spasm, restore muscle elasticity, and relieve bleeding, scar and tissue adhesion.
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Attention! Although patients with cervical spondylosis can relieve symptoms and even treat diseases through massage, not all patients with cervical spondylosis can get massage!
Cervical spondylosis patients if the wrong massage, and may even lead to high paraplegia!
Cervical spondylosis can be divided into many types, such as cervical spondylotic myelopathy, cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, sympathetic cervical spondylosis and so on. We say that although massage can treat cervical spondylosis, not all types of cervical spondylosis can be massaged, such as cervical spondylotic myelopathy and acute cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. If you massage without authorization, it may not only be beneficial to the disease, but also aggravate the disease, and even lead to paralysis!
For patients with cervical spondylosis or people with cervical discomfort, the following points should be paid attention to after symptoms appear:
1. Do not massage or treat in other ways when symptoms appear
2. Patients should go to the hospital in time to make clear the lesion segment, type and severity of cervical spondylosis
3. Carry out relevant treatment according to the doctor's guidance
4. If you want to massage, do not choose small clinics or other institutions at will, you should choose regular medical institutions.
Generally speaking, patients with cervical spondylosis can choose massage, but the premise is that after the doctor's diagnosis, if the doctor says no, then choose other treatment methods; patients with massage had better choose regular medical institutions!