How to relieve stiff neck?

In daily life, many people have had stiff necks, including Bian Xiao himself. I remember that I was basically in bed for a week when I had the worst stiff neck. It hurts to move your neck, and it hurts to change the direction of your neck in bed, not to mention sitting up from bed. It's the first time I know that the neck is so important. So how to relieve stiff neck? Why is there a stiff neck?

1, what about the stiff neck?

1, massage therapy

The patient sat on a square stool, and the doctor stood behind the patient. First, gently caress the shoulder and back with both hands for several times to relax the neck muscles, then massage the points of Shoulder Well, Fengchi, Dazhui and Body Column for 30 times each, and finally apply safflower oil or wind oil to the neck, and comb and iron the affected trapezius muscle and sternocleidomastoid muscle from top to bottom with a heated wooden comb for 30 times to help.

2. Cupping therapy

First, find two or three tender points on the neck, shoulder and back, scratch the tender points with a triangular needle, and then cupping until there is some bleeding.

3. auricular point bean pressing therapy

Take the ear point neck, Shenmen point and ear sensitive point, press mung beans on the selected points, and stick and fix them with 0.8x0.8 cm Shangshi Zhitong ointment. Press 3 times a day for 2 minutes each time.

4. Exercise therapy

Sit in a chair, hold your chest out, lower your head until your jaw is next to your chest, and then look up at the ceiling. Keep your head down after 3 seconds, and repeat this for 20 times.

5. Touch therapy

The patient sat and the doctor stood aside. First, touch the patient from the top of the head to the left and right until the tip of the ear, then touch the patient from the temple to the tip of the ear, then touch the patient from the tip of the ear to the mandible with both hands, and finally touch the patient from the temple, along the tip of the ear, behind the ear and neck until reaching the supraspinatus muscle with both hands. Touch lightly. When encountering pain points, tap 10 to enhance the effect.

6. Acupuncture therapy

Acupuncture points such as Dazhui, Fengchi, Tianzhu, Appearance, Waishu and Juegu can be added, and moxibustion can be performed. Acupuncture alternately at 5 o'clock every time, every day 1 time.

2. Causes of stiff neck

1, muscle sprain. For example, the sleeping posture at night is not good, and the head and neck are in an excessively deflected position for a long time; Or because the pillow is not suitable, too high, too low or too hard during sleep, the head and neck are overstretched or overstretched, which can cause muscle tension on one side of the neck, make the cervical facet joint twist, and static injury may occur over time, which will make the injured muscles and tendons hard and uncoordinated, the blood flow is not smooth, local pain and discomfort, and the activity is obviously limited.

2. Feel the cold. If you catch cold during sleep and are thirsty in midsummer, your neck and back will be stagnant with qi and blood, and your muscles and veins will be blocked, resulting in stiffness and pain and unfavorable movements.

3, some neck injuries can also lead to muscle protective contraction and joint sprain, and then poor neck posture during sleep, stagnation of qi and blood, tendon contracture, will also lead to this disease.

4, neck and shoulder injuries such as cervical spondylosis, a little cold or poor sleeping posture can cause this disease, and even "stiff neck" repeatedly.

3. How to prevent stiff neck

1, the pillow should be suitable.

According to people's physiological characteristics, the pillow should be between 10 ~ 15cm, neither too high nor too low. The pillow should not be too wide, the width should be kept at the distance from the shoulder to the ear, and the pillow should not be too hard. In addition, related Chinese medicines, such as licorice and angelica, can be added to the pillow, which can promote blood circulation in the neck and help prevent stiff neck.

Step 2 keep your neck warm

Cold stimulation of the neck will make the muscles and blood vessels spasm and aggravate the stagnant pain in the neck. In autumn and winter, it is best to wear high-necked clothes; The weather is a little hot, so you should pay attention to prevent your neck and shoulders from catching cold when you sleep at night; In hot season, the air conditioning temperature should not be too low.

3. Correct posture

The main cause of cervical spondylosis is the incorrect posture of work and study. Good posture can reduce fatigue and avoid injury. Bowing your head for too long will cause muscle fatigue, cervical disc aging and chronic strain, which will lead to a series of symptoms. The best posture for working at a desk is to keep your neck upright, lean forward slightly, and don't twist or tilt; If the working hours exceed 1 hour, you should take a break for a few minutes and do some neck exercises or massage; It is not advisable to lean your head against the bedside or sofa armrest to read or watch TV.

4, pay attention to diet

Eat more bone soup, milk and fresh vegetables in the diet to supplement the calcium and vitamins needed by the human body. Because calcium is the main component of bones and vitamins are indispensable elements of metabolism, supplementing calcium and vitamins is helpful to the health of the neck.

5, multi-activity neck

People who work at their desks for a long time, because of sedentary, do little physical exercise, which is not conducive to neck health care. Therefore, office workers who sit in front of the computer for a long time should especially raise their heads and move their necks to prevent chronic strain of neck muscles and help reduce stiff neck.

Stiff neck is common among young people, especially in winter and spring. So everyone must pay more attention when sleeping.

4. Clinical manifestations of stiff neck

Generally speaking, after getting up, I feel pain and discomfort in the back of my neck and upper back, with more pain on one side, or pain on both sides, or heavy and light. Because my body has changed from lying flat to standing upright, the strength of the neck muscles has changed, which can cause progressive aggravation and even involve the shoulders and chest and back. Most patients can recall the poor sleeping posture last night, and the neck muscles were tender during the examination. Because of the pain, the neck movement is unfavorable and it can't rotate freely. In severe cases, it is difficult to pitch, and even the head is stiff in an abnormal position, which makes the head lean to the affected side. During the examination, the neck muscles are tender, the superficial muscles are cramped and stiff, and there is a "rope feeling" when touched.