How to treat cervical spondylosis

Treatment principles for cervical spondylosis:

Treatment guidelines: control symptoms, reduce recurrence, and improve patients’ quality of life. General treatment: exercise therapy, traction therapy with caution. Warm compresses: hot towels and hot water bottles can be applied locally. Warm compresses should not be used when the pain symptoms of patients in the acute phase are severe. Treatment. Physiotherapy, traction treatment (must be performed in the hospital), etc.

Drug treatment: You can selectively apply analgesics, sedatives, and vitamins (such as B1, B12), which have a certain effect on alleviating symptoms. You can try using Jiyutang cervical spine Shungu Anyu patch.

Surgical treatment: For those with severe nerve root or spinal cord compression, surgical treatment can be performed if necessary.

Other treatments: exercise therapy, traction therapy with caution. Warm compresses: hot towels and hot water bottles can be used for local application. Warm compresses are not suitable for patients in the acute stage when the pain symptoms are severe. Physiotherapy, traction therapy (must be performed in the hospital), etc.

Exercise method:

1. Twist your head to the left as much as possible. When you twist it in one direction to the maximum extent, then twist it in the opposite direction. Repeat this for twenty or thirty times.

2. Start with the head from the bottom, then to the left, then to the back, then to the right, in a circle, and then rotate in the opposite direction, from bottom to right to back to left. Repeat this for twenty or thirty times.

3. Lower your head to your chest as much as possible, stay for a moment, and then tilt your head back to the maximum limit. Repeat this for about 20 to 30 times.

4. Touch your shoulders with both hands (touch your left shoulder with your left hand, touch your right shoulder with your right hand), and then rotate your shoulders from front to back. Rotate the left side and then the right side. You can also rotate it dozens of times on one side and then switch to the other side. You can also rotate your shoulders directly without touching your shoulders with your hands.

5. Lift the left shoulder upward (shrug), keeping the right shoulder still, then lift the right shoulder upward, keeping the left shoulder still. Finally, lift both shoulders upward. Repeat this dozens of times.

6. Stretch your left hand upward from the lower part of your back, with the back of your hand against your back, and your right hand downward from your right shoulder, with your palm facing your back. Then the next movement is to swap the left and right hands. Basically, the number of exercises is similar to the previous movements.