What are the conservative treatment methods in orthopedics?

Non-surgical therapy is a comprehensive therapy of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, and it is also the basic therapy of cervical spondylosis. There are many methods, mainly the following three:

1. physical therapy: physical therapy is short for physical therapy. It applies natural and artificial physical factors such as sound, light, electricity, heat and magnetism to the human body to achieve the purpose of treating and preventing diseases. For example, some neck and waist protection products made of magnets, nano-materials and special materials on the market.

2. Massage: Massage is an important part of Chinese medicine. During treatment, there is no need to take medicine or injection, only doctors' hands and simple instruments are used to massage some parts of the body or acupoints along the route of meridian circulation and the direction of qi and blood circulation, so as to achieve the purpose of treatment. However, it is forbidden to massage in acute phase or acute attack period, otherwise it will aggravate the inflammation and edema of nerve roots and aggravate the pain. Cervical spondylosis is accompanied by fractures, bone and joint structural disorders, osteoarthritis, and severe osteoporosis in the elderly. Massage can destroy bones and spread infections, so this therapy should be banned.

3. Traction method: Through the mutual balance of traction and anti-traction, the head and neck are relatively fixed in the physiological curve state, thus gradually changing the phenomenon of abnormal cervical curve, but its curative effect is limited and it is only suitable for mild patients; In addition, traction is prohibited in the acute phase to prevent local inflammation and edema from aggravating.