Nowadays, more and more people suffer from cervical disease, and shoulder and neck pain has become a problem for most people, especially office workers who have been sitting in the office for a long time in Dubai.
It is easy to sit for a long time, and even wake up with stiff neck. At this time, most people will choose to the neck exercises, or let the family help to massage, even if you just pinch it, it will be very comfortable. In fact, the neck is connected to the head and the body. It is the most important part of the human body. It can't be massaged casually. Here are three types of people who can't just massage the neck casually.
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Three types of people who are not suitable for neck massage:
1. People with high blood pressure, high blood fat and high blood sugar should not massage the neck.
The neck is an important part of the human body. There are many nerves and blood vessels leading to the brain. One of the most important blood vessels is the internal carotid artery. Most of the blood needed for brain tissue is supplied by it. Many elderly people have atherosclerosis or calcification in this blood vessel in the neck due to vascular disease such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
If the method of massage the neck is too heavy, it is easy to cause the sclerosing plaque to fall off, and the blood enters the skull, blocking the intracranial blood vessels and causing brain death. In addition, when the elderly have neck discomfort, do not vigorously move the neck, and do less mammoth head and other actions.
Otherwise, it will cause eddy currents in the blood in the carotid artery, which may impact the hardened plaque on the arterial wall, causing it to collapse and fall off, resulting in extremely severe arterial thrombosis and cerebral embolism.
2. Have cervical spondylosis with caution neck massage
Especially in the acute exacerbation of cervical spondylosis, neck massage or massage, traction, will increase the nerve root inflammation, edema, pain, and the condition deteriorates. Therefore, if you feel cervical discomfort, do not advocate self-made massage, should go to the regular hospital for diagnosis, and then determine the treatment plan. Suitable for massage, massage treatment, should also be carried out in professional medical institutions.
3. Suffering from osteoporosis should not massage the neck
In addition, most of the elderly have a certain degree of osteoporosis, and the bones become brittle. If the massage is too strong, it is prone to accidents. Therefore, the elderly should be careful to massage, and the time should not exceed half an hour.
Can't just massage the neck, what about the sore neck?
Here we will introduce you to the five methods of treating shoulder and neck disease.
1. Massage therapy
This is the main method for treating cervical spondylosis in Chinese medicine, and it is also a more effective treatment for cervical spondylosis. Its therapeutic effect is to relieve tension and spasm of the neck and shoulder muscles, restore cervical vertebra activity, loosen nerve roots and soft tissue adhesions to relieve symptoms.
2. Cervical traction therapy
This is a more effective and widely used treatment for cervical spondylosis. This treatment is suitable for all types of cervical spondylosis and is more effective in early cases.
3. Physiotherapy
In the treatment of cervical spondylosis, physical therapy can play a variety of roles. It is generally believed that the acute phase is feasible due to ion penetration, ultrasound, ultraviolet light or intercurrent current; after the pain is relieved, ultrasound, iodide ion penetration, induction or other hyperthermia are used.
4. Drug treatment
The drug can play a key symptomatic treatment in the treatment of this disease, and the external application made of pure Chinese medicine can be selected, for example, the effect of Lizheng Xiaotong paste is obvious. There are also vitamins (such as B1, B12), vasodilators and Chinese herbal medicines, which have certain effects on the treatment of cervical spondylosis.
5. Warm and hot treatment
This treatment can improve blood circulation, relieve muscle spasm, eliminate swelling to relieve symptoms, and help stabilize the affected vertebrae after manual treatment. This method can be applied locally by hot towel and hot water bottle. It is best to use hot water with traditional Chinese medicine. In patients with acute pain, it is not suitable for warming treatment when the pain is severe.
The above five methods have a good effect on the treatment of shoulder and neck disease.
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