What is the must learn treatment for stiff neck?

Recently, many people have been suffering from stiff neck because of sleeping position problems. Although stiff neck is not a big problem, it can easily affect our physical and mental health. Therefore, we should also pay attention to it in our daily life, and the following is an introduction to three effective methods of stiff neck, I hope it will help you.

1. Professional acupuncture and massage methods: After falling into the neck, if there is someone in the family who knows how to acupuncture and massage, you can ask him to help with massage, and if you have time, you can also go to a special massage shop to find a professional. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is a method of wrong bones, and stiff neck is actually a muscle sprain, but acupuncture and massage methods require certain skills and need to find professionals.

2. Self-kneading method: use the small thenar from the shoulder and neck from top to bottom, from bottom to top to hit briskly and quickly for about two minutes. Then find the tender area on the neck and gently rub it for about five minutes. You can also tap the stiff neck point with your thumb or forefinger until you feel sore.

3. Hot compress method: After the stiff neck, in addition to how to massage the method, you can also use hot water to warm the stiff neck, generally speaking, massage and hot compress at the same time, the effect is better. When applying a hot compress, first prepare a basin of hot water and a clean towel, then soak the towel completely into the hot water, then wring out the towel and apply the towel to the painful area, and repeat this many times to feel much more comfortable.

If you don't have time to apply hot water, you can buy a painkiller plaster and apply it directly to the painful area, which is the easiest way.

In case of stiff neck, apply a hot towel or hot water bottle to the neck or back of the head. Applying a warm compress to the neck is good for blood circulation in this area and has a very good effect on relieving stiff neck. Retractable neck relieves stiff neck.

When stretching your neck, you can sit or stand. First, gently stretch your head upwards, taking care not to push too hard. When you reach the limit, you can stop and shrink your neck.

The retractable neck can effectively prevent adhesions in the neck muscles, and 30 repetitions can relieve stiff neck. Keep your head down. First, head down, hold for 5 seconds, slowly change to head up, and also stay for 5 seconds.

When doing head lowering, the movement must be slow, otherwise the stiff neck will become more serious. Shrugging and slapping your shoulders. Both shoulders are moved upwards and upwards at the same time, or they can be rotated up and down.

After a few minutes of shrugging, you can gently pat your shoulders. The purpose of this is to reduce the tension of the neck muscles, which is very effective in solving stiff neck problems. ‍‍

‍‍‍1.Cold compress: Generally, stiff neck is an acute injury, and local pain and stiffness are common.

In this way, only cold compresses can be applied for 48 hours. You can wrap fine Xiaoice particles in a towel and apply them to the affected area for 15-20 minutes twice a day, or once an hour in severe cases. 2.

Warm compresses: Wait until the pain of inflammation is relieved before considering warm compresses. You can use a hot towel to wet the compress, you can also use an infrared heater to irradiate it, and you can also use a salt water bottle to fill it with hot water and dry compress.

3.Massage: After the above methods, if the neck and shoulder still feel pain, you can use the tendon method to massage, and the family will do the work for you.

The patient takes a sitting position, exposing the neck and shoulders, the doctor stands behind the patient, applies a little safflower oil or tendon oil to the affected shoulder, holds the top of the patient's head with his left hand, gently rubs and massages the sore shoulder with the thumb of his right hand, and gently pushes it out of the shoulder to separate the spasm pain point. Push 3-6 times a day, generally after the tendon massage, the neck and shoulder pain can be relieved. ‍‍

Pay attention to rest, reduce the burden on the neck muscles, and avoid excessive activity. If the pain persists and becomes unbearable, NSAIDs may be taken for a short period of time. If necessary, you can use a hot towel, electric blanket or warm palm rub to warm the neck.

For most patients, moderate neck movement exercises can be performed to accelerate stiff neck**. During the exercise, stretch your head slightly forward, slowly retract from the front to the bottom, so that the lower jaw is close to the sternum, and the neck muscles remain relaxed, and then gently and slowly turn the head from side to side, gradually increasing the amplitude, and gradually extend the neck until the normal position is placed. When the neck is turned to the painful position, remember not to force the movement or retract immediately, but to stop in place and wait until you get used to the pain and feel better, and then continue to rotate.

It should be noted that when stiff neck occurs, do not blindly massage the bones**, especially for elderly patients with severe symptoms, non-standard massage** can worsen the condition, dizziness, headache, hand numbness and other symptoms, and even cause paralysis.

It is inevitable that stiff neck will not occur in a person's life, and he will feel pain after stiff neck, because it can "heal himself", few people go to the hospital for treatment, and most patients are treated simply with the help of family members or colleagues, and home care is more important.

Stiff neck refers to the sudden pain of neck muscles after sleep or trauma, especially when the head and neck are rotated, and the causes of stiff neck are:

Improper head and neck posture during sleep;

The pillow is cushioned too high, inappropriately soft or uneven;

neck trauma; Neck cold by wind;

If it is caused by cervical spondylosis, it can be repeatedly "stiff neck".

The first four can be alleviated by removing **.

Family members can help stiff neck people with warm compresses to relieve pain

1) *Standing behind the stiff neck, tap the neck with one finger to find out the most painful point, and then use one thumb to start from the top of the side neck until the back of the shoulder, and then **exert force on the most painful point**until you feel the wisdom of the ridge diagram and the bluff? Hammer the windows? 3 times, and then gently tap the ** part with a hollow fist, repeat 2 3 times.

Repeating the above ** with light percussion can quickly relax the spasmodic neck muscles and relieve pain.

2) Hot compress: The use of hot water bottles, electric hand stoves, hot towels and infrared light bulbs can play a role in relieving pain. Care must be taken to prevent burns.

3) Use safflower oil, Gancun Mountain rheumatic oil, cloud essence, etc., rub the sore spot, 2 3 times a day, and have a certain effect of jujube calendar.

4) Wound dampness analgesic ointment and swelling incense analgesic sound are applied to the neck sore area, which are replaced once a day, and the analgesic effect is ideal, but the neck activity of the patient is limited to a certain extent after the self-feeling plaster, and pregnant women should not use it.

5) Auricular acupuncture: The auricular acupuncture is buried in the cervical stool and occipital area, and the above auricular acupuncture is pressed with the tip of the index finger for 5 10 minutes, or the above auricular acupuncture is pressed with the tip of the index finger.

6) Acupuncture: For those who can't pitch back and forth, take Dashu, Jinggu and Kunlun acupoints; Those who can't look back left and right should take the shoulder outside Yu, Houxi, and Fengchi acupoints. Generally, you can take the hanging bell acupoint, located in the outer hole of the foot three inches, the needle 4 5 minutes, moxibustion 3 7 strong, can also ** This acupoint, 15 minutes each time.

7) 1 oral analgesic tablet, which has a temporary analgesic effect.

8) Change your sleeping position, adjust the height of your pillow, and twist your neck by yourself.

9) If cervical spondylosis is caused by stupidity, under the guidance of a physiotherapist, carry out home self-cervical traction**.

10) For severe stiff neck, local injection of 10 ml of 025 Nufcaine has obvious analgesic effect.

In addition, the **** method is provided:

Bring the middle fingers, index and ring fingers of the left or right hand together, look for tender points in the neck pain (mostly in the sternocleidomastoid muscle, trapezius muscle, etc.), and press and rub from light to heavy for about 5 minutes. It can be done alternately with the left and right hands.

Use the thenar area from the shoulder to the neck from top to bottom, from bottom to top and hit briskly and quickly for about two minutes.

Use your thumb and forefinger to pinch the left and right Fengchi points and shoulder well points for 1 2 minutes.

Tap the stiff neck point with your thumb or forefinger (dorsum of the hand, between the metacarpal bones, 5 minutes behind the metacarpal joint) and continue for another 2 to 3 minutes when soreness occurs.

Finally, perform activities such as head and neck bending, leaning back, left and right side deviation and rotation, which should be carried out slowly and not with excessive force.

1. Swing your head left and right

Sit on a chair with your arms hanging down naturally and your head to the left and then to the right, repeating 20 times.

2. Rotate the neck

Sit on a chair without moving, first rotate your neck 90 degrees to the left and then 90 degrees to the right, 20 times in a row.

3. Bow your head and tilt your head

Sit in a chair with your chest up, head down until your mandible is next to your chest, then head up and look up at the sky. Stop for 3 seconds and bow your head, repeat 20 times.

4. Telescopic neck

Sit on a chair with your chest up, first stretch your neck as far up as possible, then contract your neck as far down as possible, and stretch it 20 times in a row.

5. Swing your jaw

Sit on a chair with your arms hanging down naturally, your chest erect, and swing your jaw vigorously from side to side for 20 consecutive times.

6. Massage

Let the stiff neck patient sit on a square stool, the doctor stands behind the patient, first use both hands from the back of the neck, to the shoulders and back several times, so that the neck muscles can be relaxed, and then press and rub the shoulder well, wind pool, large vertebrae, body pillar and other acupoints 30 times each. Finally, apply safflower oil or wind oil essence to the neck and use the roasted hot'The back of the wooden comb is combed and ironed 30 times from top to bottom along the trapezius muscle and sternocleidomastoid muscle of the affected area to help dredge the meridians, regulate qi and blood, and restore activities.

7. Cupping

Patients can do cupping with the help of professionals**, first find two or three tender points on the neck, shoulders and back, then scratch these tender points with a triangular needle, then cupping, and after a little bleeding, they can start cupping, which does not need to take too long.

1. Massage method

The patient is seated, the family member holds the patient's forehead with the left hand, and the thumb or the other four fingers of the right hand (the thumb is on the left and the four fingers are on the right) are placed on the large tendons on the back of the neck, and they are pressed or held several times from top to bottom or bottom to top. Then hold the large tendons on both sides of the back of the neck and turn the patient's head forward, backward, left and right, the technique is from light to heavy, from slow to fast or the patient's own thumb is placed on the same side of the neck, and the other four fingers are placed on the opposite side, from top to bottom, and the middle is also pressed and kneaded from bottom to top, paying attention to the tender points. Repeated for about 15 minutes, the pain is quickly relieved.

2. Hot compress method

Take 300 500 ml'Rice vinegar, soak a piece of cotton gauze in rice vinegar, then apply this cotton gauze flat to the sore part of the neck muscles, and then put a hot water bottle filled with hot water (the water temperature should be around 70 80) on the cotton gauze soaked in rice vinegar for a hot compress, continue to warm the compress for 20 30 minutes. The temperature of the hot water should not be too high or too low, and the hot water in the hot water bottle can be replaced if necessary to maintain the temperature.

While applying warm compresses, patients can continue to move their neck to enhance the effect, and the range of motion should be small to large. Generally, patients with stiff neck can significantly relieve their pain symptoms after using this method**1 2 times.

3. Cupping

First find two or three tender points on the neck, shoulders, and back, scratch them with a triangular needle on the tender points, and then cupping them, and start cupping when there is a little bleeding.

Fourth, auricular pressure beans

Take the ear acupoints, neck, Shenmen acupoints and sensitive points of the ears, press the mung beans on the selected acupoints, and paste and fix them with centimeter wound and damp analgesic ointment. Pump 3 times a day for 2 minutes.

5. Exercise

Sit in a chair with your chest up, head down until your mandible is next to your chest, then head up and your eyes looking up at the ceiling. Hold for 3 seconds, then lower your head, repeating 20 times.

6. Medicine pillow

Use 100 grams of kudzu, 60 grams of clematis, 30 grams of Duhuo, Qianghuo, fengfeng, and Sumu, break them together, add 200 grams of late silkworm sand and mix well, fry them with white wine, put them in a cloth bag, and put them on the neck pain.

7. Oral administration of Chinese herbal medicine

Ingredients: 12 grams of kudzu root, 12 grams of red peony, 6 grams of ephedra, 10 grams of cinnamon sticks, 4 grams of licorice, 3 slices of ginger, 3 jujubes.

Method: Decoction the above ingredients with water, divided into 2 doses, 1 dose per day.

8. Acupuncture

Acupuncture of acupuncture points such as large vertebrae, wind pool, heavenly pillar, appearance, shoulder outside Yu, and absolute bones, and moxibustion can be added. 5 points each time, 1 time per day, alternating acupuncture.

1. Tendon management technique: hold the patient's jaw with one hand, support the patient's occipital with the other hand, lift up with both hands at the same time, lift the head while lifting, and slowly swing and rotate the head to the left and right, back and forth 2 3 times, and then slowly relax and lift. This method is repeated 3 to 5 times.

2. Medicine**: Gegen decoction, Guizhi decoction or Duhuo parasitic pills. It can also be applied externally to relieve pain from wounds.

The old man said that it seems that the pillow on the other side of the pillow is useful... I've tried it before and it works.

Use the fingertips of your thumb to cut and press the "stiff neck point" on the stiff neck side, and move the fingers of the hand to strengthen the acupressure sensation of the acupuncture point. While massaging your hands, move your neck slowly: stretch your head slightly forward, slowly retract from the front to the bottom, bring your jaw closer to the suprasternal fossa, keep your neck muscles relaxed, and then gently and slowly turn your head from side to side, gradually increasing the amplitude, and gradually extend your neck to the normal position.

The maximum amplitude of the rotation is limited to the maximum extent of almost no pain.

Efficacy: About 5-10 minutes, the pain can be significantly relieved. This method can not only stiff neck, but also prevent cervical spondylosis.

Move your neck a few times and pinch it with your hands, it's very simple.

If you're a man, there's a quicker way to reduce stiff neck pain – ask an adult to whip you up, and you won't feel the pain on your shoulder in an instant. This is the soreness transfer method.