What should I do when I wake up stiff neck?

Stiff neck is a very common phenomenon in our daily life. There are many reasons for stiff neck, such as our sleeping position is incorrect, the height of the pillow itself is not appropriate, or the placement of the pillow at night is problematic. In this case, it is easy to cause stiff neck, then there will be a lot of people confusedWhat should I do when I wake up stiff neck?

At this time, you need to learn the scientific sleeping posture and adjust the pillow to the most comfortable position.

Each of us will have some bad habits to a greater or lesser extent. Such as shaking legs and sleepwalking. Cultivating these bad habits for a long time will bring hidden dangers to our own body.

The same is true for stiff neck, which has a lot to do with our sleeping position. Some people like to sleep on their stomachs, which is actually a very bad habit because it will press on the chest while sleeping, causing it to be breathless during sleep. When you feel uncomfortable, you try to roll over and sleep, which can lead to stiff neck.

If you have such a bad sleeping habit, you must correct it in time. <>

If your sleeping position is fine, but stiff neck still occurs, you may want to pay attention to your pillow. Many parents teach their children from an early age that the pillow should be high, which often misleads the child. So that the child does not know what kind of pillow height he is suitable for, and over time, it will lead to stiff neck.

In addition, many children now have the habit of staying up late playing with their mobile phones, which leads to a further decline in their sleep quality. If their own body clock is disrupted, they will be in a state of anxious sleep. <>

These are some common sense in our lives, and if you want to have a good night's sleep, it is not enough to solve stiff neck. We also need to arrange our own rest and entertainment time, don't stay up late for a long time, and exercise more to let ourselves have a healthy body. Wake up refreshed so you can enjoy your day.

Start by applying a hot towel to your neck to promote blood circulation. When the condition improves slightly, slowly turn your head from side to side until you recover.

If you only have a stiff neck once in a while, and there are no symptoms other than neck pain, then don't worry too much and it will get better in a few days. However, if there is numbness and dizziness in the hands and feet after stiff necking, then you must find a doctor to check whether you have cervical spine disease.

The methods of relieving after waking up and falling stiff neck include local hot compresses, cold compresses, local massage or local physiotherapy and infrared lamp irradiation, which can better promote local blood circulation and take some pain-relieving drugs. This corrects the symptoms of stiff neck.

Among them, the solutions are:

1) Hot compress: The use of hot water bottles, electric hand stoves, hot towels and infrared light bulbs can play a pain-relieving role, and attention must be paid to prevent burns.

2) Use safflower oil, Gancun Mountain rheumatism oil, cloud essence and other sore spots to rub 2 3 times a day to have a certain effect.

3) Wound dampness analgesic ointment, puffing incense analgesic sound, external patch on the neck pain, change once a day, the pain relief effect is ideal, but the patient's neck activity is limited after the plaster, pregnant women should not use it.

After stiff necking, hot towels and hot water bottles can be used to compress the painful area to improve local blood circulation, relax muscles, reduce pain, and if necessary, take some painkillers. Method: Apply a hot towel to the neck for 10-15 minutes, repeat the hot compress several times until there is relief.

I think the best way is to lie flat, and then let someone help you press your neck, the neck gets exercised, it will be much better, massage the shoulders is better to be harder, rotate left and right, tilt your head left and right, so that you can get a good relief,

Do not twist your neck sharply after stiff neck, you can use warm water to wet a towel on the stiff neck area, and gently massage, after an hour, the symptoms will be relieved.

The plaster is applied to the neck sore spot and replaced once a day, and the analgesic effect is ideal, but the neck activity is limited to a certain extent after the plaster is applied, so it should be noted. You can also use hot compresses and manual tendon management, and the effect is also very good.

You can take some pills to relax your muscles and invigorate your blood. Or you can move slowly on your own, but not too hard, but slowly and gradually strengthen. It is also okay to use a warm compress.

You can massage the neck area with a hot towel and you can recover.

In fact, in such a situation, we try to apply a hot towel to a compress, which can play a good relieving effect, or apply a plaster.

There are many methods of stiff neck, such as manual tendon management, acupuncture, medicine, hot compress, etc., all of which have good results, especially the tendon management method. You can buy some Shenwei massage ointment to match**, promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, and relieve pain. Used for sports strain, muscle soreness, bruises and sprains.

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After the occurrence of stiff neck, we must try to rest as much as possible in the early stage, reduce local excessive activity, and then use topical voltarin cream or external paste musk strong bone paste, bone patch, Wantong muscle and bone patch, etc. for pain relief**. It can also be taken orally with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics or blood circulation and blood circulation, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese patent medicine to reduce swelling and relieve pain to promote recovery, such as indomethacin, loxoprofen, Da Huo Luo Capsule, Huoxue Shujin Soup, Taohong Siwu Soup, etc., and some local massage or physiotherapy can be carried out in the later stage to relax the muscles and channels. Such as traditional Chinese medicine envelope**, magnetic heat** and so on.

In general, stiff neck can slowly recover after 7 to 10 days after **.

Limit activities: Do not move after falling stiff, the fall is caused by the strain of the muscles and ligaments in the neck and shoulder, and the movement will only aggravate the symptoms.

Cold compress: Stiff neck is an acute injury that causes pain and stiffness in the neck. Within 48 hours of stiff necking, ice cubes should be wrapped in a towel and applied to the affected area. Apply for 15 to 20 minutes twice a day.

Hot compress: Generally 48 hours after the stiff neck, the patient's pain will be reduced, at this time, you can use a hot towel to wet the affected area, or you can use an infrared heating lamp to irradiate the affected area, which can speed up the recovery.

Massage: Massage can be used to relieve symptoms after stiff necking. Family members can apply a small amount of safflower oil to the patient's shoulder, then hold the top of the patient's head with the left hand, and massage the affected area with the thumb of the right hand, paying attention to the gentle force, 3 to 6 times a day, which can effectively relieve stiff neck pain.

Shrugging and patting the shoulders: The patient's shoulders can try to shrug upwards and gently pat the shoulders by the family after a few minutes, which can effectively relax the muscles around the neck and is good for the recovery of stiff neck.

Taking medications: Some friends are sensitive to pain, so they feel unbearable pain after stiff neck, this is to take some painkillers such as ibuprofen, or go to the hospital **department for regular**.

Massage is to use your fingers to press the Feng Chi acupoint on the side of the lesion, about ten seconds each time, feel soreness, swelling, pain, you can use your thumb to press the muscles of the neck and shoulders intersecting, press the pain, count times per point; Use the tip of your elbow to press the shoulder well for ten seconds each time, and the strength is from small to large, mainly tolerable.

You can do a massage, apply some safflower oil, massage 3 to 6 times a day, massage the shoulders, neck and neck, so that you can get quick relief.

Hello everyone, I'm Yunmei from Guangzhou. In fact, in our daily life, everyone may encounter a stiff pillow, and a stiff pillow can also be called"Throw pillows"。The main cause of stiff pillow is the damage to the neck muscles caused by an incorrect sleeping position, which is mainly manifested as pain in the neck muscles and uncomfortable symptoms in the muscles around the shoulders.

Stiff pillows are common when you fall asleep without any symptoms, but when you wake up in the morning, you feel significant neck and back pain and limited neck movement. In fact, I feel okay There are some ways to relieve neck muscle soreness, one way is to take a towel to warm the neck pain area, the heat can help the tight muscles relax, can make the heat more effective to penetrate the neck muscles, soak the whole towel in hot water, wring it out and apply it to the neck, the hot compress for at least 20 minutes, the hot compress can be repeated 3 times a day.

This is effective in improving muscle pain. One method can use stretching exercises to relieve neck stiffness, swing the head up and down, rotate left and right, the amplitude is not too large, you can also increase the amount according to your own needs, do each action cycle for about 10 minutes, once a day, this can also relieve the pain of the neck muscles. If the pain does not go away for a long time, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time, do not delay the symptoms to become more serious, and take medication or do other acupuncture according to the doctor's instructions**.

I have also experienced times when the pillow is hard, the neck is uncomfortable, and the neck movement is restricted.

Someone taught me a dirty method, which is to take a hair dryer and adjust the temperature myself, and use the hair dryer to blow on the sore area for 10 to 15 minutes, several times a day. After more than 2 days of trying, the pain in my neck has really decreased. In fact, there are many ways to remedy a mildly stiff pillow, and if you want to do no harm to your body, you can only try it appropriately.

I think I should exercise more often, increase my resistance, reduce the number of times I bow my head to play with my mobile phone and computer, and think more about my body! It happened"Stiff pillows"What should I do? Don't force or move your neck, as this may cause cramps and injuries.

You can apply a warm compress to the painful side of the back of the neck, or you can move a small area of the neck, and most of them can be restored in one to two days!

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 the stiff neck with massages and warm compresses to relieve pain

1) Massage: Standing behind the stiff neck, press 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 of the neck, until the shoulder and back, massage in turn, massage the most painful point vigorously, until the feeling of obvious soreness means that the strength is enough, so repeatedly massage 2 3 times, and then use the hollow fist to gently knock the massaged part, repeat 2 3 times. Repeating the above massage and 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 pain-relieving role. Care must be taken to prevent burns.

3) Use safflower oil, Gancunshan rheumatism oil, cloud essence, etc., rub the sore area, 2 or 3 times a day, and have a certain effect.

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 points are buried in the neck and occipital area, and the above auricular acupoints are pressed with the tip of the index finger for 5 10 minutes, or the above auricular acupoints are massaged 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, acupuncture 4 5 minutes, moxibustion 3 7 strong, you can also massage 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 it is caused by cervical spondylosis, under the guidance of a physical therapist, carry out home self-cervical traction**.

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

Massage is also available

Put the middle, index and ring fingers of the left or right hand together, open the neck pain and find the tender point (mostly in the sternocleidomastoid muscle, trapezius muscle, etc.), and press and rub it 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 index finger (between the metacarpal bones on the dorsum of the hand, 5 minutes behind the metacarpal joint) and continue for another 2 3 minutes when you feel sore.

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.