How to design a pillow for a patient with cervical spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis is a common spine disease, mostly related to long-term work and sitting with the head bowed for a long time, and many people will manifest as a straightening of the cervical spine curvature. For patients with cervical spondylosis, the pillow should not be too high when sleeping, and a thin pillow should be placed on the neck and shoulders to properly support the neck. Usually live a regular life, participate in physical exercise appropriately, correct poor sitting posture, and do more head-up exercises.

The pillow should not be too soft, we normal people will feel uncomfortable after using soft pillows, let alone cervical spine patients. It is best for them to buy a professional ** cervical spine pillow, which is more suitable for cervical spine lesions, in addition to daily rest, it can also assist in massage, which is helpful for the patient's rest and recovery.

The cylindrical pillow can effectively play a traction role on the cervical spine, but the local compressive force on the cervical spine is very large, which is easy to cause local discomfort; The dumbbell-shaped pillow is comfortable to use, but the traction power is insufficient. Therefore, pillows should be used according to different conditions. If in a short period of time, when greater force traction is required, a long cylindrical pillow can be selected; If the condition is very mild and requires a slight traction for a long time, you can choose a dumbbell-shaped pillow.

The safety headrest on the car needs to be adjusted to the height of the passenger's head, which can effectively protect the safety of the passenger's head and cervical spine.

When the vehicle is rear-ended, the ensuing impact force is quite large, and the head position will definitely be thrown backwards, and with a safety headrest to lean on, the cervical spine will not cause injury.

The safety headrest adjusts the height incorrectly.

Some drivers adjust the height to the position of the neck when installing the safety headrest, so that although the neck can be relaxed, but in fact it has caused significant damage to the neck, as mentioned above, when the impact force of the heavy width and clear is heavy, the cervical spine will be subjected to a strong impact and cause injury.

At present, there are two main types of safety headrests, the headrests used in private cars are the kind that can be flexibly adjusted and disassembled, and the headrests on public vehicles are usually integrated with the seats, this kind of headrests are relatively cheap, the geology is harder, and the comfort is not as good as the headrests on private cars.

Cervical pillow correct pillow method:The main thing to look at is the height of the pillow and the shape of the pillow. If it is a supine position, that is, lying flat and facing up, in this case, the height of the pillow is not required, mainly the shape of the pillow, in the position of the contact between the pillow and the back of the neck, there must be a certain protrusion, the height of the bulge is generally 5-1cm, the main purpose is to ensure the normal physiological anterior arch of the cervical spine.

When sleeping on the side, the height of the pillow is more critical, and the height of the pillow should ensure the distance from the outer edge of the ear to the shoulder, which should be consistent with the height of the pillow. Generally around 8-10cm. Only when these two positions are maintained neutral at the same time can the human cervical spine be protected.

Cervical pillow use and precautions

1. Before resting or going to bed, put the cervical pillow on the neck or at the back of the neck close to the shoulder. The side sleeping position is not effective, mainly to relieve the fatigue and tension of the cervical spine in a sleeping position, and it is also in line with the natural habit of sleeping.

2. The position of the cervical pillow should be placed in the position of the posterior root of the neck for the first 1-10 days, and the position of the posterior root of the neck is the most conducive to adaptation, and then it can be used according to the most comfortable feeling of the pad.

3. A few days before use, if there is unaccustomed and uncomfortable, you can appropriately reduce the use time, you can adapt to the back of the neck before falling asleep and rest time, do not need to use the pad all night, and so the symptoms are relieved, you can use more time, and the specific pad time should be within your own acceptance.