Diagnosis and treatment of cervical spondylosis

Tell the patient to rest in bed and fix the cervical spine with a brace. Physical therapy, electrotherapy, acupuncture, Chinese medicine fumigation, and neurotrophic drugs can also be used for treatment. For cervical spondylotic myelopathy, early surgical treatment is necessary to relieve nerve pressure and avoid serious nerve damage. The diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy is mainly based on symptoms, signs, and imaging examinations.

Is it good to sleep on your stomach for cervical spondylosis?

If the patient lies on the table for a long time, it may quickly cause muscle spasms in the neck, shoulders and back, which in turn aggravates the symptoms of cervical spondylosis. Because when cervical spondylosis occurs, not only the neck muscles spasm, but it may also be accompanied by aseptic inflammation of the nerve membrane, or changes in the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, and dislocation of some small joints of the cervical spine. If a patient with cervical spondylosis does not sleep well while lying prone, it may aggravate the degree of cervical spondylosis. The correct sleeping posture is also very important in daily life.

What are the pillows for treating cervical spondylosis?

There are not many pillows that can treat cervical spondylosis clinically. Pillows cannot treat cervical spondylosis, but they can help relieve patients' cervical symptoms. As an auxiliary treatment, such pillows are generally selected. It is recommended that patients can directly purchase finished latex pillows. Latex pillows are relatively prosperous pillows in clinical practice in recent years. This pillow design is more in line with the physiological curvature of the human cervical spine, so sleeping on this pillow will provide support for the cervical spine and improve the symptoms of physiological curvature straightening. Therefore, patients may wish to directly purchase finished latex pillows. If conditions do not permit, toilet paper can be directly placed under the cervical spine. The toilet paper roll at this special angle can also promote the recovery of physiological curvature. The pillow for cervical spondylosis should not be too high or too low. A pillow that is too high will cause the cervical spine to bend forward too much, stretch the muscles behind the neck, and cause poor metabolism of the muscles behind the neck, resulting in muscle stiffness and pain. There are many types of pillows for treating cervical spondylosis, so the choice is more complicated.