. Human beings spend one-third of their life sleeping, which also means that one-third of our life is spent with pillows. Think of this pillow in our daily life
. Can you get cervical spondylosis if you don’t choose a good pillow?
many people are not easy to fall asleep at night or feel uncomfortable after waking up. At this time, in addition to possible physical diseases, it may also be related to the poor selection of pillows.
as we all know, even if we can sleep without a quilt, we can’t live without a pillow. Sleep without a pillow always feels something wrong. In fact, this is closely related to the human spine. When the human body stands upright, it will be found that our spine has a certain physiological radian, which is not straight, but more like a forward bending curve. That’s why we feel uncomfortable lying on our back. If the pillow is not selected properly, the pillow is too high or too low, it may affect the bending degree of cervical spine, which will not only make you feel uncomfortable when sleeping, but also have the risk of spinal disease for a long time.
the harm of wrong pillow sleeping
1. The pillow is too high
some people like to sleep on high pillows and feel very comfortable. But this is not & ldquo; Rest easy & rdquo;, And it affects your spine. When the pillow is too high, it means that the human body is in a low head position, which is no different from lowering the head to play with the mobile phone. At ordinary times, when we lower our heads to play with mobile phones, we will feel uncomfortable over a long time, but when we fall asleep, the self feeling function of the human body is greatly reduced. We don’t know it even if the spine is oppressed for a long time, let alone the reason of the pillow.
if the pillow is too high when sleeping, it will change the normal bending of cervical spine, causing muscle fatigue, ligament traction and strain, etc.
2. The pillow is too low
. Too high or too low is not good. Some people even like to sleep without pillows. In fact, this will make the neck in a state of transitional elevation. If you tilt up for a long time, your mouth will open unconsciously. In this way, sleeping can easily affect the respiratory system, causing snoring, breathing with the mouth, and even foreign bodies entering the mouth when sleeping at night.
How to choose a pillow
wrong pillow suffering from cervical vertebra
pillow plays an important role in people’s sleep. A suitable pillow will help you sleep more sweetly, but long-term use of unsuitable pillows will cause a series of chronic strain, Even develop into cervical spondylosis. Experts point out that even a used pillow may not be the most suitable. How to choose the right pillow and what is the correct way to use it? Let’s listen to the guidance of experts.
cervical pillow does not sleep into cervical spondylosis & quot; Accomplice & quot;
incorrect sitting posture, low head playing with mobile phone, professional work (such as long-term low head work), lack of exercise & hellip& hellip; These factors leading to cervical spondylosis are well known. However, another important factor is easy to be ignored, that is sleep& quot; Many people get up in the morning and have discomfort such as sore neck and back and numbness of limbs, showing ' Pillow ' Symptoms of. People usually think that this is caused by poor sleeping posture or a cold wind. In fact, this may be caused by the improper pillow. Usually we say that if we lower our head for more than 1 hour, the cervical spine is easy to be affected. An adult spends about 1 / 4 to 1 / 3 of his / her time in sleep (on the pillow) every day. When people fall asleep, they basically maintain a posture during each sleep cycle of 90-120 minutes. If the pillow is used incorrectly for a long time, it will cause the change of cervical curvature, leading to chronic strain such as cervical instability, joint dislocation and ligament injury, which will develop into cervical spondylosis over time. If the pillow is too high, it is equivalent to lowering your head all night. Many people’s standard is soft and comfortable. It also has a certain relationship with personal habits, but this habit may not be correct. The arrangement of human spine is curved and S-shaped from the side. It is a & quot at the neck; C"， If there is no suitable support, let the neck hang in the air or bend sideways for a long time, or similar low head shape, it is easy to cause intervertebral disc bulging.
as the saying goes & quot; Rest easy & quot;, In fact, the choice of pillows should not be too high or too low. Too high a pillow is equal to lowering your head all night, which is easy to cause cervical spondylosis, excessive pressure on the neck, insufficient blood supply to the head and neck, poor airway, hypoxia and ischemia, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and other symptoms. Some people with cervical diseases believe that a lower pillow or even no pillow is conducive to the remission of the disease. In fact, a lower pillow will straighten the cervical spine, which is also easy to cause uneven blood supply. Moreover, when sleeping, the muscles relax, and most of the force on the neck acts on the cervical spine, which is also easy to promote the expansion of the intervertebral disc. It can be seen that both healthy people and people with cervical spondylosis should pay attention to maintaining the physiological position of cervical lordosis, so as to prevent causing or accelerating the degeneration of cervical spine.
the ideal pillow core with therapeutic effect on cervical spondylosis is the hot compressed sponge pillow core. Generally, people with poor cervical spine choose the Kangjin Shule pillow made of hot compressed cotton pillow core, because the shape of the pillow must first comply with the normal physiological curve of the whole human body, so that the normal physiological curve can be restored when sleeping on their back, side, cervical spine and respiratory tract, At the same time, the support force and soft hardness are more stable than the slow rebound memory pillow core because of the special sponge hot compressed at high temperature, which is in line with the principle of ergonomics. At the same time, combined with the magnetic therapy effect formed by neodymium iron boron magnetic ore, it is more conducive to improve cervical discomfort, effectively promote blood circulation, eliminate neck fatigue and pain, and reduce the number of unnecessary turns during sleep.
pairs are mainly dyskinesia. The film shows cervical disc herniation and / or hyperosteogeny at the posterior edge of the vertebral body, which may constitute direct compression on the spinal cord. The pillow can be slightly lower, but the head and neck cannot be excessively tilted back; The pillow can be slightly higher for those who mainly have sensory disorders such as numbness and pain in the limbs and suspect that the posterior ligament of the spinal canal compresses the spinal cord; For the patients with developmental cervical spinal stenosis and hyperosteogeny at the posterior edge of vertebral body, the physiological position of pillow is better; Ankylosing spondylitis should be kept in neutral position in the early stage. In order to effectively maintain the physiological flexion of the cervical spine and fully relax the neck muscles, the pillow should be adjusted to a saddle like shape with low middle, high ends, slightly high neck shoulder edge and low opposite edge, that is, the commonly known B-shaped pillow.
There is a lot of knowledge in choosing pillows
to choose the right pillow, we must first understand the correct pillow method. Although it is & quot; Pillow & quote;, Actually & quot; Occipitocervical & quot; It should be the neck between the back of the head and the shoulders, which plays the role of supporting the neck when sleeping. When lying on the back, the highest point of the pillow should be in the middle of the back of the neck to support the cervical curvature and maintain the physiological curvature of the neck. The lowest point of the pillow is the back of the head; When lying on the side, the pillow supports the side of the neck. The principle of keeping the spine in a straight line when viewed from the front and normal S-shape (in line with the physiological curve) when viewed from the side can be. Health pillow in & quot; Front high and rear low & quot; The shape is more in line with the physiological curve of the human body. During sleep, the pillow fits well with the cervical spine, plays a supporting role for the cervical spine, and is more suitable for people who like to lie on their back.
materials
at present, the filling materials of pillows are diverse, including chemical fiber, latex, down, buckwheat skin & hellip& hellip; The rebound time of different materials is different, and the better rebound time is 3-5 seconds. Pillows have a service life, ranging from half a year to three years. After a long time, they will lose elasticity, aging, mites and other problems. Among them, the chemical fiber pillow is the most common, but it is not very breathable. In particular, it is easy to be compacted and deformed after several months of use. The more you sleep, the more flat you become, and it is no longer elastic. Therefore, it needs to be replaced in time. The down pillow is relatively soft and comfortable to sleep, but it is difficult to maintain a certain height. It is recommended to use it with a harder pillow.