How should students prevent cervical spondylosis?

Nowadays, since most people seldom exercise while working or studying, cervical spondylosis has become a disease with a high incidence rate that is common among students and white-collar workers. Especially for students, they sit at desks to study for a long time, which makes them more likely to have problems with their cervical spine. Therefore, it is best for students to learn how to prevent cervical spondylosis. So, how should students prevent cervical spondylosis? Let's take a look at it below.

1. Parents need to discover early

If you feel soreness in the neck and shoulder muscles, numbness of the scalp, difficulty in head movement, pain in the cervical joints, or unexplained headaches, dizziness, soreness in the shoulders and back, numbness in the hands, blurred vision, tenderness in the shoulders, back and neck and other early symptoms of cervical spondylosis, you should tell your parents as soon as possible to draw their attention! You should not wait until the cervical discomfort obviously affects your studies before seeing a doctor or taking relevant measures because of tight class schedules and a lack of strong awareness of the prevention of cervical spondylosis. You must ensure early prevention and early treatment.

2. Choose suitable tables and chairs

The tables and chairs can be replaced and the height can be freely adjusted. Make a work board or a slanted table that is 15 to 30 degrees inclined to the desktop to shorten the distance between the eyes and the desktop, reduce the degree of cervical flexion, and keep the normal physiological curve of the head, neck, and chest.

3. Choose the right pillow

It is best to choose a gold ingot shape that is low in the middle and high at both ends. The part supporting the back of the neck (cervical curvature) should be slightly higher and have a certain hardness so as to highlight and support the physiological curvature of the neck. The part supporting the back of the head should be 3 to 5 cm lower than the above-mentioned part, so that it can fully support the head and adapt to the physiological curvature of the neck.

4. Correct bad habits

Students should regularly change the position of their head and neck during the learning process. The head and neck can move in the opposite direction for half a minute to several minutes to eliminate fatigue in time; they should regularly look up and look into the distance. Whenever they lower their heads or work at a desk for too long, they should look up and look into the distance for a few minutes. Maintain a good sitting posture, with your neck, waist and back straight, your chin retracted, your eyes looking straight ahead, your shoulders relaxed, your elbows flexed 90 degrees, giving your forearms and wrists adequate support, your hips and knees flexed 90 degrees, and your feet flat on the ground.

As mentioned above, choosing suitable desks and chairs, choosing a suitable pillow when sleeping, paying attention to correcting bad habits, and regularly observing whether your shoulder muscles are sore are all measures that can help students avoid cervical spondylosis under their heavy study life. Therefore, in the prevention of cervical spondylosis, everyone can adopt the above methods.