What to do if your child has cervical deformity

Cervical deformity in children is a very serious disease. If we do not correct it in time, it may cause the child to have symptoms of head tilt. Therefore, we recommend that parents correct their children's cervical deformity in time and use scientific methods to correct the cervical spine. There are many ways to correct children's cervical deformities, and self-correction is possible, but correcting the cervical spine will still be painful, so your cooperation is required.

Self-correction method for straightening the cervical spine

1. Joint reconstruction

Grab a small towel with your hands and place it on the middle of your neck. Gently pull your hands forward so that you feel a slight pressure on your neck. Slowly tilt your head back to the limit, then slowly lower your head back to normal position. Repeat this movement (note that the movements should be slow). Do it for 1 minute as a set, rest for a short while, then do another set, for a total of 2 minutes.

2. Muscle relaxation

Sit up straight and relax, then find the position of the clavicle and press in on the upper part of the clavicle with your hands. You will feel soreness. Press on each area for 1 minute.

3. Muscle stretching

Bite your teeth lightly, then tilt your head back to the limit, maintain this position, and then tilt your head to one side. You will feel a stretch on the side of your neck. Hold for 30 seconds and do 4 sets on each side.

4. Functional enhancement

First, lie down casually on the bed or on the ground, clench your teeth lightly, and tilt your head back to a larger arc. At this time, your chest will be slightly lifted up, and your head and eyes will look 45 degrees diagonally upward, and then 45 degrees diagonally upward to the right. At this time, we will find that when you tilt your head back, you will complete the action of turning your head and eyes. You will feel pain in your neck and even the thoracic spine. This is actually simulating the action of the child's initial formation of the cervical spine. This action needs to be done twice, each time for 1 minute.

5. Life restoration

Find a towel, fold it into a piece, and then place it on the pillow or bed where we sleep, and then lie down. You will feel a slight sense of support in the cervical spine. Be careful not to use a towel that is too thin, so that there is no sense of support, or too thick, so that there is too much sense of support. Neither of these is good. We can slowly increase the thickness of the towel and gradually form the cervical vertebrae.

Massage techniques for cervical pain

Massage Fengchi acupoint for cervical pain

Acupoint location: Located below the occipital bone on both sides of the back of the neck, in the depression outside the large tendons on both sides of the hairline.

Massage method: The person being massaged sits down, and the massager stands behind the person being massaged. He holds the person's forehead with one hand and uses the thumb and index finger of the other hand to place the person's Fengchi acupoints, and kneads for about half a minute until a local soreness and swelling feeling is felt.

Indications and functions: This point has the effects of calming the liver and calming wind, dispelling wind and detoxifying, and unblocking the organ orifices. It is mostly used to treat dizziness, headache, stiff and painful neck, limited cervical movement, and fear of wind and cold caused by cervical spondylosis.

For cervical pain, massage the Bingfeng point

Acupoint location: In the center of the suprascapular fossa, directly above Tianzong point, there is a depression when you raise your arm.

Massage method: Sit down and use the index, middle and ring fingers of the opposite side to press and rub the Bingfeng point for 2 minutes, until you feel soreness and swelling in the shoulders and back and weakness in the upper limbs.

Indications and functions: This point has the effect of dispersing wind and activating collaterals. It is mostly used to treat cervical spondylosis, stiff neck, neck muscle soreness, neck stiffness, shoulder blade pain, upper limb numbness, etc.

Massage the Tianyou acupoint for cervical pain

Acupoint location: below the mastoid process, at the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, approximately at the level of the mandibular angle.

Massage method: Sit down and use the spiral surface of your thumb to massage for 3 minutes. You can do this on both sides at the same time. Use moderate force. It is best to feel obvious soreness or pain in the local area.

Indications and functions: This point has the effect of clearing the head, improving eyesight, and unblocking meridians and activating collaterals. It is mostly used to treat headaches, dizziness, and spasms and stiffness in the neck, shoulders and back caused by cervical spondylosis.