The back of my head feels numb, tight, and dizzy

Sometimes, we may feel numbness, tightness, and dizziness at the back of our head, but when we go to the hospital for a brain examination, no disease is found. In fact, this situation is most likely caused by cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis can be said to be a disease that many people suffer from nowadays. If we experience numbness, tightness, and dizziness at the back of our head, there are actually some ways to relieve it.

Effective ways to relieve cervical spondylosis

1. Cupping

Cupping is a method of treating disease by using a cup as a tool and applying negative pressure to the cup to cause local blood stasis. It is suitable for wind, cold, dampness, arthralgia, swelling and pain, neck, back pain and limb pain, numbness, and dysfunction.

2. Cervical traction

For patients with symptoms such as neck discomfort, numbness and pain in the shoulders, back, arms and fingers, traction is one of the best ways to relieve symptoms. The method to relieve cervical spondylosis is traction, which can limit the movement of the head and neck, retract the intervertebral space, and facilitate the reduction of the protrusion in the intervertebral space, thereby alleviating the compression and stimulation of the nucleus pulposus on the nerve roots and related blood vessels.

Cupping can relieve cervical spondylosis

3. Tuina and massage

Tuina and massage are also one of the effective methods for treating cervical spondylosis, especially the cervical type and nerve root type, which have better early effects. Some people performed massage on patients with vertebral artery type disease whose main symptom was vertigo, and then measured it through electroencephalogram. It was confirmed that this method of relieving cervical spondylosis confirmed that gentle and appropriate massage can increase the blood supply to the vertebral artery, thereby improving symptoms. However, patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy who already have symptoms of adverse lower limb movement should not undergo massage.

Cupping can relieve cervical spondylosis

In summer, in order to dissipate heat, the pores of the human body are in an open state. However, when the autumn wind blows, the neck muscles are exposed and are easily stimulated by the cold autumn wind, causing the local muscles to contract protectively, resulting in increased neck tension, imbalance of neck strength, and tension and spasm of the neck muscles, which in turn compress the nerves and blood vessels, causing neck pain and discomfort. Experts say that patients with cervical spondylosis caused by cold and dampness blocking the meridians are more suitable for cupping therapy to improve their symptoms.