What to do if your hands feel numb while sleeping due to cervical spondylosis

The incidence of cervical spondylosis is not only high among the elderly, but many young people who work frequently are also prone to cervical spondylosis. Patients with cervical spondylosis are also prone to adverse reactions such as numbness in the hands when sleeping, which greatly affects the quality of sleep. If things go on like this for a long time, the physical condition of patients with cervical spondylosis will get worse and worse. Therefore, patients with cervical spondylosis need to understand the reasons for numbness in the hands when sleeping and receive timely symptomatic treatment.

1. Strengthen the neck and shoulder muscles during work, leisure time or when surfing the Internet (you can use your spare time to do it). Do flexion, extension and rotation exercises of the head and upper limbs. This can not only relieve fatigue, but also develop muscles and increase toughness, which is beneficial to the stability of the cervical spine and enhance the ability of the neck and shoulders to adapt to sudden changes in the neck.

2. Exercise the head and neck, bend forward and backward, and turn left and right. Turn slowly without too much force. The number of times you do it depends on the individual. I feel very comfortable after finishing it.

Be sure to pay attention: when doing cervical spine exercises, the speed must not be too fast or too violent, it must be done slowly.

3. Use multiple fingers (index, middle, ring and little finger) to massage your neck twenty to thirty times.

4. Pinch the shoulder muscles twenty to thirty times.

5. Pay attention to lowering your head less often. Take a break at least once every one or two hours of work. When resting, tilt your head back or lie flat to allow your cervical spine to rest. Patients with cervical spondylosis should be careful not to turn their heads suddenly back and forth, and should not rotate the cervical spine or massage the neck diagonally.

6. Do more sitting shrugs and chest expansion exercises: This is very effective for numbness and pain in the shoulders, back, arms, and hands caused by neck muscle strain and cervical spondylosis.

6. Can do dry land swimming movements (fake swimming) and various swimming postures: (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly stroke)

7. Make a circular motion with your chin forward (like the goose neck posture). The direction is: first make a circular motion from bottom to top

8. Cross your fingers and put them behind your head. Push your hands forward and your head and neck backward. This can reduce stiffness, numbness, pain, and soreness in the neck, shoulders, and back.

9. When you are resting, often use a hot water bottle and apply it under your neck. Hot compress is very effective in relieving cervical spondylosis.

10. Neck muscle strain and cervical spondylosis are also related to bad sleeping posture: (always sleeping with a pillow that is too high or too hard). Because it lasts for a long time, it will cause imbalance of the paravertebral muscles, ligaments and joints, and accelerate the degeneration of the cervical spine.