Often feel dizzy, may be cervical spondylosis

Headache has become the mantra of many young people. Severe bowing, looking up and even slightly moving the head will feel dizzy. Experts point out that the root cause of this condition is often not in the head and in the cervical vertebrae. It is a cervical vertigo. People are prone to disease.

According to Diou, director of the Department of Orthopaedics of the 254th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, vertigo induced by cervical spondylosis is called cervical vertigo. Most patients have sudden vertigo in the neck. As the neck position recovers, the vertigo disappears quickly. When the patient's head and neck activities are limited, some patients may also be accompanied by headaches, tinnitus and the like. Severe cervical vertigo can occur when the neck suddenly turns, and individual fainting can occur. In addition, patients with cervical spondylosis can also experience dizziness during sleep. This is because the neck and shoulder muscles are relaxed after sleeping. If the height of the pillow is not suitable, the cervical joints will be distorted, which may cause the blood flow of the vertebral artery to decrease, resulting in sudden dizziness in the middle of the night or early morning. Dizziness that occurs during sleep is longer due to longer pressure on the vertebral artery and longer duration of vertigo.

Diou reminds patients with cervical spondylosis to perform neck muscle exercise to prevent cervical vertigo. The method is as follows: hands cross, hands palms are placed on the back of the head and push the head forward, while the head is forced back to the top for 4 to 5 seconds, relax 1 to 2 seconds, then 4 to 5 seconds, repeat this, every 15 to 20 times in a group, and practice 15 groups intermittently every day. You can also sit on the wooden bench against the wall, use the back of the head to force the top wall, use the force time, relax time and practice times as above. Through the above exercises, the strength of the neck muscles can be strengthened, the physiological curvature of the cervical vertebra can be maintained, the stability of the cervical vertebra can be increased, and the stiffness of the neck muscles can be slowed down, thereby avoiding excessive stimulation of the neck nerves and blood vessels and preventing the occurrence of cervical vertigo.