I almost collapsed after 13 hours in the car. Be careful that this posture hurts your cervical vertebra.

Not long ago (in late September), there was a piece of news in Chinese mainland. A man surnamed Li took a train from Changsha, Hunan Province to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on business. He always sits for 65,438+02 hours and 40 minutes. As a result, he got off the train and his legs became weak. After resting for 20 minutes, I still didn't get better, and I couldn't even pee. I hurried to the hospital for examination, only to find that it was because I slept in the same posture for a long time by train that the cervical spine and spinal cord were severely compressed and became spinal stenosis and disc herniation. If I go to the hospital later, I will probably deteriorate into paralysis.

According to the man surnamed Li himself, he was so tired that he fell asleep soon after getting on the train and didn't wake up all the way to Hangzhou Station. His sleeping position is lying on the left, with his head down, his hands on his sides and his back slightly arched.

Unexpectedly, because of this posture, he has not changed, and finally became a shoulder pain, numbness, leg weakness, and almost paralysis.

Keeping the same posture for a long time by car is easy to cause cervical spondylosis. It is suggested that the doctor in charge of neck treatment find a support point. Afterwards, the doctor pointed out that the reason why the man surnamed Li suddenly suffered from cervical spondylosis was lying on his side for a long time, which made the muscles and joints of the cervical spine unable to relax and the lateral force was unbalanced. The cervical spine is in a state of flexion for a long time, which induces and aggravates cervical spondylosis, leading to disc herniation, resulting in corresponding symptoms such as mental oppression, limb weakness, numbness and pain, and corresponding neurological dysfunction.

In order to avoid cervical diseases caused by improper sleeping posture, doctors suggest that in long-distance traffic or long-distance flight, whether you sleep sitting or lying down, you must find a support point for the cervical spine. You can put a U-shaped pillow on the back of your neck, or wrap a piece of clothing to relieve the pressure on the cervical spine.

Emergency braking is also easy to cause sudden neck injury. In the process of taking long-distance transportation, in addition to sudden cervical spondylosis caused by improper posture, there is also an easy reason, that is, emergency braking when driving or riding. Because of the influence of inertia, the neck will bend forward first and then bounce back quickly when braking urgently. In this process, the cervical spine is impacted by the force and reaction, and the spinal cord in the cervical spine is easily squeezed and injured.

For example, a lady surnamed Hong was sitting in the back seat when she hitchhiked home from a colleague in Taichung a few years ago. However, because she forgot to fasten her seat belt, she leaned forward to talk to her colleagues in the front seat, and her driving suddenly braked, causing her to hit the headrest in the front seat, and then she immediately leaned back. Her lower limbs and neck were paralyzed and her hands stung.

Later, the physical examination found that her 4th-5th and 5th-6th intervertebral discs were ruptured, which led to disc herniation and compression to the spinal nerve, resulting in numbness, pain and weakness in both hands. Fortunately, the symptoms were relieved and the sequelae of quadriplegia were avoided by high-unit steroid therapy for spinal cord injury and the fusion operation of artificial intervertebral cage and bone.

In order to avoid sudden cervical injury, protective measures must be taken, and the main causes of sudden cervical injury are trauma and external force. For example, when Jolin Tsai was rehearsing for a concert, he accidentally landed from a height of 1 m, and his head and neck went straight to the ground, resulting in compression of the neck nerves and paralysis of his hands and feet. In addition, as mentioned above, traffic accidents, intense physical contact sports (such as boxing and wrestling), or head impact, excessive rotation of cervical vertebrae and other factors cause neck slippage and cervical disc herniation, which can cause neck pain or quadriplegia.

In order to avoid sudden cervical injury caused by traffic accidents or violent collisions, it is necessary not only to fasten your seat belt when riding, but also to wear complete protective gear when engaging in dangerous sports or performances, or to be escorted by a special person on the spot to protect safety.