1、 How does falling pillow happen
In western medicine, a stiff neck is called acute cervical Periarthritis，while in traditional Chinese medicine, it is called occipital loss. The most common condition we encounter is that we can’t move our necks when we wake up. The most common reasons are the wrong posture during sleep and the pillow’s head height does not match. However, other related factors that can cause a stiff neck are as follows:
1. Too busy and stressed.
2. People who don’t exercise a lot.
3. In winter, the probability of occurrence is higher, because the temperature is low, which makes the muscles tighter and blood circulation worse.
4. It’s a big sudden turn.
2.How does a stiff neck happen and how to relieve it?
2、 This can be done slowly
Except for the sudden strain caused by turning the head with big action, an ice compress should be used. The stiff neck caused by other reasons belongs to progressive muscle injury. Therefore, a hot compress can be adopted for the first time to improve the blood circulation of the affected area and achieve the effect of relaxing muscles.
If it is a slightly stiff neck, you can observe and use a hot compress by yourself. Basically, the pain will be relieved by yourself in 2-3 days. However, if the symptoms continue for more than 3 days, you will be advised to go to the rehabilitation department or the acupuncture and traumatology department to seek the assistance of a professional doctor. At this time, you may need to use analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants to relieve the pain.
In addition to hot compress, we can try the gradual stretching method. Because the more patients dare not move, the more stiff their muscles will be. So we used the principle of Mimosa to develop a mimosa treatment method, which is to gently rotate the neck, stop and rest when feeling pain, and then continue to rotate in the direction of immobility after the pain is relieved, until their own limit, and then match it with the shoulder and shoulder The action of lifting chin can relieve the discomfort caused by a stiff neck. One action should be performed for about 3-5 minutes. Please move slowly in the process, and don’t rush. If you feel comfortable with your neck, you can do it more times.