What kind of pillow does cervical spondylosis choose

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Choosing a good pillow for patients with cervical spondylosis can not only ensure high-quality sleep, but also the key to spinal health care. How to choose a suitable pillow for patients with cervical spondylosis

What kind of pillow does cervical spondylosis choose

First: pillow filling material: soft and breathable. Commonly used are duck down, buckwheat skin, dandelion, kapok, mung bean shell, chicken feather, duck feather, etc. Duck down is light, soft and breathable, and it can adjust the height of the pillow at will when using, so it is an ideal pillow filling material; buckwheat skin has the advantages of low price and good air permeability; mung bean shell is most suitable for summer, which not only has good ventilation performance, but also has the function of cooling and relieving summer heat. Sponge and plastic air cushion have poor air permeability and are not suitable for use.

Second: pillow height: as the saying goes, "sleep at ease", but from a medical point of view, it is not so. If the pillow is too high, the head and neck will bend forward excessively; if the pillow is too low or no pillow, the head and neck will be in the state of excessive extension for a long time, resulting in the increase of cervical lordosis curvature. Therefore, the habits of long-term high pillow, low pillow and no pillow should be overcome. Generally speaking, the pillow height should be 8-15cm, or calculated according to the formula: (shoulder width head width) △ 2. For those who are used to lying on their backs, the height of their pillows should be consistent with the height of their fists; for those who are used to sleeping on their side, the height of their pillows should be consistent with the length of their shoulder. When sleeping, you can flatten the middle of the pillow, and raise the neck with the pillow, so that the cervical spine does not bend forward, nor does it bend sideways, and maintain an appropriate extension position. So that you won't have cervical pain in the morning.

Third: the shape of the pillow: the shape of the pillow with the middle low and the two ends high is better, because this shape can use the concave part in the middle to maintain the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, and can also play a relative braking and fixation role on the head and neck, which can reduce the abnormal activities of the head and neck during sleep. The length of the pillow is generally 10-16cm more than the shoulder width.

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For those who are used to sleeping on their backs, the height of the pillow should be equal to the height of their fists after compression (the height of clenching the tiger's mouth upward is the standard of fist height); for those who are used to sleeping on their sides, the height of the pillow should be consistent with the height of their shoulder width after compression; of course, whether sleeping on their backs or on their sides, the cervical spondylosis pillow which can maintain the normal physiological radian of the neck is the most ideal.