[Anatomist who knows sports] Sleeping like this is equivalent to having 16 bottles of mineral water hanging around your neck!

Yang Yang's sleeping posture in the new drama has caused controversy! Recently, Yang Yang's sleeping posture in the new drama "My Fireworks World" has caused a series of controversy and debate: Wouldn't it be very tiring to sleep like this? Does anyone really sleep like this? Even some netizens who are good at learning calculated that "sleeping like this is equivalent to hanging 16 bottles of mineral water around the neck"...

So, will this posture cause cervical spondylosis? Let’s find out with the editor!

PATR01 Fun with Anatomy

Why do netizens think Yang Yang’s sleeping posture will cause cervical spondylosis?

If a normal person sleeps like this, the neck will have no support, which will cause excessive tension in the soft tissues around the spine, slow blood circulation, and inability to control muscle tension after falling asleep. The neck is in a reversed lengthened state. Over time, problems such as cervical curve deformation and vertebral imbalance will occur, leading to cervical spondylosis.

Our human spine is a natural S-shaped curve. If the curvature is too deep or too shallow, it will affect the balance of the spinal joints and cause changes in the pressure of the intervertebral disc. Wrong sleeping posture can cause changes in the cervical curve, dislocation of the atlantoaxial joint, damage to the cervical muscles and compression of the nerves.

02Are you sleeping right?

First, let’s follow the editor to see if your sleeping position is correct!

Wrong ❌ sleeping position!

Correct ✔ sleeping position!

PART03Symptoms of cervical spondylosis

If you don’t sleep well, it is likely to cause problems with your cervical spine. Let’s follow the editor to learn more about it!

🐟 Common symptoms of cervical spondylosis

1. When you have neck pain, the pain is relieved when you raise your head, but it gets worse when you lower your head and apply pressure

2. Pain in the neck, pain and numbness in the hands and arms

3. Recurrent headaches, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, etc.

4. If you lower your head inadvertently, your body will suddenly feel numb and uncomfortable in your neck.

5. There is a sense of binding between the chest and abdomen, just like the ancient people used cloth strips to bind the body.

6. It feels like you are walking on cotton when you walk

7. Unexplained chest tightness, palpitations and increased blood pressure (without cardiovascular disease)

Next, follow the editor to test yourself!

01 Head down and head up test

Stand upright or sit with shoulders relaxed

Lower your head, the standard is that your chin can touch your sternum. Raise your head, the standard is that your eyes can look directly at the ceiling.

If the range of motion is limited, it means that the cervical spine has been damaged to a certain extent.

02 Left and right torsion test

Stand upright or sit with shoulders relaxed

Turn your head left and right, with the tip of your nose level with your shoulders

Left and right side bending, the standard is that the angle between the ear and the shoulder is ≤ 45°

If the range of motion is limited, it means that the cervical spine has been damaged to a certain extent.

03 Straight line test

Prepare a 5-meter long straight line

Walk in a straight line with your heels facing your toes, and record the time it takes to complete the whole walk.

For young people, the standard is no more than 10 seconds

For the elderly, the standard is no more than 12 seconds

04 Palm opening and closing test

Open your palms completely, then close them tightly.

The standard is to complete more than 20 times within 10 seconds

The more times you complete it, the lower your risk of cervical spondylosis

If you cannot complete 20 times or less than 20 times, it means that the degree of cervical spondylosis is serious.

PART04 Six ways to prevent cervical spondylosis

01 Head Pitch

Slowly tilt your head back to the maximum extent and stay there for 3-5 seconds

Slowly lower your head to the maximum extent and stay there for 3-5 seconds

02 Lateral head flexion

Slowly bend your head to the left to the maximum extent and stay there for 3-5 seconds

Slowly bend your head to the right to the maximum extent and stay there for 3-5 seconds

03 Head rotation left and right

Slowly rotate your head to the left to the maximum extent and stay there for 3-5 seconds

Slowly rotate your head to the right to the maximum extent and stay there for 3-5 seconds

04. Raise your head against resistance

Cross your hands and place them behind your head, then slowly tilt your head back, using your hands to provide resistance, and stay there for 3-5 seconds.

05 Resist resistance and bow your head

Place your left hand on the right side of your head and slowly bend your head to the left as far as possible, staying for 3-5 seconds

Place your right hand on the left side of your head and slowly bend your head to the right as far as possible, and stay for 3-5 seconds

06 Resisted Lateral Flexion

Place your left hand on the right side of your head and slowly bend your head to the left as far as possible, staying for 3-5 seconds

Place your right hand on the left side of your head and slowly bend your head to the right as far as possible, and stay for 3-5 seconds

Shakespeare once said: "All living things need the seasoning of sleep." Nourish yourself and sleep well. Forgive everything before going to bed, and you will be reborn when you wake up.

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Photo: Diudiu Marinaquetestudinis

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Review: Lao Bi