What should pregnant women do if they have a stiff neck?

People must be careful when they sleep. Sometimes, because of an uncomfortable pillow or incorrect sleeping posture, they will have neck pain when they wake up the next morning. This is called stiff neck. If a normal person's stiff neck is very serious, he can go for treatment and recover quickly. So what should a pregnant woman do if she gets a stiff neck due to sleeping? Because pregnant women cannot receive treatment casually. If pregnant women suffer from stiff neck, they can relieve it through massage.

What should pregnant women do if they have a stiff neck?

Pregnant women with stiff neck can get a massage, and the technician can use gentle force to relieve the pain. Apply a hot towel, massage, or find an experienced masseur to help you twist it.

Or you can also massage yourself. Behind your pillow (on the left and right Fengchi points), use your five fingers to massage along the tendons to the Tianzong point (press the Tianzong point with your thumb with a little force - the force can be gradually increased). It will be effective in a few days.

Use massage method, which is to stand behind the person with stiff neck, press the neck lightly with one finger to find the most painful point, and then use a thumb to start from the top of the neck on that side, all the way to the shoulder and back, and massage in turn. Massage the most painful point vigorously until you feel obvious soreness and swelling, which means that the force is enough. Repeat this massage 2 to 3 times, then tap the massaged area with a hollow fist, and repeat 2 to 3 times. Repeating the above massage and tapping can quickly relax the spasmodic neck muscles and relieve pain.

If you have a stiff neck, you can go to the hospital for massage treatment, or find the painful area yourself and massage it. It will gradually return to normal without affecting the health of the fetus.

Pregnant women should use a suitable and good pillow. The so-called good means that it is of appropriate softness and hardness, height, and strong breathability. It is recommended that you apply local hot compress and ask the massage department to help you with massage, and you will gradually get better.

Correct sleeping position for pregnant women

During pregnancy, sleeping on the right side frequently is not conducive to fetal development and delivery. As the uterus continues to grow, other organs in the abdomen are squeezed. Sometimes, the sigmoid colon in the lower abdomen is squeezed, causing the pregnant woman's uterus to rotate to the right to varying degrees, putting the ligaments and mesentery that maintain the normal position of the uterus in a tense state. The blood vessels in the mesentery that nourish the uterus are stretched, which will affect the oxygen supply to the fetus, causing chronic hypoxia of the fetus in the uterus, and in severe cases, fetal suffocation or death.

The reasonable sleeping position during pregnancy is lying on the left side, which can avoid the occurrence of the above-mentioned diseases. To ensure the health of your baby and yourself, you must develop the habit of sleeping on your left side after six months of pregnancy.

In order to meet and adapt to the needs of the fetus, some changes will occur in the physiological functions and anatomical structures of the pregnant woman. In particular, the uterus gradually grows larger and the blood flow to the uterus also increases greatly. Before delivery, the entire abdomen is almost occupied by the uterus, which will inevitably cause varying degrees of displacement or compression on the heart, lungs, and urinary organs.

If the pregnant woman sleeps in a supine position at this time, the enlarged uterus will press on the aorta behind the uterus, and the blood supply to the uterus will be significantly reduced, which will directly affect the nutrition and development of the fetus.