Physiological curvature of cervical spine straightens

Introduction The cervical curvature of the cervical vertebrae is caused by improper posture. The cervical curvature is straightened and the cervical curvature is disappeared. From the side, the neck of the human body when sitting or standing seems to be straight. In fact, the cervical vertebrae wrapped around it is not straight, but has a curvature that protrudes forward in the middle. This forward curved protrusion is medically referred to as the physiological curvature of the cervical vertebra. Cervical vertebrae imaging on X-ray films: along this curvature, there is a continuous, smooth curved curve formed at the posterior edge of each cervical vertebra, medically known as cervical curvature. When the posture is not correct for a long time, or the long-term tiredness, lack of activity of the cervical spine, spinal injury, calcification of the spine, etc., the cervical curvature will be straightened.

Cause

1, acute neck muscle sprain: due to muscle pain, paralysis, muscles pulling the bones, resulting in neck neck curvature straightening.

2, neck and shoulder muscle fiber tissue inflammation: due to long sitting posture, cold and other reasons can cause neck and shoulder muscle fiber tissue inflammation, so that muscles due to pain and paralysis. Pain caused by inflammation of the joint capsule, ligament and facet joints can also reverse the cervical curvature.

3, root type cervical spondylosis: in the acute phase, due to acute inflammation of the affected small joints, joint periosteum and joint capsule swelling, neighboring nerve roots are stimulated, patients have neck and shoulder tension, activity is significantly limited, Causes the cervical curvature to straighten.

4, cervical vertebrae lesions: such as cervical spine tumors, tuberculosis, suppurative infections, etc. can cause neck pain, muscle spasm, cervical vertebrae movement limitation and physiological curvature straightening.

5, ankylosing spondylitis, can cause cervical stiffness and rigidity in the late stage.

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1, X-ray inspection.

2, CT examination.

Differential diagnosis

It has pain in the head, shoulders, neck and arms and corresponding tender points. There are no obvious degenerative changes such as intervertebral space stenosis on the X-ray film, but there may be changes in the cervical physiological curve, intervertebral instability and mild bone hyperplasia. Wait for changes. This type is extremely common in the clinic and is the earliest cervical spondylosis. Because the symptoms are mild, often the attention is not enough, so that repeated episodes make the condition worse, and many patients who repeatedly have a stiff neck fall into this kind of change. It has been confirmed by a large number of clinical observations that this type is actually the initial stage of cervical spondylosis and the most favorable time for treatment.

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