With the growing popularity of smart phones, iPads and tablet computers, the health problem of cervical vertebra is no longer the patent of adults. From August to October last year, the author received 32 children with neck discomfort and limited mobility, the minimum age being 5 years old and the maximum being 9 years old. X-ray showed that the physiological radians of cervical vertebrae in 32 patients were straightened or even reversed to varying degrees. Parents describe that they all have a long history of capitulation, and indulging in modern digital devices is a common problem of most children.

According to their clinical symptoms and X-ray findings, these children can be diagnosed as cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis, also known as local cervical spondylosis, has pain and corresponding tenderness points in the head, shoulder, neck and arm. There are no obvious degenerative changes such as intervertebral space narrowing on the X-ray film, but there can be changes in the physiological curve of the cervical spine, instability between vertebrae, and mild hyperosteogeny. This type of cervical spondylosis is very common in clinical practice. It is the earliest cervical spondylosis. If we do not pay attention to it, it may develop into other types of cervical spondylosis, with dizziness, nausea, upper limb numbness, weakness, gait instability and other symptoms.

Parents and children must take the following measures in order to save the cervical vertebrae of "crying tired" and "crying pain":

Keeping away from digital products such as mobile phones and iPads has become a powerful tool for parents to coax their children and an important weapon for parents to get rid of their children. However, after children enjoy the visual and auditory stimulation brought by these high-tech products, they often fall into dependence and cannot extricate themselves psychologically due to the lack of self-control, which also brings a heavy burden to their cervical spine. Just imagine our childhood, we still vaguely remember our parents telling the popular stories of three monks, Cinderella and so on. The children played happily in groups in the alley, and went to the park to enjoy the fragrance of flowers and grass. Parents, please let your children enjoy your childlike fun and happiness.

The combination of work and rest for further education has become one of the hot topics in today's society. The school district housing is like a perfect match. All kinds of early education, training and other educational institutions are crowded. Parents are flocking to famous schools at all levels. Our children have lost their childlike innocence and even their health. When children are required to immerse themselves in hard work, please also tell them to stand up every 30 minutes to exercise and let the tired spine rest. The specific method is to cross your head with both hands, slowly lean back and fight each other for 5-8 times.

Proper massage has the function of relaxing tendons, unblocking collaterals, promoting qi and activating blood circulation, which can effectively relieve the muscle tension of neck and back muscles. The discomfort of the neck and back and even the limited activity of the cervical spine are often related to the high muscular tension of the neck and back muscles. Parents can touch their children's neck every day to help them relax. In addition, local hot compress and hot water washing have a good effect of relieving neck and back muscle tension.

Appropriate physical exercise Some sports not only exercise children's physical fitness, but also exercise neck muscles. For example, patients with cervical and lumbar spondylosis are suitable for swimming, especially breaststroke, and so are children. Swimming is a whole body exercise. When a person swims, the muscles of his upper limbs, neck, shoulder, back, abdomen and lower limbs should participate in the exercise, which can promote the blood circulation of the muscles of the whole body, and the buoyancy in the water can alleviate the tension of the muscles of the whole body. When breaststroke, the action of raising your head and inhaling can not only effectively exercise the strength of the neck muscles, but also move the cervical joints and promote the repair of strained muscles and ligaments. Parents, please take your baby's hand and jump into the swimming pool tonight to enjoy the fun of traveling with your child in Bibo.

To keep cervical vertebra problems away from our babies, parents need to have full knowledge of the disease, and do a good job in supervising and guiding children.

Wang Cheng (Massage Department of Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)