Recently, a man in Chongqing hanged himself for body-building, which caused a heated debate among netizens. The man decided to try a "neck hanging" exercise method after seeing other elderly people in the park. He searched for relevant videos on the Internet, watched other people's movements, and then carried out the so-called "neck hanging" exercise. Witnesses said that he died of severe cervical injury due to overexertion.
What sport is hanging the neck? Attending physician of the Fifth District of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhao Wentao Introduction: If the "neck sling" is operated normally in the hospital, it is called cervical traction. The prerequisite for cervical traction is to make a diagnosis first cervical spondylopathy Secondly, contraindications should be excluded (such as bone destruction, tuberculosis, tumor, instability, etc. of cervical vertebra). People with contraindications are not suitable for cervical traction, or they may aggravate the disease.
"Even if cervical vertebra traction can be carried out, new symptoms and discomfort may occur during the traction process. Doctors need to carefully observe the patients during the operation, and timely adjust if problems are found. Therefore, cervical vertebra traction also needs to be carefully carried out in hospitals." Zhao Wentao pointed out that traction strength should be considered when doing cervical vertebra traction, Under normal circumstances, the traction force is 6-8 kg (depending on the patient's condition, weight muscle Condition adjustment). "When many elderly people are pulling in the park, most of them pull their bodies as a whole, which is very dangerous. The man in the case is in danger of life, and it is speculated that it may cause cervical dislocation or high cervical spine injury and bleeding."
The proper exercise to relieve cervical spondylosis should follow the principle of slow, comfortable and low intensity.
Slow means that the alleviation of cervical spondylosis is a slow process, and people should avoid lowering their heads and putting up high pillows for a long time in life; Comfortable and low intensity means that exercise should be relaxed and high intensity should be avoided. Zhao Wentao suggested that people can do back facing exercises on a daily basis, such as holding the table by hand and leaning back, which can exercise the muscles at the back of the neck and promote blood circulation. This kind of exercise process is relatively slow, and you can master the strength yourself.
Guo Hengbing, Deputy Chief Physician of the Second Department of Orthopaedics of Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, pointed out that for daily cervical vertebra health care, you can try lying down and standing against the wall.
Supine method: On a relatively hard surface, such as a yoga mat, roll a small towel on the back of the neck, without pillows behind the head, and lie flat and relax; Use the back of the neck to press the small towel roll for 7-8 seconds, relax for 7-8 seconds, press again and repeat several times. During this process, keep your shoulders relaxed and breathe deeply, which can increase the strength of cervical muscles and stabilize the cervical spine.
Wall station: Find a flat wall, stick the heels, buttocks, back, especially the two shoulder blades and the back of the head on the wall, relax the shoulders, the shoulders naturally droop, while lifting the chest and chin, slowly take a deep breath, while taking a deep breath, the shoulders fall down. This can also exercise the deep muscles of the cervical spine and relax the shoulders joint To alleviate the fatigue caused by long-term desk work.
In addition to "hanging your neck", what other dangerous ways of exercise are there in life?
Exercise on a whim
Some young people do not like exercise at ordinary times, but suddenly go to the gym on a whim to exercise violently, which may lead to muscle lysis and muscle damage. It is suggested that people exercise step by step. Exercise is a process of time and intensity, not a one-time high intensity.
"Hit the tree" with your back
Some elderly people like to "hit trees" with their backs in the park. They will feel comfortable after "hitting trees". They think that this can open up blood vessels and meridians. But most elderly people have osteoporosis, and a slight force may cause fracture 。
Raise your legs high to build muscle strength
If you haven't maintained good flexibility before, this kind of exercise is not recommended, otherwise it is easy to cause imbalance in the exercise process. If osteoporosis combined with shear force is very easy to cause fracture, the elderly should pay more attention to balance and protect during exercise.
Rage in a short time
The elderly with poor knee joints are not recommended to "walk violently" in a short period of time. "Walk violently" will cause some damage to the knee joint, which is easy to wear the meniscus and articular cartilage inside the knee joint; It may also cause local soft tissue and ligament damage.
