After a few massages on my shoulders and neck, I actually pressed my hands "paralyzed"!
Experts remind: patients with cervical spondylosis need to be cautious in massage
Guangzhou Daily (all-media reporter Zhou Jieying, correspondent Chen Xiaolin) 55-year-old Mr. He has had neck pain for several years, but the symptoms are usually not obvious and he doesn't care.
Recently, Mr. He felt very tired after get off work and his neck was uncomfortable. So his wife massaged his shoulders and neck with her elbow to relieve him.
Within two minutes, Mr. He suddenly felt numbness and tingling in his right hand.
At that time, he just stopped the massage. He didn't expect his right palm to droop naturally after two or three days, and his fingers could not be stretched out. This panicked.
In the First Spine Surgery Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Dr. Yan Bo, who was admitted, found that Mr. He's right upper limb was weak, numb, and limited fine movement of his fingers.
The imaging examination revealed multiple cervical spondylosis, herniated cervical intervertebral disc, and secondary spinal stenosis.
Deputy Chief Physician Yin Ganghui of the First Department of Spine Surgery explained that Mr. He’s condition is cervical spinal cord injury, severe aging, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine, resulting in hand drooping, and paralysis of the radial quadrupedal vermis.
Surgical treatment can create conditions for the recovery of incomplete spinal cord injury.
Subsequently, Mr. He Yin Ganghui's team developed a surgical plan to decompress from the back.
The next day after the operation, Mr. He's right hand was able to resume a little movement, and basically returned to normal after three days.
Spine problems cannot be used casually
"Massage" to solve
The doctor reminded that cervical spondylosis is very common in daily life. Many people like to massage when the cervical spine is uncomfortable, but not all cervical spondylosis can be relieved by massage.
In some cases, massage will not only aggravate the condition, but may even have more serious consequences.
For example, in patients with radiculopathy in the acute stage, the nerve roots are compressed due to cervical spondylosis, which manifests as numbness or radiating pain in shoulders, arms, hands and other parts. The pain can extend to the fingers and feel like an electric shock. Once compressed, The patient may present with neck and shoulder pain, hand numbness, muscle weakness, etc., so massage is not suitable.
Patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy cannot massage either.
Patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy may cause spinal cord injury after massage, and may also experience incontinence, severe or even paralysis.
Cervical myelopathy can cause spinal cord compression and ischemia, causing spinal cord conduction dysfunction, just like a "time bomb" in the body.
Yin Ganghui said that patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy usually have symptoms such as limb or trunk numbness, disobedience, sometimes unconsciously falling things in their hands, and urinary and urinary disorders. These symptoms are always "one after another" and after rest. Significantly relieved, some patients think that they should be fine, and delay the condition by not paying attention to it.
Have these symptoms
Need to be alert to cervical spondylosis
Clinically, the common symptoms of cervical spondylosis are mainly neck stiffness, pain, shoulder and back pain, soreness, numbness and pain in the upper limbs, severe limb weakness, limited hand movement, unstable walking, feeling of walking on cotton, and even urination disfunction.
Yin Ganghui suggested that if you have these symptoms, you need to be alert to the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, and if you have serious spinal problems, you must go to a regular hospital in time and not delay.
Find out the situation of the spinal canal in time, otherwise there may be a fall, collision or sudden braking in the car, which will cause serious consequences.
It is particularly worth reminding that patients with cervical spondylosis need to be cautious in massaging. In the case of spinal cord and nerve compression, external force can easily cause spinal cord and nerve damage, with disastrous consequences.
Every year, patients with cervical spondylosis are paralyzed due to massage.
In addition, Yin Ganghui also reminded that most of the dizziness and headaches are not caused by cervical spondylosis. If you are simply dizzy with tinnitus, you should go to the otolaryngology department.
If you are simply dizzy, the neurology department is the first choice.