People who work in the office for a long time or use computers for a long time are prone to pain and stiffness in their neck and shoulders. At this time, they will feel abnormal tenderness when they touch Dazhu acupoint.
This is because improper posture and excessive tension obstruct the Qi of the Du and bladder channels of the neck and shoulders, and it is easy to block Qi and blood at Dazhu point. At the same time, poor posture exerts pressure on the bone of the spine. Over a long period of time, bone hyperplasia, that is, “bone disease”, will occur, which will increase the stagnation of Qi and blood at point zhu1.
Therefore, by keeping the blood at Dazhu point unblocked, the circulation of blood in the cervical and shoulder meridians can be guaranteed, and the symptoms of cervical spondylosis can be improved.
When you start to feel pain in your neck and discomfort in your shoulders, you should often massage and rub Dazhu acupoints, and beat them up and down along Dazhu acupoints. Take time to do it 2-3 times a day for 10 minutes each time, which can promote the smooth flow of blood and avoid the formation of blood stasis at Dazhu acupoints. When you massage Dazhu point, you will feel obvious pain, but you will feel comfortable after massage.
Beat the area around Dazhu acupoint with plum blossom needles 3 to 5 times a day, each time for 5 minutes, and you will also get good results. When the pain persists, you can also pull out the cupping at the acupoints for 5-10 minutes after the plum blossom needle is slightly knocked. At this stage, if we avoid excessive tension, long-term sitting posture and long-term eye fatigue, such self-care can prevent cervical spondylosis from continuing to develop and tend to improve.
If cervical spondylosis has formed and obvious neck, shoulder and back pain occurs, at this time, it is not enough to only massage or stimulate Dazhu point with plum blossom needle. Self health care also needs to cooperate with Fengchi, shoulder well, Waiguan and other acupoints. Massage, plum blossom needle beating and cupping can be used.
At ordinary times, we should relax our body and mind, get enough sleep, avoid long-term fatigue, etc. cervical spondylosis will still recover to a certain extent, which can control the pain of the neck and back and ensure the quality of life.
However, if the neck, shoulder and back pain is aggravated, or even the arm is numb, painful, weak, or dizzy, then you should go to the hospital for treatment, and perform regular acupuncture and stone needle therapy according to the course of treatment.
It should be noted that if acute neck and shoulder pain is accompanied by swelling of neck and shoulder muscles, it is not allowed to strongly stimulate Dazhu point, so as not to aggravate the swelling of muscles and make the pain more serious. You can only gently stimulate the area around the acupoints with plum blossom needles to promote the improvement of microcirculation at the acupoints.
The method of Dazhu point is to find the seventh cervical vertebra (the highest bone tip at the lower part of the cervical vertebra). The next bone tip is the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra. From the bone seam under the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra, there is a muscle depression of about two transverse fingers.
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