Bad siesta habits are prone to cervical spondylosis

In summer, many people feel drowsy after eating at noon. According to Li Jinbo, chief physician of the rehabilitation department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of traditional Chinese medicine, this is because the spleen and stomach, which runs the Qi and blood of the whole body, helps digestion of food, and the oxygen supply and nutrition of the brain are significantly reduced. Li Jinbo reminded that at this time, don’t go to bed immediately, because falling asleep immediately will cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, and will also affect digestion of the gastrointestinal tract, which is not conducive to food absorption, so it’s best to go to bed half an hour after eating.

For those who have no conditions to sleep in bed at noon, Li Jinbo believes that it is best not to lie on the desk with their arms pillowed. Because burying the head will cause the curvature of the cervical spine to be opposite to the normal physiological curvature, and the muscles of the shoulder and neck will also be stiff due to maintaining an abnormal posture for a long time, it is easy to suffer from cervical spondylosis. Moreover, long-term pressure on the arms and face will affect the normal blood circulation, making the arms and face numb and even sore.

“Theoretically, the nap time should be controlled within 30 minutes.” Li Jinbo said, “because it is light sleep within 30 minutes of falling asleep, followed by deep sleep. When you wake up in the light sleep period, you can work and study energetically in the afternoon, but if you wake up in the deep sleep period, you will be confused, which will affect your work and study in the afternoon. If you sleep too long in the afternoon, it will also affect your sleep time at night, and even insomnia.”

Li Jinbo stressed that in reality, the appropriate time for siesta is still different from person to person. “If a person falls into bed and sleeps, a 30 minute nap is enough. But if a person needs to lie down and ‘brew’ for a while before he can sleep, it is better to extend it by another 30 minutes according to his general” brew “time.” Li Jinbo said.