Urgent tasks come and go, Xiao Wang had to cancel the planned vacation, sitting at the computer desk day and night to crazy output. Too busy to drink water, go to the toilet, the result of headaches, dizziness “find the door”, Xiao Wang tired ……
“The first thing you need to do is to go to the hospital and see if you have a headache. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
“You might have myofasciitis in the suboccipital muscle group, right? I’ll help you rub it and see if it will be more comfortable.” Xiao Zhang looked very experienced and answered Xiao Wang.
Seventy percent of headaches are not associated with head lesions, but are caused by tension in the muscle tissue around the head, including myofasciitis. So, what is myofasciitis all about? Can it heal itself?
Myofasciitis is easily misdiagnosed, 1 easy way to tell
“From seeing patients over the years, 85% of patients in the pain clinic end up with myofasciitis in my diagnosis, and nearly 95% of chronic pain patients have had myofasciitis.” Myofasciitis is one of the most common and misdiagnosed conditions in pain clinics, according to Yucong Zou.
Myofasciitis refers to a pain syndrome in which pain is the primary cause of a series of loss of muscle function. Zou Yucong compared muscles to rubber bands, when the contraction of the rubber band increases, there may be a local knot and difficult to untie, “muscle contraction caused myofasciitis is the reason.”
With the use of cell phones, computers and other electronic products for a longer time, the higher the frequency, we will become more and more accustomed to maintain a fixed position does not move. Over time, the muscles are stretched over a long period of time, which can cause muscle tension, which is medically known as the tensor reflex. “Long car or airplane rides, as well as staying up late playing mahjong, games or watching dramas, the next day when you wake up easily feeling tired and achy all over, the reason is most likely the myofasciitis caused by the draw reflex.”
So, how can you tell if you have myofasciitis? Zou Yucong gives a measure: after a short rest, the body is relaxed and the pain is relieved, the probability is myofasciitis. On the other hand, when the pain is reflexively transmitted, the possibility of myofasciitis should also be considered first. If it is difficult to determine based on your symptoms alone, you can leave it to your doctor for further determination through palpation.
3 easy stretching methods to effectively relax the muscles around the cervical spine
The “where pain hit where” fascia gun in recent years popular fitness circle, but it is really as advertised “so effective”. Zou Yucong believes that the fascial gun has a relaxing effect on the superficial layer of muscles, can quickly dissipate the painful points of myofascia, but the deformation of the muscles of the stripes is more powerful, the treatment effect is still to be proven.
At the same time, he also proposed a simpler, more practical and more effective method than the fascial gun – stretching.
When a stretch reflex occurs, stretching the muscle stimulates the muscle receptors (i.e., Golgi tendon organs) to produce a diastolic response, which relaxes the muscle. When you encounter neck discomfort, you only need a bed to fully stretch the muscles in the front of the cervical spine to solve the trouble: lie on the bed, naturally stretch your head outside the edge of the bed, so that it drops naturally, and hold on for a minute.
At this point, a little resistance confrontation on the basis of full stretching, but also to further accelerate the relaxation of the muscles. For example, you can try the following 3 stretches to relax the muscles around the cervical spine in the course of daily work and study.
First, when the left side of the neck muscle tension, you can head as far as possible to the right shoulder, pull to the limit, stretch out the right hand on top of the head, the two confront each other movement, adhere to 10 seconds. Tension in the right side of the neck muscles is the same.
Second, when the back of the neck muscle discomfort, you can do the head down and hands on the head, try to stretch the back of the muscle down to the limit, then try to head back to the top of the hands, adhere to 10 seconds.
Third, when the muscles in the front of the neck are tense, you can place your hands on the table, palms do open flower shape, chin easily placed on top of the palms. Eyes gradually look upward, after looking up to the limit, hands try their best to top the chin upward, adhere to 10 seconds.
Massage, physical therapy are effective, in serious cases should be treated by a doctor
Zou Yucong said, after work, after school to adhere to the exercise, to allow long-term tension in the muscles to relax. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have been in the business for a long time, and they’ve been in the business for a long time.
Acupuncture, massage, and physical therapy are also beneficial in relieving myofasciitis. For the phenomenon of increased pain after massage, Zou Yucong said if the pain is unbearable, you can choose to take anti-inflammatory painkillers to remove the symptoms.
In addition, when the body lacks certain vitamins (such as vitamin A), it may also increase the chance of myofasciitis attacks, for people with a high incidence of myofasciitis, Zou Yucong think you can properly supplement vitamins, while paying attention to less late at night. He concludes by reminding, “Myofasciitis is present in our lives all the time, and if you find that the pain has become a nuisance in your daily life, you should actively seek the help of a doctor.”
