Electrotherapy for cervical spondylosis? Exercise muscle function!

Update Date: 2025-07-29 Source: Network

summary

Cervical spondylosis does not belong to geriatric disease at present. People who work at desk for a long time are easy to get sick due to excessive strain of cervical vertebra. Electrotherapy refers to the treatment of diseases by using different types of electric current and electromagnetic field, which can be divided into controlled electrotherapy, meridian electrotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine electrotherapy, etc. for patients with cervical spondylosis, electrotherapy can get through the meridians and improve symptoms, which is a commonly used physical therapy method at present.

Electrotherapy for cervical spondylosis? Exercise muscle function!

First: promote blood circulation: electrotherapy can improve the blood supply of spinal cord, nerve root, vertebral artery and other tissues in the spinal canal, intervertebral foramen and transverse foramen, promote blood circulation, and improve the hypoxia state in the lesion area.

Second: exercise muscle function: electrotherapy can exercise muscle function, reduce edema and tension of nerve fibers between tissues, which is conducive to the recovery of spinal cord, nerve root, vertebral artery and other tissues stimulated and compressed.

Third: pain relief: electrotherapy has the effect of releasing adhesion, clearing the pathological pain medium as soon as possible, and has a significant effect on cervical pain, waist and leg pain.

matters needing attention

It should be noted that electrotherapy has an electrochemical effect on the human body, and electrotherapy for a long time (micro current electrotherapy for more than 1 hour) may cause electrotherapy collapse. Therefore, patients with cervical spondylosis should ensure adequate sleep before treatment, have a proper rest during treatment, and supplement some water after 30 minutes of electrotherapy. The total time of single electrotherapy should not exceed 2 hours, and supplement water after the end of electrotherapy Adequate nutrition.