How to Keep Your Neck and Spine Healthy

Often, spinal diseases such as back and neck discs are known to be degenerative diseases caused by aging. Therefore, the young people in their 20s and 30s, even if the pain in the spine is often handed down a small amount.

However, due to poor living habits such as sitting for a long time and watching a monitor or smart phone, or reading in a wrong posture, the incidence of neck discs in young people is increasing, requiring special attention to spine health.

When the neck disk occurs, pain in the nape of the neck and upper shoulder occurs, and the momentum of the shoulders and arms is significantly reduced. In addition, if symptoms are severe, the spinal cord may be damaged, resulting in weak leg strength or paralysis.

Because of the extremely rare cases in which disc surgery is indispensable, disc herniation can be relieved through conservative treatment of relatively simple methods such as medication and physical therapy at the early stage of symptoms. Is effective.

High-frequency therapy is a procedure that strengthens the disk while eliminating the nerve that causes pain by generating plasma and heat energy around the disk and condensing the expanded disk to relieve nerve compression.

Gangnam Choos Hospital Hospital director Kim Sang Wook said, "Recently, there have been a growing number of patients seeking hospitals because of their neck disk symptoms among young workers. It is better to have high frequency treatment that can return quickly to daily life unless it is necessary to have surgery.

"It is also important to take preventive measures, and if you are sitting for a long time, you should try to keep your spine healthy by improving your lifestyle by lifting your neck every 50 minutes and stretching your neck."