What Are the Symptoms of Neck and Shoulder Syndrome? How to Treat It?

Neck and shoulder syndrome is a common orthopedic disease, and the main cause of the disease is poor sitting posture. If the same posture is maintained for a long time, the muscles around the neck and shoulders will become tense, and it is easy to feel sore, especially for people engaged in computer work. Conservative treatment can be carried out for patients with neck and shoulder syndrome. Next, let's take a look at what are the symptoms of neck and shoulder syndrome and how to treat it?

Neck and shoulder syndrome is a general term for a group of symptoms, usually caused by nerve root type cervical spondylosis. The main symptoms are pain in the neck and shoulders. Some patients may also have limited movement of the shoulders, pain in the occipital region, and a feeling of soreness, numbness, heaviness, or tingling in the upper limbs. The treatment of neck and shoulder syndrome mainly adopts conservative treatment, mainly with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and traditional Chinese medicine physical therapy methods. For example, some drugs such as meloxicam, celecoxib, and ibuprofen can be taken to relieve pain symptoms, and mecobalamin can be taken orally for nutritional nerve treatment. It is not recommended to perform violent manipulation or massage on the neck and shoulders, but gentle massage is fine. In addition, local hot compress, infrared radiation, moxibustion and other methods can also be used to relieve the symptoms. If conservative treatment is ineffective for severe patients, surgical treatment can be considered.

The treatment of neck and shoulder syndrome generally adopts a comprehensive therapy, which includes traditional Chinese medicine to dispel wind and cold, unblock meridians, and promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis. Cupping can also be used. The acupuncture points selected for cupping treatment include Jianjing, Jianyu, Tianzong, etc. Scraping can also be used to treat scapulohumeral periarthritis. Acupuncture treatment for scapulohumeral periarthritis commonly uses acupuncture points such as Jianjing, Jianyu, Dazhui, and Quchi, once a day, with two weeks as a course of treatment. In addition, physical therapy can be adopted, such as using ultrashort wave and other high-frequency electromagnetic therapy methods, once a day, with ten times as a course of treatment. Functional exercise is also very important for patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis.

The most common cause of neck and shoulder syndrome is poor sitting posture. Keeping the same posture for too long causes tension in the muscles around the neck and shoulders, leading to soreness over time. The pain in the wrist joint is caused by prolonged use of computers, resulting from the compression of nerves in the hand. Unlike heavy physical labor, computer operation is a static task accompanied by small and frequent movements of the head, eyes, and hands. It often involves long durations and large workloads, which repeatedly strains the muscles and bones of the operator, leading to corresponding diseases.