Many people have experienced this experience. Before going to bed, when you wake up, your neck suddenly can't move. If you move a little larger, it will be painful, and you can't even turn your head. This is what we often call a pillow. Most people think that sleeping posture is caused by improper sleeping posture, but the reason is not so simple. It may be that the neck is sending a distress signal to you. What is a pillow? What are the performances? "Falling pillow" is also called "losing pillow", which is called "neck and shoulder myofasciitis" in medicine. It is generally caused by the excessive tension of the neck and shoulder muscles for a long time. Usually, young people have a high probability of getting sick. There are often the following typical symptoms: There is no abnormality before going to bed. After getting up, the neck will feel pain and discomfort, usually unilateral pain. When the body changes from lying flat to standing, the pain intensifies, and even leads to shoulder and back pain. The neck movement is obviously restricted and cannot rotate freely. In serious cases, it may be difficult to lower the head and raise the head. Due to muscle rigidity, the head may be biased to the side of pain, and the pain will be significantly aggravated when the head is turned to the other side. Most of the sleeps can be cured in four to five days, but in serious cases, it will be delayed for weeks or even months to recover. Most of the sleeps can be cured in four to five days, but in serious cases, it will be delayed for weeks or even months to recover. If you fall asleep, it depends on the inducement, but also on the internal cause There are usually three reasons for falling asleep: First, the sleeping position is incorrect. Sleeping on your stomach, with your head tilted to one side, or with your body excessively curled will cause spasms in the muscles on one side of your neck due to long-term stretching. Second, the pillow is not suitable. Pillows that are too high, too low, too soft or too hard will make the neck muscles in a state of over stretching or flexion, resulting in muscle spasm. Third, catch cold in the neck. This often happens in summer. Many young people like to turn on the air conditioner when they sleep at night. Long time exposure of the neck to low temperature will cause poor blood circulation, which will lead to muscle stiffness and pain. However, these factors are only the inducement of falling asleep, not the real reason. To understand the real reason for pillow falling, we should first start with the neck muscles. The daily actions of lowering the head, raising the head and turning the head are dominated by the neck muscles. However, in recent years, more and more people have been working at their desks for a long time, or looking down at their mobile phones for a long time, so that the muscle fibers of the neck muscles have been in a state of excessive use for a long time, and the elasticity has correspondingly become worse and worse. At this time, it is easy to fall asleep if you encounter the occasional inappropriate sleeping position, uncomfortable pillows, or cold and damp. People with long-term neck muscle strain may also have the symptoms of falling asleep repeatedly. This situation cannot be simply treated as falling asleep, but should be aware that this is a cervical spondylosis and should be treated as soon as possible. How to alleviate and prevent falling asleep When the symptoms of pillow fall are relatively mild, the following methods can be adopted to alleviate them. The first is cold compress. Occipitation generally belongs to acute injury, which is mostly manifested by local pain and stiffness. Cold compress is required within 48 hours. You can wrap small ice particles with a towel and apply them to the affected area for 15 ~ 20 minutes each time, twice a day, or once an hour for serious cases. The second is hot compress. After the pain is relieved, you can apply hot compress. Hot compress the painful parts with hot towels, hot water bags, warm stickers, etc., which can speed up blood circulation, relieve muscle stiffness, and further alleviate pain. Finally, massage. If the neck and shoulder still feel pain after the above methods, massage with tendon splitting method. The patient takes the sitting position, exposes the neck and shoulders, and the family members or medical staff stand behind the patient, apply a little safflower oil or tendon relaxing oil on the affected shoulder, hold the patient's head with one hand, and gently massage the thumb of the other hand on the patient's shoulder pain, and gently push it out of the shoulder. 3 ~ 6 times a day. Neck and shoulder pain can generally be relieved after tendon splitting massage. If the symptoms of falling asleep are serious, some patients with high-risk factors of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases also need to be alert to the precursory manifestations of acute cerebrovascular diseases, and must go to a regular hospital for treatment. It is not difficult to prevent the matter of falling asleep. Don't keep your head down for a long time. Often shrugging, turning your head, and stretching can effectively prevent you from falling asleep. Shrug: keep your body upright, relax, and keep your shoulders up for 3 seconds, then breathe deeply, and tilt your head back as slowly as possible. It can be done continuously for 10 ~ 15 times. Head movement: it is to use the head to slowly move up, down, left and right in turn. Stretch: keep standing posture, lift your hands above your head, and rotate your neck at the same time, once every 30 ~ 60 minutes. Studies have shown that stretching can not only accelerate blood circulation, alleviate muscle stiffness, but also relax the mood. Therefore, falling asleep is not only caused by incorrect sleeping posture, but also by your neck muscles sending a distress signal to you. If not handled correctly, it may bring new diseases. (outlook new era)