寝違え

Wrong sleeping

寝違えは、朝起きたら首に違和があり 一定方向にしか首を動かせなかったり、動かすだけで痛みが走る症状が特徴です。寝違えとは、睡眠中の不自然な体の動きによって起こる、首や肩回りの急性の痛みのことで、急性疼痛性頸部拘縮と言います。睡眠時の無理な姿勢や、無理な首の動かし方をすることで、首の筋肉などに負担がかかることも原因になります。また熟睡しているときは、筋肉がゆるんでいるので、不自然な姿勢のまま固定されると、筋肉や腱が長時間伸びたままになりやすく、余分な力やストレスがかかります。その結果、血行不良や、神経を痛めて炎症を起こし、寝違えを発症すると考えられています。寝違えた時、まず冷やすの？温めるの？と迷いますよね。強い痛みなどを感じる時や、熱感や炎症が強い、または腫れているなどの症状や、熱を持っている場合は、 冷やすと血管が収縮するので炎症を和らげることができます。しかし、患部を冷やしすぎると、炎症が起きている部分の血行が悪くなり、元の状態に戻るまで時間が掛かってしまう可能性もあります。首の痛みや腫れがおさまってきたら、首周りを温めた方が、痛めた筋や腱への血行は促進されます。鍼灸治療としては、温めて、患部の血行促進を行い、筋肉の緊張を和らげて疼痛緩和させます。筋や腱の損傷なので、寝違えは首の筋肉の捻挫のようなものとも言われています。痛みのあるうちは、マッサージなどは痛みが激しくなる恐れがあるので控えた方がいいでしょう。

Wrong sleeping is characterized by symptoms of discomfort in the neck upon waking up in the morning, inability to move the neck only in a certain direction, and pain that occurs just by moving the neck. Sleeping sickness is an acute pain around the neck and shoulders caused by unnatural body movements during sleep, and is called acute painful cervical dystonia. It can also be caused by strain on the neck muscles and other parts of the body due to an unreasonable posture or forced movement of the neck during sleep. Also, during sound sleep, muscles are loose, so if they are fixed in an unnatural position, muscles and tendons tend to remain stretched for long periods of time, causing extra force and stress. The result is thought to be poor blood circulation, nerve damage and inflammation, and the development of a sleeping mistake. When you have a sleeping mistake, do you first cool it down or warm it up? Or warm it up? When you have a sleeping mistake, you may be wondering whether you should cool or warm up. If you feel strong pain, heat, inflammation, or swelling, or if you have a fever, cooling the area will cause the blood vessels to constrict, thereby relieving the inflammation. However, if the affected area is cooled too much, blood circulation to the inflamed area may be reduced and it may take longer for the area to return to its normal state. Once the pain and swelling in the neck have subsided, warming the neck area will promote blood circulation to the injured muscle or tendon. As for acupuncture treatment, warming the area will promote blood circulation to the affected area, relieve muscle tension, and alleviate pain. Since it is a muscle or tendon injury, sleeping sickness is also said to be like a sprained muscle in the neck. While in pain, it is best to refrain from massages and other treatments as they may intensify the pain.