Can I practice yoga if I have a bad cervical spine?

I believe that for many white-collar workers who work in offices, maintaining a posture of burying their heads in computers for a long time will more or less cause some cervical spine diseases. However, because they maintain a sitting posture for a long time, they are very likely to gain weight, so they all hope to lose weight through yoga exercises. So can you practice yoga if you have cervical problems? In response to this question raised by everyone, please join me in learning about it.

When the human body looks straight ahead, the normal curvature of the cervical spine is the physiological forward curvature of 25°, and the muscles and bones are balanced. Once the cervical curvature changes, a series of cervical diseases will follow. When the cervical curvature becomes straightened, the cervical nerves will be compressed, the blood vessels will be twisted, and the local blood supply to the body will be insufficient. Mild symptoms include soreness and discomfort in the neck and shoulders, while severe symptoms include numbness of the hands.

Excessive stretching exercises for patients with cervical spondylosis are equivalent to pulling a rubber band that is about to break. Not only will it fail to cure the disease, but it will aggravate the condition. During yoga exercises, the shoulders, neck and other parts of the human body are fixed in a non-physiologically comfortable position for a long time, and the cervical spine will be unevenly stressed. During the stretching process, the muscles on one side of the body are in a tense state and are under too much pressure. At this time, the muscles will show local fatigue, leading to symptoms such as soreness, edema, and cervical disc herniation.

According to medical theory, the force on the neck is minimal when the human body is upright and the eyes are looking straight ahead. In the opinion of orthopedic doctors, small-scale exercises can be tried, but excessive stretching needs to be done with caution. Not all cervical spondylosis patients are suitable for yoga exercises. Incorrect posture or excessive stretching can easily aggravate cervical spondylosis. If white-collar workers want to prevent cervical spondylosis, they need to pay attention to the following two points.

1. When playing computer games, the best sitting posture is: legs straight, body and hip joints are vertical.

2. Posture for work breaks: straighten your body, do not move your head, cross your hands, hug your head from behind and lift it up, hold for 6-7 seconds, you can repeat the training, practice 3-4 times a day, and do 5 sets each time.

I believe that through our understanding of the above, most of our friends have their own unique insights and more standard answers on whether they can practice yoga if they have cervical problems. Of course, I would also like to remind everyone that some yoga postures are relatively complex and not so easy to perform well, so I hope that friends can do it to the level that is most comfortable for them.