I am 47 with a cervical problem. In monsoons I wake up each morning with a stiff neck and heaviness in the crown of the head. Please advise.

Question

Firstly make sure that you are not sleeping on a very thick pillow secondly your mattress in which you are sleeping should not be very soft it should be hard thirdly if you are sleeping in air condition make sure that it's not very cool and do not take direcr air on your body make sure that you are walking at 60 to 90 minutes in a day with the correct walking posture do pranayama regularly specially kapalbhati and alom vilom. There are certain exercises in cervical for which you can take help of a physiotherapist or you can consult me on video, it's a very less known fact but diet plays an important role in your cervical and overall health. Consult me privately for your customised health plan.

Vishal Dev · Accepted Answer

Firstly make sure that you are not sleeping on a very thick pillow secondly your mattress in which you are sleeping should not be very soft it should be hard thirdly if you are sleeping in air condition make sure that it's not very cool and do not take direcr air on your body make sure that you are walking at 60 to 90 minutes in a day with the correct walking posture do pranayama regularly specially kapalbhati and alom vilom. There are certain exercises in cervical for which you can take help of a physiotherapist or you can consult me on video, it's a very less known fact but diet plays an important role in your cervical and overall health. Consult me privately for your customised health plan.