After hearing what I said, the patient quickly asked me how to treat it and whether he needed surgery. Are therapeutic ointments and therapeutic devices useful? Can it be treated with Qigong? Listening to her rapid-fire questions, I asked her to calm down first, and then told her that lumbar disc herniation is not as scary as she thought, and not every patient needs surgery.
Symptoms: lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, long-term low back pain, leg pain, and leg numbness
Traditional Chinese medicine family recipes:
Book-based standing method: take a copy of 2 ~Put a 3 cm thick book on the floor, then stand on it with the soles of your two front feet and keep your heels on the floor for a period of time.
In recent years, more and more young people have been seeking medical treatment for lumbar spine problems, especially white-collar workers who sit in offices for a long time. Sitting for long periods of time can easily cause lumbar muscle strain. Coupled with irregular diet, if you are a young woman who likes to wear high heels and carry large bags, the burden on your lumbar spine will be even heavier.
Dr. Chai’s consultation examples
Is lumbar disc herniation exclusive to the elderly?
Last week, I saw a patient with lumbar disc herniation. The patient was in his 20s and came to see a doctor because of long-term low back pain, leg pain, and leg numbness.
At first, I thought she had a general lumbar muscle strain, but after examination, I found that she had lumbar scoliosis and a positive straight leg raise test, so I suggested that she take an X-ray, and the results confirmed Suffering from "lumbar disc herniation". The herniated lumbar disc compresses the relevant nerves in the spinal canal, causing symptoms such as low back pain and leg pain.
At that time, she could not believe it. She thought that lumbar disc herniation should be an elderly disease. How could it happen to young people?
How can an intervertebral disc "herniate"?
I told her that although lumbar disc herniation is common in the elderly, young people can also develop lumbar disc problems if they do not pay attention to lumbar spine health care for a long time, lack exercise, and have incorrect walking and sitting postures.
The spine is composed of vertebrae one by one. There is a drum-shaped "intervertebral disc" between every two vertebrae, with the nucleus pulposus in between and a multi-layered annulus fibrosus surrounding it. How can a good intervertebral disc "herniate"? This is due to poor blood circulation in the spine and increased pressure within the vertebral body, leading to degenerative lesions in the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus.