Lumbar disc herniation is a degenerative disease caused by long-term irrational posture. The symptoms are pain caused by edema of the herniated disc, adhesions, and compression of nerve roots. For drug treatment, it is recommended to use external plasters, lumbar vertebra * bone prescription * patches, and it is best to sleep on a hard bed, which can help reduce the pressure on the lumbar intervertebral discs. The waist should be kept warm at ordinary times. You can wear a waist protector, which not only keeps warm but also protects the lumbar spine. Do not do activities or labor that bear heavy weight on the waist to avoid recurrence.
Treatment methods for lumbar disc herniation
1. Bed rest: After 3 weeks of bed rest, you can wear waist protection to get up and move around. No bending or holding objects within 3 months. This method is simple and effective, but difficult to adhere to. After remission, low back muscle exercises should be strengthened to reduce the chance of recurrence.
2. Drug treatment: lumbar vertebra *bone Fangshi* patch, analgesic, anti-inflammation, swelling, muscle spasm relaxation, etc. The drug can reduce and soothe the patient's pain and improve the condition.
3. Pelvic traction: It can increase the width of the intervertebral space, reduce the intravertebral disc pressure, retract the herniated disc, and reduce the stimulation and compression of the nerve roots. It needs to be performed under the guidance of a professional doctor.
4. Massage: This method can relieve the patient's spasm, thereby reducing the pressure in the intervertebral disc. However, it should be noted that violent massage or massage will aggravate the condition.
5. Blocking therapy: This method can be used in the acute stage, but with blocking injection, the drug is directly injected into the spinal canal or around the nerve root, and local anesthesia is used to achieve analgesic effect.
6. Physical therapy: Physical therapy including acupuncture, massage, traction, massage, and cupping can relatively play a supporting role in sciatica pain. But in the long term, physical therapy can only have an anti-inflammatory effect.
7. Surgical therapy: Long-term treatment of severe symptoms and lesions is ineffective, and the pain continues and affects life. Surgery is a last resort because of its risks. However, surgery must be performed when the cause cannot be relieved by treatment. The principle of surgical treatment of the sciatic nerve is to remove the compressed nerve, expand the gap to decompress, fix the dislocation with bone grafting and fusion, or implant a metal stent to fix and support the affected area of ??the spine.
Precautions for lumbar disc herniation
1. When sleeping, either bend your hip joint and lie on your side laterally, or put a mat under your legs and lie on your back with your legs bent. The pillow should be slightly firmer and lower. If there is a gap under the neck, it can be filled with a rolled up towel.
2. Sitting up suddenly after waking up in the morning often hurts the waist. After waking up, you should first get on the bed and bend your legs to do left and right gymnastics, and then use your arms to support your upper body to get up.
3. Maintain a correct posture and sit on a chair. Patients with lumbar disc herniation may sometimes massage acupoints on the waist, legs and soles of the feet, or do gymnastics to relieve the tension in the waist muscles.
4. Use force on your abdomen when walking. When waiting for the bus, do not keep your legs together. You will feel much more relaxed if you put one foot on a low platform or stone.
5. Place pillows under your knees when lying on your back to avoid prone prone positioning. If you lie on your side, you should bend your knees and place a pillow between your knees.