What to do with lumbar pain? Common treatments for lumbar pain

There are still many diseases that can cause lumbar pain in life, the most common ones include bone spurs, disc herniation, lumbar hypertrophy, etc. Especially for some middle-aged men, lumbar pain is very common because they have not paid attention to waist care for a long time. For such symptoms, the advice of relevant experts is to treat them as soon as possible.

General treatment

General physical therapy includes massage, acupuncture, electrotherapy, cupping, laser, ultrasound, paraffin therapy, etc. This type of therapy mainly focuses on anti-inflammation and pain relief, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and has a good therapeutic effect. Lumbar pain is a typical symptom of lumbar spondylosis. Because most patients with lumbar spondylosis are accompanied by chronic lumbar muscle strain and piriform muscle tension, the nerves compressed by lumbar spondylosis cause muscle spasm in the areas where the nerves pass, causing waist and leg pain. Generally, hospitals will use physical therapy, massage, acupuncture and other treatments to relieve muscle tension and spasm. Therefore, patients who have undergone physical therapy know that they will feel better during physical therapy, and they will feel the same as before without physical therapy. Therefore, physical therapy, massage, acupuncture and other treatment methods are only used in conjunction with the treatment of lumbar spondylosis.

Early stage lumbar spondylosis has mild symptoms and does not require special treatment

First, pay attention to bed rest to avoid external pressure on the lumbar spine. Second, use other methods to actively exercise the waist muscles, increase the strength of the anterior ligament, posterior ligament and lateral ligament of the lumbar spine, and avoid the intervertebral disc being compressed and breaking through the normal ligament and muscle protection of the human body. Strengthening waist muscle training can prevent and delay the occurrence and development of lumbar spondylosis and treat early lumbar spondylosis. Focus on the low back pain, soreness, fatigue and weakness of the lumbar muscles caused by lumbar diseases compressing nerves and blood vessels, resulting in ischemia and hypoxia of local lumbar muscles. Some commonly used medical devices in China can be used - low back pain treatment belts have the effects of dredging blood circulation, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, traction and fixation. They have a good therapeutic effect on the symptoms caused by the disease and the effect of controlling the disease. According to surveys, among people with developed and strong lumbar ligaments, the probability of continued recurrence and development of lumbar spondylosis has decreased by 80%. Therefore, the exercise of the ligaments and muscles around the waist is strong, which is of great significance for the treatment and recovery of intervertebral disc herniation.

Surgical treatment

Minimally invasive disc surgery: In order to avoid the major damage of conventional open surgery and reduce the risks and complications of surgery, microsurgery and arthroendoscopy are used to assist lumbar disc surgery. Although the damage to normal bones and joints during surgery is reduced, minimally invasive surgery is still surgery and has its own risks and complications. Another major problem is that after the surgical field of view becomes smaller, it is difficult to completely remove the diseased lumbar disc nucleus pulposus, which increases the risk of unsuccessful surgery. Surgical treatment is mainly used for those whose life, work and rest are seriously affected and those who have failed non-surgical treatments. Surgery changes the original tissue structure of the human body and is a traumatic treatment. Patients are in pain. Surgery destroys human tissues, causing changes in human tissue structure, and is likely to increase the pathological changes of other tissues. For example, some patients are prone to degeneration of other lumbar discs or bulging or protrusions of varying degrees after a period of time after surgery. They are also prone to nerve adhesion or numbness of the legs and feet, loss of sensation, and are particularly prone to bone hyperplasia or vertebral instability. Therefore, surgical treatment can only be used when necessary. Lumbar disc herniation is, to a certain extent, a self-limiting or self-healing disease, and conservative treatment should be used as much as possible.