Nowadays, many office workers will suffer from the disease of lumbar disc herniation. Young people are more and more likely to suffer from this disease. So what is the reason for this disease?
Lumbar disc herniation occurs in people between 25 and 50 years old, and the development of the disease has a process. Before the age of 25, the spine has very high water content, and after the age of 25, it slowly begins to become dehydrated. Due to prolonged sitting, incorrect sitting posture, and heavy lifting, the lumbar disc will slowly protrude from the spinal canal.
Some young patients are accustomed to sitting for a long time, and the sitting posture is leaning forward. The ligaments on the spine are responsible for keeping the spine stable. Usually, we can strengthen the strength of the lower back muscles through exercises to achieve the role of supporting the ligaments. People who sit for a long time usually rarely exercise. Occasionally, if they use too much force, they can easily cause a herniated disc. How does
know if your waist protrusion is serious?
Generally, the symptoms of lumbar protrusion are low back pain, leg pain, leg numbness and so on.
During the onset of lumbar protrusion, the symptoms tend to be concentrated in one location at the beginning, such as the waist.
Then as the symptoms worsen, it will slowly radiate to the area where the nerve is compressed, and the dark areas from left to right will develop from the proximal waist to the distal legs.
In the recovery stage of lumbar protrusion, as the symptoms gradually decrease, the symptoms tend to concentrate from the distal end to the proximal end, and the dark area from the right to the left will concentrate from the distal leg to the proximal waist.
Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, the two core problems of treatment
For the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, conservative treatment should be the first choice. I believe that neither orthopedic doctors nor our ordinary people will deny this sentence.
But, do you understand conservative treatment? Conservative treatment is a system. It is not a simple application of a plaster, acupuncture therapy, and cupping. Especially, don't use these conservative treatment methods alone. The conservative treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine each have their own advantages, and each has its own efficacy, which is a complementary relationship.
1, when is the treatment of lumbar disc herniated?
Lumbar disc herniation, in principle, should be treated as soon as it develops. This type of disease is mainly local edema and protruding parts compressing nerves and other tissues. The symptoms are generally acute and severe. Therefore, prompt treatment is required. Generally speaking, for neurological damage, the earlier the treatment, the better the effect.
2, lumbar disc herniation, what kind of treatment is better? Which method
adopts is mainly determined according to the severity, location, symptoms, and duration of the lumbar disc herniation. In the acute phase, western medicine can be the mainstay. The specific western medicine methods include surgery, local decompression, ablation, analgesia, traction, etc., each with its own indications; in the chronic phase, traditional Chinese medicine can be the mainstay. Traditional Chinese medicine methods include external application of black plaster, acupuncture, massage, iontophoresis, and point injection.
3. Can lumbar disc herniation heal itself?
In fact, without treatment, some patients with lumbar disc herniation have low back pain symptoms that can heal on their own. But does this mean that the lumbar disc herniation disappeared? The answer to
is not so simple. The degree of protrusion of each patient varies from person to person. Some people have milder herniation, and the symptoms may gradually disappear, but the lumbar disc herniation still exists.
Lumbar disc herniation medical rehabilitation exercise
1. Simple tree pose
Function: activates the muscles and bones, promotes the excretion of toxins from the body, improves all internal organs, and prevents the function of uterine prolapse;
asana:
mountain pose standing on a yoga mat, feet open , Shoulder-width apart;
inhale, arms spread out horizontally;
exhale, bend right knee, right foot flat against the inside of the calf, look straight ahead at the fixed point, keep balance;
keep breathing, perform 5 exercises
exhale, retract both hands to the side of the body, and drop the right foot back to the ground;
2. Sphinx
Efficacy: stretch the back muscles, eliminate back pain, treat spine diseases, and improve the slight displacement of the spine; detailed explanation of
poses :
lying prone, chin point on the ground, legs straight and close together, hands naturally on both sides of the body, palms close to the ground;
bend elbows, both forearms straight forward parallel, palms down on both sides of the head On the ground;
inhale, Slowly lift the head and chest off the ground, the two forearms are squared on the ground to support the body, and the eyes look diagonally upward;
exhales, the body slowly returns to the original position;
3. Locust style
effect: fully stretch the spine, Increase the flexibility of the spine; detailed explanation of
posture:
prone, chin point on the ground, arms on both sides of the body, palms close to the ground;
hands on the back, about 20 cm height from the hip;
inhale, contract the abdominal muscles, drive the upper body and Lift your head on the ground, extend your hips as far back as possible, and hold for a few seconds;
exhale, relax, slowly return to the ground, arms open, palms close to the ground, and return to the original position;
locust style
4. Cobra style
Efficacy: relax the shoulders and back, increase the flexibility of the spine, and strengthen the waist; detailed explanation of
asana:
prone on a yoga mat, legs close together, insteps stretched straight on the ground, hands naturally placed on both sides of the body
retract your hands , Placed on both sides of the chest, palms down, open palms to the ground, and place the lower jaw on the cushion;
slowly lifts the upper body with the breath, straighten the arms, and raise the upper body to the degree close to the vertical ground. The head is raised up with the upper body, the neck is elongated, the eyes are looking up, the shoulders are sinking, don't shrug, the tail bones are retracted and sinking, so as not to cause pressure on the waist, keep a few sets of breathing in this position
exhale and slowly bend your arms, first drop your waist, and then slowly land on your chest and neck, turning into the previous prone posture;
repeat 3-5 sets of cobra-style exercises, maintaining breathing rhythm, body Relax;
the physiological curvature of the lumbar spine, can it come back after straightening?
First of all, the answer is yes. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "pain is increased due to cramps, and cramps are increased due to pain." The balance of the human spine is a balance under a dynamic state of resistance, not a static balance. The waist section has the antagonism between flexors and extensors, and the waist section also fights against the lower chest section to maintain the body's dynamic and static balance.
Therefore, lumbar disc herniation can also cause high tension or spasm of the trunk muscles in the damaged part, which makes the curvature of the lumbar spine shallow and disappear, and in severe cases, reverse arches will appear.
What should I do after the curvature of the lumbar spine becomes straight?
We have to be clear: the spine is a weight-bearing joint in the human body, and the lumbar spine bears most of the activities of the human body while bearing the weight.
The spine has a certain range of gravity conduction lines when bearing weight. Under normal circumstances, this conduction line is mainly distributed on the center point of the anterior third of the vertebral body, and conducts the body gravity above its own segment downward. The pedicles and facet joints can also transmit some less gravity.
Therefore, by correcting these factors, the curvature of the lumbar spine can be achieved. In the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation, if you do not pay attention to the straightening of the lumbar spine, the symptoms will still repeat and it is difficult to cure.
To restore the curvature of the lumbar spine and re-establish the overall mechanical balance of the lumbar spine, in addition to the use of symptomatic physical rehabilitation methods, it is necessary to strengthen the exercise of the lower back muscles and the daily supplement of necessary nutrition.
