traction therapy is a treatment method based on passive movement. It has been widely used in the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation and other low back and leg pain in modern medicine. Traction therapy can be divided into manual traction, autologous traction and explant traction. It is clinically proven that this method has obvious effects.
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Here are a few methods that you can choose to exercise according to your own situation. As long as you stick to it for a long time, any method will work.
Method 1: Prone traction
patient prone on the bed, straighten the legs to extend the lumbar spine. The family members stand on the patient’s feet, clasp the patient’s ankles with both hands, and then pull along the axis of the lower limbs until the patient feels that the waist pain is significantly reduced or the patient’s body starts to slide on the bed. In order to enhance the traction effect, the patient can hold the head of the bed or both sides of the bed with his hands when the family is traction. This method can make the patient's lumbar spine in a hyperextension state during traction, which is beneficial to the reduction of the lumbar intervertebral disc. Each time lasts 20 to 60 seconds, intermittent traction 10 to 15 times, 2 to 3 times a day.
The patient lies on his stomach with his legs straight and the lumbar spine stretched. The family members stand on the patient’s feet, hold the patient’s ankle with both hands, and traction along the axis of the lower limbs. The patient can grasp the head of the bed or both sides of the bed to increase the traction effect.
Method 2: lumbar traction
The patient lies on his back on the bed, with his hips flexed at 90 degrees, and his legs are perpendicular to the bed. Then bend your elbows, your forearms are perpendicular to the ground, and your palms support your hips, so that your lumbar spine is as elevated as possible, while keeping your legs straight and your head and neck close to the ground to traction the lumbar spine. Pull for 20 to 60 seconds each time, 10 to 15 times intermittently, 2 to 3 times a day. This method is beneficial to increase the patient's lumbar intervertebral space, so that the intervertebral foramen is gradually enlarged, thereby reducing the stimulation and compression of the nerve root.
The patient lies on his back, with both hips flexed at 90 degrees, and his legs are perpendicular to the bed. Then bend your elbows, support your hips with your palms, raise your lumbar spine as much as possible, keep your legs straight, and your head and neck close to the ground.
autogenous traction
Method one: squat traction
patient with both hands clasping the horizontal bar with shoulder height, squat slowly, while keeping the arms straight, the body is in a semi-dangling state. Do this for 1 to 2 minutes each time, 2 to 4 times a day.
The patient clasped a horizontal bar at shoulder height with both hands, squatted slowly, straightened his arms, and placed his body in a semi-dangling state.
Method 2: Bending the legs to pull the
patient on the bed at an angle of 30-40 degrees, hold the bed with both hands to fix the body, and alternately flex and straighten the legs. The moving legs will generate inertia, pulling the body down along the inclined bed surface, and the patient holds the edge of the bed to prevent the body from sliding, so as to achieve the purpose of traction of the lumbar spine. Repeat 5 to 10 times, 1 to 2 times a day. The strength of flexion and extension of the patient's legs depends on the patient's physical fitness, and the force should be appropriate.
The patient lies supine on a bed that is inclined 30 to 40 degrees, holds the edge of the bed with both hands, and alternately flexes and straightens the legs.
