How to treat lumbar disc herniation?

Hello. Lumbar disc herniation, also known as lumbar disc fibrosis or nucleus pulposus herniation, is one of the common lumbar diseases in clinic. Intervertebral disc consists of nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus and cartilage plate. After people enter the age of 30, all parts of the intervertebral disc have different degrees of degeneration, and the elasticity and toughness decrease. When their waist is twisted and impacted in labor or sports activities, they are injured due to excessive force and overwork when lifting heavy objects, which causes intervertebral disc fibers to rupture and nucleus pulposus tissue to emerge from the rupture opening, which stimulates or oppresses spinal nerve roots, resulting in collusion between waist and legs. That is, lumbago and leg pain is accompanied by symptoms such as radicular sciatica. Because this disease is mainly manifested as lumbago and leg pain, it is called traumatic low back pain in traditional Chinese medicine. Lumbar disc herniation is mainly due to nucleus pulposus prolapse, which will stimulate lumbar nerve roots and cause edema at the same time, and the local circulation mechanism will be affected. It is called joint pain in Chinese medicine. In the long run, it will form cumulative calcification, which will further aggravate nerve compression and stimulation, with serious consequences. Calcification to a certain extent is called ossification.

The initial symptoms of this disease generally cause nerve paralysis, pain, cauda equina and sciatic plexus pain of lower limbs. If we don't pay attention to it and let it develop, it will further cause neuromuscular atrophy and even paralysis of the lower limbs.

Traction therapy is an effective decompression measure, which can achieve the purpose of decompression by physically pulling the spine, but sometimes it will forcibly pull away the tissues that have formed adhesion, causing great body damage, and it is not recommended to use it blindly.

Surgical treatment is mainly to remove the cartilage plate or remove the nucleus pulposus tissue that compresses the nerve to decompress it. This method can really relieve the pain immediately in a short time, and there is no abnormality in the spine after filming. However, it does not actually solve the fundamental problem of weak fiber tissue. According to the degree of fibrosis of the patient, the obvious symptoms will recur after a period of time. Therefore, it has caused a high recurrence rate of long-term evaluation of patients' response to surgical treatment.

In the view of Chinese medicine, the theory of Chinese medicine is to restore the elasticity of fibrous tissue as the basis of treatment, so that the patient's physical function can be completely restored. Instead of simply solving the temporary pain problem. Oral drugs usually take effect slowly, because oral drugs need to be absorbed by the liver and enter the blood circulation to reach the affected area. The efficacy of this medicine has been greatly weakened. A lot of clinical evidence proves that the loss of drug effect can be controlled to a minimum through external application and direct penetration into skin pores. Then, traditional Chinese medicine is applied externally to restore the function, soften the occupying tissue, promote the local circulation function, restore the partially blocked metabolic function, and make the occupying tissue absorb and excrete. Can effectively treat disc herniation. Therefore, I suggest external application of traditional Chinese medicine. Cooperate with some daily recovery exercises. The effect is very ideal.

In the painful period of lumbar disc herniation, we should pay attention to the following points:

One: sleep on a hard bed. Sleeping on a hard bed can relieve the pressure on the intervertebral disc.

Two: Keep your waist warm and try not to catch a cold. Wearing a waistline (belt) during the day strengthens the protection of the back and is conducive to the recovery of lumbar spondylosis.

Three: Don't bend over hard at ordinary times (such as mopping the floor ...). In case of acute attack, try to stay in bed after the pain is relieved. Pay attention to proper rest and don't be too tired, so as not to aggravate the pain.

Four: Don't bend over when lifting heavy objects. You should get down on your knees to pick up the heavy objects, then get up slowly and try not to bend over.

Five: during the acute attack, after the pain is relieved, try to stay in bed. Pay attention to proper rest and don't be too tired, so as not to aggravate the pain.

Six: In the usual diet, eat more foods with high calcium content, such as milk, dairy products, shrimp skin, kelp, sesame sauce, bean products, etc. These foods are also rich in calcium. Eating regularly is also conducive to calcium supplementation and paying attention to the nutritional structure.

Finally, I wish you a speedy recovery.