Can massage treat disc herniation?

Hello, everyone, we are the popular science of Red Sun Health. Want to talk to you today? Disc herniation? Many friends often ask me: Is massage helpful for disc herniation? Are you a liar? ? In fact, massage is helpful for disc herniation.

However, at present, massage generally stays in empirical medicine, and the standardization of massage techniques has always been a difficult problem in the development of massage discipline, with the same disease. Different doctors may have different curative effects. In addition, not all lumbar disc herniation can be massaged, such as huge, ossified, free and spinal stenosis cases, which may cause or aggravate cauda equina nerve injury.

Therefore, the massage of lumbar disc herniation must go to a regular and experienced doctor. I hope that the future massage will be treated and studied with modern science and computer science to make it quantitative and standardized. Let massage be carried forward in the rehabilitation of lumbar disc herniation.

Let's first learn about lumbar disc herniation.

Lumbar disc herniation is due to disc degeneration, disc annulus rupture and nucleus pulposus protrusion under the action of external force. Lumbago and leg pain after disc herniation is a common symptom of this disease. After the disc ring is ruptured, the prominent nucleus pulposus compresses the spinal nerve root, cauda equina nerve and blood vessels, which is more common in young adults aged 20-40. There are also patients over this age group, more men than women, mostly in the lower waist, especially between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae.

After intervertebral disc degeneration, the internal causes of the disease are reduced moisture, reduced elasticity, thinning of intervertebral disc, narrowing of intervertebral space, relaxation of ligaments and instability of spine. External forces, such as lifting heavy objects, are the inducing factors of this disease.

The role of massage methods

Because the rupture of fibrous ring and the compression of nerve root are the causes of lumbar disc herniation, massage can relieve or alleviate the compression of nerve root in nucleus pulposus and a series of symptoms caused by the compression of nerve root. Massage can fully relax muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues by pushing, holding, rubbing and rolling, which is the basis of implementing reduction techniques. The specific mechanism is as follows:

1. Massage can change the relative position of nerve roots and processes, reduce or disappear the compression degree of nerve roots, and then the pain gradually disappears.

2. Massage can increase local temperature, strengthen blood circulation, promote the absorption of inflammatory products, improve the ischemia and hypoxia of nerve roots, make muscle fibers fully elongated and relax tense muscle fibers.

3. Massage can raise the pain threshold: Massage stimulation can make the human body secrete certain chemicals, thus raising the pain threshold and relieving pain.

4. Massage reduces the pressure in the intervertebral disc, increases the pressure outside the disc, and urges the protrusion to retract, which creates favorable conditions for the repair of the fibrous ring.

5. Massage changes the position of the protrusion, loosens the adhesion, and relieves or relieves the pressure on the nerve root.

6. Massage strengthens local blood circulation and promotes the injured nerve roots to return to normal function.

How to care for lumbar vertebrae daily?

1, bed rest and proper functional exercise have positive effects on the rehabilitation of this disease. In the acute stage of lumbar disc herniation, patients are required to bend their hips and knees in bed, which can reduce the tension on the compressed nerves and is conducive to recovery in the acute stage.

2, prevention and aftercare, self-care in life is also very important, to prevent the occurrence of low back pain, it should not be too long in one posture, and it is necessary to change the sitting position frequently. The desks and chairs of staff who sit for a long time should be as relaxed, comfortable and ergonomic as possible. A hard bed should be selected on the bed, and a small pillow can be properly placed on the waist to make the lumbar spine conform to physiological bending and the lumbar muscles get full rest and relaxation.

Step 3 keep warm and cold

Seasons alternate, especially in winter and spring, and the temperature changes frequently. Patients need to be prepared to keep warm and cold at any time, focusing on the neck, waist and back, and adding clothes in time to prevent colds. Avoid excessive exercise. Regular excessive exercise can cause, aggravate the illness and endanger health.

4. Daily protection of waist

In daily life, we should try to reduce bending movements, take less heavy objects, squat down nearby when picking things up, move things as close as possible, bend our hips and knees, and avoid bending directly in the morning. When you relax your waist by lifting your legs, straighten your waist, lie on your side for a long time, and support your body with your arms, you can put a cushion or soft pillow behind your waist to keep the correct posture to relieve the muscle fatigue of your waist.

5. Early treatment

If the patient relapses, effective treatment should be taken as soon as possible to avoid delaying the illness, increasing the difficulty of treatment and bringing unnecessary pain.