Prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc bothers many people. How to treat nerve and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation?

Prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc bothers many people. How to treat nerve and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation? Lumbar disc herniation plagues many people, and some even oppress the sciatic nerve! It causes leg pain when sitting, leg pain when standing, and pain when lying. So how to treat lumbar disc herniation and nerve and leg pain? Let's take a look at it next.

How to treat nerve and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation? 1. Lumbar traction therapy

When the patient is in supine position, the lumbar traction bed is used for pelvic and chest traction, and the traction force is equivalent to or slightly increased or decreased with the patient's weight. Generally, traction should be continued for 30 minutes 1 time every day until the symptoms are relieved.

2. Drug therapy

Drug therapy is aimed at relieving pain and leg pain and numbness. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or painkillers can be taken orally under the guidance of a doctor, which has a good effect on relieving pain and leg pain and numbness. In addition, taking drugs with the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness can also relieve nerve and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation.

3. Emphasize the functional exercise of back muscles.

The patient is prone, with his head, neck, chest and lower limbs raised at the same time, his arms extended backward, only implanted in his abdomen, and his whole body is in an inverted bow shape, such as flying swallow and water posture. Hold each movement for 10~ 15 seconds, take a break, and do it for 5~ 10 times continuously.

4. Chinese medicine treatment

Leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation and nerve compression can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine, and more prescriptions such as promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, expelling wind and dispelling cold, relieving spasm and dredging collaterals, warming meridians and dispelling cold, dredging collaterals and relieving pain are used. If the course of disease is longer, use Fuzheng Quxie recipe to add and subtract. In addition, acupoint application of traditional Chinese medicine can relieve symptoms, which has the functions of strengthening tendons and bones, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and relieving swelling and pain.

5. Massage therapy

Massage therapy can relieve leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation and nerve compression. Its principle is to improve blood circulation, relieve muscle ligament spasm, and achieve the effects of promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain by holding, pressing and regulating muscles around the pain site. In addition, cupping and moxibustion can also relieve leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation and nerve compression to a great extent.

I believe you will have a better understanding after reading the above introduction on how to treat the nerve and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation. I hope the above contents can help you, and wish you a happy life and good health.