This is one of the common ideas of patients with lumbar process.
What many people don't know is that there are still many people who continue to run, play golf, play basketball and keep fit after lumbar process.
There is no need to be too pessimistic about lumbar disc herniation.
If it can be managed well, most of the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation will be improved.
And in many cases, scientific exercise will have a positive effect on intervertebral discs.
Now, let's learn about two cases of lumbar disc herniation.
Why is exercise beneficial to the recovery of lumbar disc herniation? How to judge whether you can start your favorite sport? Why is exercise beneficial to the recovery of lumbar disc herniation?
The main reason is that exercise can enhance muscle strength.
Strong muscles can relieve the pressure on the lumbar intervertebral disc.
We should know that the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation are usually caused by the stimulation of nerves by lumbar disc herniation, which leads to leg numbness and leg pain.
When the pressure on the intervertebral disc decreases, the stimulation to the nerve will also decrease, thus alleviating/improving the symptoms.
Relationship between exercise and recovery of lumbar disc herniation
However, if you want to do your favorite sport, you can't start right away.
In order to avoid the aggravation of lumbar process symptoms, we need to make a judgment and evaluation before this.
How to judge whether you can start your favorite sport?
First of all, it is recommended to find a professional rehabilitation therapist for evaluation.
After evaluation and permission, you can gradually start to resume your favorite sports.
This is also a safe practice. Because lumbar disc herniation also has a certain recurrence probability, especially in the case of unscientific exercise.
Generally speaking, the evaluation of rehabilitation therapists mainly focuses on the following three aspects. You can follow to see which level you have reached.
First, the rehabilitation of lumbar disc herniation
There are also serious lumbar protrusion symptoms, which are not suitable for high-intensity sports, such as golf and fitness.
They will involve rapid rotation of the waist, waist load and other actions. These actions cause great pressure on the lumbar intervertebral disc, which is easy to make the symptoms of lumbar process appear or aggravate.
If your lumbar process symptoms basically disappear, and there is no or occasional slight pain, you can move on to the next point.
The second is the functional state of all aspects of your body.
The disappearance of the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation does not necessarily mean that a person's muscle strength, muscle endurance and flexibility have completely recovered.
Even just running, muscle strength (especially core muscle strength) should meet certain requirements.
Otherwise, the risk of sports injury will be greater!
Therefore, in order to reduce the risk of relapse, rehabilitation therapists will test the flexibility, endurance, strength and stability of the body, such as:
1 Do you feel pain when you bend over, lean back, turn around, bend sideways, etc?
2 Can you persist in endurance tests such as flat plate support and side plate support for 40-60 seconds?
Is the dynamic stability test of deep muscle up to standard?
For example, can you smoothly extend your left hand, right leg or right left leg for 20-30 seconds while keeping your pelvis neutral and your waist stable?
There are also some functional tests of future favorite sports.
For example, if you like to play badminton or volleyball and other sports that need full cooperation, you can try to throw and catch the ball from multiple angles to see if there will be pain and discomfort.
The third is whether there is rehabilitation training or pre-training
Rehabilitation training refers to sports rehabilitation after lumbar process. Conducive to the recovery of muscle strength, endurance and flexibility reduced by lumbar process.
Pre-training can be understood as a transition before formal exercise, so that the body can adapt to the intensity of exercise in advance and reduce the risk of lumbar process recurrence during exercise.
In fact, some professional athletes of lumbar process often receive a transitional pre-training after rehabilitation and before formal training to prepare for high-intensity sports training in the future.
Why can't we start normal sports training?
Friends who have experienced pain should know that in order to accommodate the painful part, the body will change its posture and movement mode.
In the long run, the brain can easily remember this changed posture.
For example, people with prominent lumbar vertebrae often limit the activities of the waist and dare not bend over.
This state may not have much impact on daily activities.
However, in high-intensity exercise, because the brain remembers the state of "dare not bend over", in order to reduce the pressure on the waist, it often inadvertently restricts the normal activities of the waist.
This will transfer the pressure on the waist to other parts and increase the risk of sports injuries.
Therefore, we need a pre-training.
Take basketball as an example for pre-training.
There will be a lot of jumping and striding in basketball.
This kind of exercise requires the waist to cooperate with other parts quickly, which will also bring some pressure to the lumbar spine.
Therefore, in the early training, the common movements of basketball will be divided into simple movements, so that athletes can adapt in advance.
When the athlete's body adapts and does not aggravate the symptoms, the difficulty will gradually increase and normal basketball training will be resumed.
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If you feel that you haven't met the requirements after reading the above contents, you'd better find a professional rehabilitation therapist to make a rehabilitation plan first, and then slowly and safely resume your favorite exercise.