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Can lumbar scoliosis be treated?
Lumbar scoliosis can be cured. Appropriate methods and the age of scoliosis are very important for prognosis. Adolescent scoliosis is mostly physiological postural scoliosis, which can be corrected by sitting posture or thoracolumbar brace, or even returned to normal. Of course, some scoliosis is very serious and has no effect after conservative diagnosis and treatment, and surgery may eventually be considered. Avoid excessive flexion of the upper body, avoid excessive increase of spinal load, and minimize spinal activity. Avoid sedentary at ordinary times and strengthen the exercise of back muscles to promote blood circulation and enhance the strength of waist muscles. Waist flexion and extension: Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and your hands akimbo, and get ready. Then do full waist flexion and extension four times, and try to relax the waist muscles during exercise.

If the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc is not timely and thorough, it is easy to form scoliosis, that is to say, the compensatory bending after lumbar process belongs to the protection of human body. In fact, when the lumbar intervertebral disc protrudes, scoliosis will disappear. Used for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, drug therapy.

1. Support treatment, we can try to use glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate for support treatment. Glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate are often used to treat osteoarthritis in various parts of the body in clinic. These chondroprotective agents have certain anti-inflammatory and anti-cartilage decomposition effects.

Clinical studies have found that injecting glucosamine into intervertebral disc can significantly reduce low back pain caused by intervertebral disc degenerative diseases and improve spinal function. It has been reported that oral glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate can reverse the degeneration of intervertebral disc to some extent.

2. Epidural injection of corticosteroids. Corticosteroid is a long-acting anti-inflammatory drug, which can reduce inflammation and adhesion around nerve roots. Generally, long-acting corticosteroids and 2% lidocaine are injected into epidural space once a week 1 time, three times for 1 course of treatment, and can be used again after 2 ~ 4 weeks/course of treatment.

3, surgical treatment, surgical treatment is suitable for;

With a medical history of more than three months, strict conservative treatment is ineffective, or conservative treatment is effective, but it is often repeated.

This is the first attack, but it hurts badly. Because of the obvious symptoms of lower limbs, the patient has difficulty in moving and falling asleep, and is in a forced position.