Patients with lumbar disc herniation should exercise in time to help them recover after acute attack. This is because there is no specific medicine for lumbar disc herniation. In addition to surgical treatment for severe patients, conservative treatment for patients with general illness can help them recover and recover through appropriate exercise.

Lumbar disc herniation is a common and frequently-occurring disease in clinic, mainly due to long-term heavy physical labor or sitting work, which leads to degenerative changes in the disc, protrusion of the nucleus pulposus of the lumbar disc, and then compression of nerve roots, resulting in low back pain or unilateral/bilateral sciatica. The premise of effective treatment of lumbar disc herniation is timely and accurate diagnosis.

Lumbar disc herniation is common in young and middle-aged people, with more males than females. The most common loci are L4/5 and L5/S 1, accounting for more than 90%. The prognosis of lumbar disc herniation is good. After rehabilitation treatment, most of them can achieve the relief of clinical symptoms and improvement of function, but there is still the possibility of recurrence. Therefore, lumbar disc herniation usually emphasizes strengthening lumbar exercise in remission. There are various ways to exercise, how to exercise and what to pay attention to in daily life. I believe many people are still confused and don't know what to do.

First of all, the mattress with medium hardness should be the first choice for patients with lumbar disc herniation.

Secondly, waist exercise has a certain effect on preventing recurrence, aggravating and relieving symptoms. Therefore, all patients should master this knowledge. Patients in acute phase should avoid repeated rotation and bending. The ideal exercise program should be a combination of routine exercise that can improve cardiovascular function and muscle strength training of trunk and buttocks, among which abdominal muscle training is particularly important. Walking, swimming and low-impact aerobic exercise are all good ways of physical exercise.

Furthermore, maintaining a correct sitting posture in daily life and using waist pads and cushions designed according to ergonomics will help to maintain a correct sitting posture. At the same time, avoid driving too long. Avoid sitting for a long time. When sitting for a long time, the waist is slightly bent, frequent bending activities and frequent moving of heavy objects or objects may all lead to the aggravation of low back pain. Patients should learn the correct skills of bending over and moving heavy objects. When moving heavy objects, you should squat down and bend your knees, keep the objects as close to your body as possible, keep your abdominal muscles tense, protect the muscles with weak waist and prevent pulling.

Most of the causes of lumbar disc herniation are incorrect posture to move heavy objects, long-term load-bearing, sudden and violent turning movements, lumbar lesions, lumbar muscle strain, tearing of the fibrous ring of the lumbar disc, compression of the nerve in the spinal canal by the nucleus pulposus, pain in the waist and legs, intermittent claudication, difficulty in defecation and other symptoms.

Finally, in the acute stage of low back pain, it is not recommended to exercise the core muscles of waist and abdomen excessively, and the core muscles should be strengthened after 2 weeks of acute stage.

Patients with acute attacks should go to regular hospitals for examination and diagnosis. They must rest, choose the right position to stay in bed, and can't carry heavy loads and heavy physical labor. After the back pain is relieved, you should exercise step by step in time.