Can you practice yoga with symptoms of lumbar disc herniation? More than one person asked the yoga instructor to train the instructor. Today, the senior coach of Zen Yoga College gave you an in-depth analysis and answer on this topic.

Can I practice yoga with lumbar disc herniation? In real life, patients with lumbar disc herniation can practice yoga, because many postures in yoga are mild and effective for exercising flexibility, but pay attention to time and intensity, and don't practice for too long. After all, lumbar disc herniation is still a disease. Lumbar disc herniation is a common disease of low back and leg pain, which occurs in young adults aged 20 ~ 50. It is mainly a series of symptoms caused by the stimulation or compression of spinal nerve and spinal cord, such as disc strain degeneration, annulus fibrosus rupture or nucleus pulposus prolapse.

The benefits of practicing yoga

In reality, patients with lumbar disc herniation should take the drugs prescribed by the competent doctor on time, and also need to cooperate with traditional therapies such as lumbar acupuncture, massage and traction. Pay attention to keep the waist warm, reduce sedentary time and do proper lumbosacral exercise. This disease needs to be treated in the rehabilitation department, acupuncture department or pain department of the hospital. Lumbar disc herniation is a chronic disease, which takes some time to recover. Don't worry too much.

First, the common inducing factors of lumbar disc herniation:

1, abdominal pressure increases, such as severe cough, constipation, defecation force, etc.

2, improper waist posture, when the waist is in flexion position, if it suddenly rotates, it is easy to induce nucleus pulposus protrusion.

3, sudden load, in the absence of adequate preparation, suddenly increase the waist load, easy to cause nucleus pulposus protrusion.

4, lumbar trauma, acute trauma can spread to fibrous ring, cartilage plate and other structures, and promote the degeneration of nucleus pulposus protrusion.

5. Occupational factors, such as car drivers sitting and bumping for a long time, are easy to induce disc herniation.

The Benefits of Yoga to Lumbar Spine

Second, according to the degree of nucleus pulposus protrusion can be divided into three categories:

1. Lumbar and knee intervertebral disc herniation: It is the lightest of lumbar diseases, mainly manifested as pain and discomfort in the waist, or causing spinal stenosis. It can relieve symptoms after bed rest, and can aggravate pain when coughing, sneezing or defecating forcibly.

2, lumbar disc herniation: mainly manifested as lumbar pain, there is obvious tenderness near the vertebral body, after heavy pressure, it can radiate downward along the sciatic nerve. Symptoms of unilateral or bilateral nerve compression occur, ranging from radiation tingling or numbness from the waist to the back of thighs and calves to the feet, to electric shock-like pain from the waist to the feet accompanied by numbness. After standing for a long time, the symptoms of oppression are aggravated, and intermittent claudication may occur, which can be relieved after a short rest.

3. Lumbar disc herniation: It is the protruding nucleus pulposus that falls into the spinal canal, causing spinal canal stenosis, compressing nerves, and making the waist and legs feel numb. In severe cases, incontinence, muscle atrophy and even paralysis are the most serious kinds of lumbar disc diseases.

Except for serious cases, the symptoms of early lumbar disc herniation are mild and no special treatment is needed. Pay attention to bed rest to avoid external pressure on the lumbar spine.

Yoga training

Three, physical therapy yoga method suitable for lumbar disc herniation:

1, strengthen the muscle strength of the waist, increase the strength of the anterior ligament, the posterior ligament and the lateral ligament of the lumbar spine, prevent the intervertebral disc from being compressed, and break through the normal ligaments and muscles of the human body.

2. Pay special attention to the exercise of abdominal muscles, not only because abdominal muscles and back muscles are mutually antagonistic muscles, but also the joint efforts of both sides can strengthen the stability of the entire lumbar spine. At the same time, maintaining stable abdominal pressure by strengthening abdominal muscles can also ensure the stability of lumbar spine and the strength of back muscles.

3. In the acute stage, patients with lumbar disc herniation should lie prone on a hard bed and rest in crocodile style to relieve pain and promote healing and recovery.

4. You should choose the posture of bending backwards. It can strengthen the ligaments and muscles of the back, keep the position of the intervertebral disc, restore the stability of the spine and promote the blood flow of the waist.