4 factors can lead to lumbar disc herniation of traditional Chinese medicine to help you to treat

Family doctor online December 11, 2017

Lumbar disc herniation is a common orthopedic disease. Once a disease like this can have a lot of impact on our lives. So what are the causes of lumbar disc herniation? Let's take a look at this.

These can lead to lumbar disc herniation

Long-term vibration: the disease usually has a strong link with the professional, such as the driver in the driving process, long term in a sitting position and turbulence state, lumbar disc pressure is too big, can lead to intervertebral disc degeneration and outstanding.

Degenerative changes: as we get older, all parts of the body change, especially the degeneration of the lumbar spine. Due to the lack of blood supply of intervertebral disc, repair, energy is weak, when extrusion, pull and torsion effect, it is easy to make easily disc nucleus pulposus, fiber ring, cartilage plate gradually aging, cause fiber ring is easy to break, and the intervertebral disc herniation.

Trauma: experts say, due to the human lumbar arranged in physiological lordosis, intervertebral disc after former thick thin, when patients in the waist injury, falls, flash waist, intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus moving back, to the happening of the disease.

Excessive load: in the normal work, if the waist is overloaded, or the long time is engaged in bending work, the lumbar disc load is too big, that is to cause the intervertebral disc fibrous ring rupture, induces the disease.

How does Chinese medicine treat lumbar intervertebral disc?

Physical therapy: suitable for early stage, bone joint changes little, good for chronic pain. The amount of activity should be stopped or reduced during acute pain.

Oral drug therapy: the principle of drug therapy for the use of the disease is the initial treatment of the active blood, and the patient, the patient, the constitution of polydeficiency, and the treatment of the liver and kidneys, and the activation of the disease.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: plaster and Chinese medicine hot compress, the drug through the skin direct lesion, achieve through the channel, the spread cold clearing damp, the relief inflammation, the purpose of reducing the pain.

Physical therapy: there are more specific categories, such as electric excitation, infrared ray, ultrashort wave, ultrasonic wave, ion import etc.

Massage: this method is popular with patients, can relieve muscle spasm, improve local circulation, and promote function recovery.

Traction treatment: it can reduce the internal pressure of the disc, reduce the friction between the small joints, and relieve the muscle spasm. It can be done in a hospital or home.

Herniated lumbar disc herniation

1. Avoid excessive bending and twisting of lumbar vertebrae, and do not sit and work for long periods of time.

2. Avoid carrying heavy objects, reduce the stress of the lumbar spine.

3. During the acute phase, the patient will be less active and can wear special medical waist for the lower ground toilet, and strengthen the stability of the lumbar vertebra.

4. During the acute stage and during treatment, the bed should be laid flat.

5. Massage should go to the normal hospital orthopedics and massage department.

6. Keep warm in the waist and lower extremities. Do not be caught cold, or it will induce or aggravate the symptoms.