What are the treatment methods for lumbar disc herniation?

Lumbar disc herniation is a very common spinal disease. There are many causes of lumbar disc herniation. Most lumbar disc herniations are caused by lumbar trauma or chronic strain. Lumbar disc herniation generally compresses the human nerves and causes numbness of the lower limbs. There are many methods for treating lumbar disc herniation. The following is a detailed introduction to the treatment methods of lumbar disc herniation.

What are the treatment methods for lumbar disc herniation?

1. Tuina, massage, acupuncture, physical therapy:

It mainly uses various techniques or instruments to act on the meridian points through the human body surface, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. It has a certain analgesic effect on patients and is a widely used and relatively effective treatment method. However, it requires going to the hospital for treatment every day, and it takes a long time to be effective. If you do not pay attention to back muscle exercise and preventive protection after treatment, the disease will often relapse.

2. Physical traction therapy:

Mainly for patients with lumbar disc herniation, two methods use opposite forces to act on the diseased area at the same time, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving pain by weakening or eliminating the pathological stress that is unfavorable to the condition. However, physical traction therapy uses external force to forcibly apply to the affected part of the human body, and the patient needs to endure great pain.

3. Blocking injection:

The blocking injection mainly contains anesthetic drugs and hormone drugs. The blocking injection only provides local anesthesia to the painful point, freezing the blood circulation and nerve exchange locally, in exchange for the analgesic effect for a period of time. After the blocking period, the anesthetic will be removed.

4. Western medicine treatment:

Drug treatment for lumbar disc herniation is generally only used as an auxiliary treatment with the main purpose of relieving symptoms. For patients whose pain symptoms are unbearable, who cannot lie flat or fall asleep, they can be given appropriate anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as dexamethasone, or antispasmodic and analgesic tincture can be applied externally to relieve local pain. Relieving the patient's pain as much as possible will facilitate the implementation of other rehabilitation treatments.

5. Traditional Chinese Medicine:

Traditional Chinese medicine treats the disease by treating the cause through the action of drugs. Although it takes a long time to take effect, it can cure both the symptoms and the root cause, and the curative effect is remarkable.

6. Surgical treatment:

Due to the very strict requirements for indications, less than 5% of the population is clinically suitable for surgery. In addition, the surgery has the characteristics of high cost, great trauma, long recovery period, and easy recurrence, so it is impossible to promote it on a full scale.