Why does my waist ache and I can’t stand up straight?

The waist and legs are prone to lesions because they bear most of the body's weight. If they do not get enough rest or maintenance for a long time, they will easily become fatigued and damaged under heavy loads. The most typical symptom is backache and inability to stand up straight. This phenomenon requires a long recovery process and is very painful. What is the reason for backache and inability to stand up straight?

The common causes of backache can be summarized into four categories:

1. Caused by diseases of the spinal bones and joints and surrounding soft tissues. Such as local injuries, bleeding, edema, adhesions and muscle spasms caused by contusions and sprains.

2. Caused by diseases of the spinal cord and spinal nerves. Such as low back pain caused by spinal cord tumors, myelitis, etc.

3. Caused by diseases of internal organs. For example, infection or tumor of the uterus and its appendages can cause lumbar pain, and such patients often have corresponding gynecological symptoms at the same time.

4. Caused by mental factors. For example, patients with hysteria may also complain of low back pain as their main complaint, but without objective physical signs, or objective examinations and subjective descriptions of the disease cannot be explained by knowledge of physiology, anatomy, and pathology. This low back pain is often a manifestation of hysteria.

5. A series of tissue infection problems caused by kidney problems.

Treatment principles

1. Relax the back muscles and speed up recovery. For example, rest in bed to reduce the impact of gravity on the body; maintain correct posture to avoid excessive tension in the lower back muscles.

2. Use drugs appropriately to enhance therapeutic effects. For example, do not take Chinese patent medicines on your own, you must take them according to the doctor's orders.

3. Gua Sha can dredge meridians and eliminate fatigue and muscle tension. Through the friction of the skin and the squeezing of the soft tissue on the body surface, blood circulation is activated, blood flow is increased, capillaries are dilated, nutrition and oxygen are supplied to the corresponding tissues, metabolism is promoted, and the functional state of local tissues is improved. It can regulate meridian qi, relieve fatigue and enhance immune function.