What to do if you have back pain from using air conditioning

In summer, people like to use air conditioning, which has become a necessary electrical appliance in people's lives. However, some people will experience various uncomfortable symptoms after using air conditioning, which is what we call air-conditioning syndrome. In fact, we can avoid air conditioning syndrome through some simple methods. If you feel lower back pain after using air conditioning, be sure to keep warm. So, what should you do if you have lower back pain from air conditioning?

1. Turn off the air conditioner and do not sleep on a cool mat

If you have lower back pain due to using air conditioning in the summer, it is considered that it is caused by catching a cold from the air conditioning. Therefore, it is recommended that you first stop using the air conditioning to prevent your lower back from continuing to catch a cold. In addition, if you are used to sleeping on a cool mat, it is not recommended to continue sleeping on it, as your waist may easily catch a cold if it comes into contact with the cold mat. Especially for mats made of bamboo or other cool materials, if it is a reed mat, you can sleep on it.

2. Hot compress for relief

(1) Heat the coarse salt in a pan until it is hot enough to touch. Wrap the heated coarse salt in a cloth. Then lie prone and place the coarse salt hot compress pack on the painful area of ​​your waist. Apply hot compress for about 15 to 20 minutes each time. If there is any residual heat, you can continue to apply hot compress to your shoulders, neck and other parts. Place a towel under the hot compress to prevent burns.

(2) Hot water bag hot compress Hot water bag hot compress is relatively simple to operate. You can use an electric hot water bottle or a rubber hot water bottle filled with hot water. Before going to bed at night, place two hot water bottles on your waist that is painful due to catching a cold from the air conditioner. It is very convenient to change the position of the hot water bottles from time to time.

3. Massage the lumbar muscles to relieve

In the summer, back pain caused by using air conditioning can be relieved by massaging the lumbar muscles. Lumbar muscle massage can be performed after hot compress, which will have a better effect. It is recommended to first apply medicated oil or medicated wine that has the effect of relaxing the meridians and activating collaterals on the waist, and then perform the following massage:

(1) Rub your hands together to warm them up, then place your palms on your lower back and rub them up and down until your lower back becomes warm.

(2) Make fists with both hands and use the metacarpophalangeal joints of your index fingers to press down on your waist from top to bottom. Repeat five times.

(3) Place your thumbs on the muscle knots on both sides of the waist and pluck each point for one minute.

(4) Make fists with both hands and use the side of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the index finger to push and stroke the psoas muscles from bottom to top five times.

4. Moxibustion and heat therapy to relieve

Acupuncture points

(1) Shenshu point: on the waist, one on each side below the second lumbar vertebra, slightly wider than the thumb.

(2) Weizhong point: To locate the point, sit down or lie prone with your legs straight. The point is located in the middle of the horizontal line behind the knee, between two hard tendons, one on each side.

(3) Ashi point: the painful point on the waist.

(4) Jiaji points: On the lower back, between the 1st thoracic vertebrae and the 5th lumbar vertebrae, on both sides, 2 finger widths away from the posterior midline, with 17 points on each side.

Moxibustion Methods

The person being treated with moxibustion lies prone, and the person applying the moxibustion stands beside him, holding one end of a lit moxa stick and aiming it at the moxibustion site, about 3 cm away from the skin, until the moxibustion site feels warm and comfortable. The moxibustion is applied in parallel reciprocating left and right directions or repeatedly in rotation. Moxibustion should be performed once a day, for 5 to 10 minutes at each acupoint, until a blush appears on the skin.

effect

It can clear the meridians, strengthen the waist and relieve pain. When you have back pain from using air conditioning in the summer, you can get relief through moxibustion at home or at a Chinese medicine hospital.