Herniation of the fourth and fifth lumbar intervertebral disc

Our spine is actually composed of many segments. For diseases such as lumbar disc herniation, the patient's problematic spine is also different. The fourth and fifth lumbar disc herniation is a very common condition. After suffering from this disease, the lumbar disc will compress the nerves and affect the patient's daily life. So, what should patients pay attention to after suffering from the fourth and fifth lumbar disc herniation?

Suggestions:

Conservative treatment is the first choice for lumbar disc herniation. The key is to rest in bed. If the symptoms are severe and do not ease, hormones and dehydration drugs can be administered intravenously to control nerve inflammation and reduce edema. If conditions permit, minimally invasive surgery can be considered to remove the protruding lumbar disc and relieve pressure on the nerves, such as thermocoagulation target ablation, but clinical recurrences are also relatively common.

It is recommended to

First, sleep on a hard bed

Second, pay attention to rest, do not sit or stand for a long time, and move more

Third, pay attention to exercising your waist muscles, such as doing flying swallow or arch bridge poses on the bed.

Fourth, you can exercise your psoas muscles by walking backwards

Fifth, in terms of diet, while ensuring nutrition, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods

Sixth, develop the habit of timely defecation to avoid increased abdominal pressure and aggravation of symptoms

The method currently recognized as the most effective is walking backwards. The fundamental reason is that as a reverse movement, it can effectively force the body's center of gravity to move backward, reduce lumbar lordosis, and thus correct posture. Walking backwards can force the body's center of gravity to move backwards and correct excessive curvature of the spine. However, walking backwards is not easy to persist and is not very safe.

You can also force your center of gravity to move backward when standing. Stand barefoot or in flat shoes, and step on a book about 20 mm thick with the forefoot. This will make your foot higher in the front and lower in the back. This can also force your center of gravity to move backward. You can try it out. The longer you experience it, the better.

If you feel that your symptoms have been alleviated, in order to make it easier to persist, you can consider choosing negative heel shoes with a higher front and lower back sole, which works on the same principle as backward walking. If you persist in using it in daily life, it is equivalent to extending the posture correction of forcing the center of gravity to move backward to daily life. It can be used as a substitute for backward walking, and it is safer and more conducive to consolidating the effect.

To correct posture, you must correct the center of gravity. Negative heel shoes are the simplest way to do this, because shoes are the "foundation" of a person and directly affect the position of the center of gravity. High heels can cause and aggravate low back pain because they cause the center of gravity to shift forward. Therefore, negative heels that are higher in the front and lower in the back will inevitably force the body's center of gravity to shift backward, so the rehabilitative effect of correcting posture is easy to understand.

Negative heel shoes are more common in developed European and American countries and are called "earth shoes". It is most popular in Japan, especially among patients with low back pain, who have received rave reviews. in the country, it can be purchased in some Grade A hospitals.