Lumbar pain? Doing so can alleviate

Lumbar pain is a common disease in daily life, which is usually caused by lumbar bone hyperplasia or lumbar disc herniation. Lumbar pain not only affects normal life, but also easily leads to some diseases. It can be relieved through daily exercise and some bending activities.

How to relieve lumbar pain

1. Relax your mental state. Patients often become nervous due to pain. On the one hand, mental stress aggravates the pain and is not conducive to pain relief. On the other hand, mental stress is not conducive to improving blood circulation and unobstructed meridians, which is not conducive to disease relief and recovery. Therefore, you should persist in mental adjustment, relax your mind, and cooperate with treatment actively and optimistically in order to recover as soon as possible.

2. Insist on sleeping on a hard bed. Do not give up sleeping on a hard bed just because you are not used to it or feel uncomfortable. Insisting on sleeping on a hard bed can reduce the body's pressure on the lumbar spine and relax the affected area. This will help improve local blood circulation and nutrition, thereby accelerating healing and repairing the affected area.

3. Pay attention to keeping the local area warm. To prevent the invasion of wind, cold and dampness from aggravating the disease. At the same time, it is beneficial to the smooth flow of qi and blood in the meridians, so that the original wind, cold and dampness can be resolved as soon as possible, which is beneficial to the repair of local lesions. It is also important to keep the lower limbs warm, regardless of whether there is pain or numbness in the lower limbs. We should pay attention to keeping the lower limbs warm, especially when sleeping at night, to avoid excessive exertion and depletion of kidney energy.

4. Exercise appropriately and reasonably. During the acute or acute attack period, you should rest on a hard bed until the condition has eased. You should exercise appropriately, but it should be reasonable. The principle is to move your limbs, circulate qi and blood, stretch your meridians, and not increase the burden on your waist. Specific exercise methods can be carried out under the guidance of a doctor. At the same time, you should also exercise within your ability. Do not exercise excessively to avoid overtraining. Causes physical fatigue. It increases the burden on the lumbar spine and is not conducive to recovery from illness.

5. Eat a balanced diet. The diet should be light and nutritious. Spicy and high-calorie fried foods should be avoided. Raw and cold foods, especially cold drinks, should be avoided. Alcohol should also be consumed with caution and should be avoided during the acute phase. After the condition stabilizes, you can take tonic, blood-activating, and collateral-drying medicinal liquors under the guidance of a doctor, but never in excess. You can also use nourishing medicinal foods appropriately, such as 3 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 6 grams of Panax notoginseng, and 9 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, stewed with old duck, drink the soup and eat the meat; you can also use 9 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 9 grams of wolfberry, 9 grams of Cibotium barbarum, and an appropriate amount of black fungus, stewed with pork bones or ribs for consumption. This type of medicinal food has a nourishing effect and is effective for those with obvious kidney deficiency.

6. External treatment. It includes self-massage and external application, mainly including: ① Massage the Weizhong point. The Weizhong point is located in the center of the transverse line of the popliteal fossa behind the knee joint. Generally, patients with lumbar disc herniation have obvious tenderness at this point. If it is inconvenient for you, you can ask others to press this point, but you need to pay attention to control the strength appropriately, and the stimulation should not be too strong. You can also massage the waist appropriately to promote the smooth flow of local qi and blood meridians. Improves blood circulation. ② External hot compress. For patients who prefer warmth and fear cold on the waist, you can use 15 grams of cinnamon, 15 grams of fennel, 15 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, 10 grams of pepper, and an appropriate amount of onion. Mash them evenly, stir-fry them until hot, wrap them with a silk handkerchief and iron the painful area. If it feels cold, heat it again and iron it several times a day. Repeat several times a day. In autumn and winter, you can use a hot water bottle to apply pressure to enhance the effectiveness of the thermal medicine. In addition, you can also apply external plasters, such as moxibustion ointment, dog skin plaster, analgesic ointment, etc., which can be used as appropriate. If conditions permit, local treatment methods such as cupping can also be used.