What should I do if I accidentally sprain my lumbar muscles?

Lumbar muscle sprain can cause pain, difficulty in movement and other problems. Moreover, frequent lumbar muscle sprain is very likely to cause lumbar spine disease, resulting in more serious consequences. Therefore, if you accidentally sprain your lumbar muscles, do not take it lightly, and take correct measures to provide treatment in time. Possible methods include cold compress, massage, medication and so on.

Cold compress

If you have just sprained your ankle, you should apply cold compress. If the sprain is within a few minutes or no more than ten minutes, immediately apply cold compress with an ice pack or a cool, wet towel. This can prevent local vasodilation, bleeding, and increased edema. It has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. After half an hour, the cold compress will end and the next treatment method will begin.

While applying cold compress, you must rest, which can relieve the symptoms of lumbar sprain. After spraining your waist, you should stop exercising immediately to allow the injured muscles to rest to avoid further damage, which may lead to chronic lumbar muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation. The main method of rest is to rest in bed, and you should sleep on a flat bed instead of a very thick mattress.

massage

After you rest for half an hour, you should get a massage. You can do a simple massage at home, rub and massage the sprained waist with your palms, and gently beat it. Use your elbows to press the painful points for a few minutes. The painful points are to press the waist with your fingers. The most painful place is the painful point, which is called Ashi point in medicine.

Use of drugs

After the massage, you can apply medicine for injuries and sprains. Commonly used ones include safflower oil, anti-edema and analgesic tincture, Yunnan Baiyao spray, etc.

You can also take some blood-activating and pain-relieving medicines, such as Dieda Pills, Panax Notoginseng Injury Tablets, etc. It is best to go to a medical institution to ask a doctor to prescribe the medicine, or you can buy some yourself at a pharmacy. It is best not to take antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs.

24 hours after the sprain, local treatment can be applied with hot compresses, massage, fire-sucking therapy, or a cloth wrapped with heated salt can be applied to the affected area, or the injured muscles of the waist and back can be evenly tapped with the fingertips, palm edges, or half-clenched fists. This helps to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. After the above treatment for less serious lumbar muscle strains, the condition will be basically stable. At this time, hot compresses, physical therapy, oral blood circulation and blood stasis-removing drugs, or external lumbar Babu patches can accelerate the recovery of sprained muscles.

Precautions

Be sure to rest. If you have symptoms of lumbar disc herniation, you should rest for 6 months. For a general sprain, you should rest for at least one month.