How come back pain causes leg pain? I actually have this disease

It is not a particularly common phenomenon that lower back pain causes leg pain, but if you suffer from lumbar disc herniation, it will compress the nerves and cause leg pain. In this situation, in addition to bed rest, patients also need to take medication and exercise their lumbar muscle function. If there is no effect, lumbar traction or surgical treatment should be performed.

1. Emphasize bed rest: Generally, many patients will see very good results if they strictly rest in bed for a month in the early stage. This is better than the effect of medication. However, it is difficult to stick to strict bed rest, which means that they have to urinate and defecate in bed.

2. Drug treatment: [Wang Jiuzheng Patch] is often used in clinical practice, which has a very unique regulating effect on lumbar disc herniation.

3. Emphasize the functional training of the waist and back muscles: The patient lies in a prone position with the head, neck, chest and lower limbs raised at the same time, both arms extended backward, with only the abdomen touching the bed, and the whole body in an arched shape, like a flying swallow touching the water. Hold each movement for 10 to 15 seconds, then rest for a while, and do it 5 to 10 times in a row.

4. Lumbar traction: The patient lies in supine position, and a lumbar traction bed is used to perform counter-traction on the pelvis and thorax. The traction force used is equivalent to the patient's weight or slightly increased or decreased. Generally, continuous traction is used for 30 minutes, once a day, until the symptoms are relieved. However, for patients with spinal stenosis and spinal dislocation, it is recommended not to do it because it will aggravate the symptoms!

5. Surgical treatment: Due to the very strict indication requirements, less than 5% of the population is clinically suitable for surgery. In addition, the cost is high, the trauma is large, the recovery period is long, and it is easy to relapse. Therefore, many people do not choose surgery unless they have no other choice!

As for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, your doctor will provide you with the best treatment method based on your symptoms and the specific conditions of the CT/MRI films.