What should I do if I have a lumbar muscle strain

For the problem of lumbar muscle strain, patients are advised to stop activities and rest, especially when they suddenly feel unusual pain in the waist, they should rest and relax themselves. At the same time, they should understand the situation of the strain, apply cold compresses, or go to the hospital for a more comprehensive examination.

1. Rest:

If you feel any unusual pain in a certain part of your body during exercise, stop doing it and relax and rest completely.

2. Find out the injury:

Gently rotating the injured area and performing random gentle movements can help you determine which muscles, tendons, and ligaments are painful or injured so that you know where to focus your therapeutic movements and which movements to avoid during intense exercise.

3. Do not increase the burden on the injured area:

After finding out the injured part, not only should you avoid doing exercises that affect the injured area, but you should also be careful not to add burden to the injured area during your daily activities. For example, if you have lower back pain, don't lift heavy objects, and if you have foot pain, avoid running.

4. Avoid exercising on the injured part and adopt the "active rest method":

The human body has more than 600 muscles. Therefore, even if you injure 100 muscles, you still have more than 500 muscles to train. All muscles should be exercised to improve your health and achieve balanced development. At the same time, you can strengthen the femur, which is the main weight-bearing part. There will be muscles around the injured area that can be moved as desired. For example, injured or taking over tibial muscles hinder the entire squatting movement, but half squatting is still allowed. However, you must be careful when doing it. If you feel uncomfortable during the activity, you should let the entire injured muscle group rest.

5. Cold compress:

After a muscle strain, cold treatment should be performed immediately - flush the area with cold water or apply ice cubes wrapped in a towel, then wrap the injured area with a bandage to prevent swelling. While relaxing the muscles of the injured area and raising the injured limb, you can take some painkillers and hemostatic drugs. Remove the bandage after 24 to 48 hours.