Symptoms of waist pain, massage can help relieve

Lumbar sprain, also known as acute lumbar sprain, is mostly caused by incorrect posture during activities, improper force, excessive weight bearing or external impact. After a sprain, pain occurs in the lower back and limited mobility, with the pain being more pronounced when coughing or moving. The muscles of the sprained area are tense and there is obvious tenderness. What should we do then?

The patient will experience low back pain immediately after the injury, which is persistent and severe. The next day, the low back pain may become more severe due to local bleeding, swelling, and low back pain. Some patients only slightly twist their waist and do not feel obvious pain at the time, but feel low back pain the next day after resting. The waist is limited in movement and cannot be straightened. It is difficult to bend, stretch, or twist. The pain is aggravated by coughing, sneezing, or urinating. When standing, people often hold their waist with their hands, and when sitting, they support themselves on the chair with both hands to relieve pain. After a lumbar muscle sprain, pain occurs immediately on one or both sides; sometimes the pain may not appear until half a day or overnight after the injury, and the movement of the waist is restricted. The pain is slightly lighter when still, but more severe when moving or coughing. During the examination, local muscle tension, tenderness and traction pain were obvious, but there was no congestion.

How to do it:

Massage method: Lie prone, and family members use the palms of both hands to rub and press on both sides of the spine from top to bottom, and massage down to the buttocks to the muscles under the thighs and the back of the calves. After massaging several times, press the most obvious pain point with your thumb, from light to heavy, until you feel soreness and swelling. Continue for 1-3 minutes, then slowly relax to relieve pressure. After pausing for a while, repeat this 5-7 times, and then pinch the painful area with the tip of your thumb.

Hot compress method: Cover the waist with a thin cloth, apply a wrung hot towel to the affected area, and then cover it with another layer of soaked hot towel to maintain the heat. Change it every 3 minutes and continue the hot compress for 20-30 minutes each time. You can also wrap heated salt or sand in a cloth bag and apply hot compress, but be careful to keep the temperature within your tolerable range.

Carrying method: The patient and his family stand back to back, bend their elbows and hold them together, then the family member lowers his head and bends over, carries the patient on his back, and gently shakes him left to right, while letting him kick his feet upwards, put him down after a while, and rest for a few minutes before doing it again. Generally, after reciting it a few times, the back pain will gradually improve.

Squat method: Ask the patient to squat down and stretch his arms upward with his palms facing each other. Another person squats down and uses the thumb and middle finger of his right hand to press and pinch the two points on the left and right sides of the patient's waist where it hurts the most, making the patient feel painful but comfortable. Then the two of them slowly stood up at the same time, stood still for a while, and then slowly squatted down. The effect will be better if you can sweat during the process.