Symptoms of lumbar muscle strain, waist pain is the most common

Lumbar muscle strain can cause soreness in the lower back and tenderness points. The pain is more obvious especially after fatigue, and the symptoms are relieved after rest. Therefore, timely treatment is required to avoid excessive fatigue, appropriate exercise, timely drug treatment, and closed treatment.

1. Common symptoms

1. Soreness or distension in the waist, local tingling or burning pain.

2. It gets worse when you are tired and gets better when you rest; it gets better with proper exercise and frequent changes of body position, but gets worse with excessive activity.

3. Unable to persist in bending over to work, often forced to stretch the waist from time to time or hit the waist with fists to relieve pain.

4. There are tender points in the lower back, mostly in the sacrospinal muscle, the posterior part of the iliac spine, the insertion point of the sacrospinal muscle behind the sacrum, or the transverse process of the lumbar vertebra.

5. There is usually no abnormality in the appearance and movement of the waist, and there is no obvious lumbar muscle spasm. A few patients have slightly restricted waist movement.

II. Treatment

1. Avoid overwork and correct bad posture.

2. Appropriate functional exercises, such as waist and back muscle exercises, can prevent muscle tension disorders.

3. Physical therapy, massage and other therapies to relax muscles and promote blood circulation.

4. Drug treatment: mainly anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs and traditional Chinese medicine for relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation.

5. Block therapy: For those with fixed tender points, 0.5-1% procaine 5-10ml plus 0.5-1ml of prednisolone acetate or hydrocortisone acetate can be used to block the pain points, with good results.

6. Surgical treatment can be performed for cases that are ineffective with various non-surgical treatments.

The key to treating lumbar muscle strain is to exercise the waist and back muscles, and the most recommended method of exercising the waist and back muscles is the "Wild Goose Pose". Lie on your stomach, remove the pillow, then straighten your chest and head, and stretch your arms and legs into the air, like a flying goose. When exercising, a single lifting action should last for 5 seconds, then relax the muscles and rest for 3-5 seconds. This is one cycle. Exercise once in the morning and once in the evening every day, do 30 cycles each time, and persist for a long time, it will have a good relieving effect.

In addition, lying on your back in bed without a pillow, pushing your head back against the bed, and lifting your shoulders can also exercise the muscles in your waist and back. This method is also good for people who feel discomfort in their neck muscles. In addition, massage is also an effective method.