What kind of sleeping position is good for lumbar disc herniation?

As people get older, they will suffer from pain in the waist and legs. Lumbar disc herniation, as a common disease among the elderly, can cause great damage to the cervical spine and spine. Therefore, it is very important to maintain some small daily habits, especially your sleeping position. So what kind of posture during sleep is good for your waist? Let me explain to you what kind of sleeping position is good for lumbar disc herniation.

When lying on your back, as long as the bedding is suitable and your limbs remain naturally stretched, the curvature of your spine will not change much.

Generally, you don't need to be too particular about whether you sleep on your left or right side, because people always turn over and over in order to find a more comfortable position during sleep, about 20-45 times a night.

When lying prone, the chest is compressed and the lumbar lordosis increases, which can easily cause discomfort.

Regarding sleeping posture, scholars remind us: Generally speaking, supine and lateral positions are suitable for lumbar disc herniation. In addition, when lying on your back, you should put a soft pillow under your lower limbs to slightly bend your hips and knees and relax your muscles throughout your body. Also, you should sleep on a hard bed more often in your daily life. Sleeping on a hard bed can reduce the pressure on the intervertebral disc, while a soft bed can cause symptoms such as low back pain, so be careful.

Intervertebral disc patients should follow the experts to sleep in bed. For those patients who like to sleep on a soft bed with a high pillow, you must remember to change to a hard bed. Don't be greedy for temporary happiness and seriously damage your health.

Treatment of lumbar disc herniation

1. Rest in bed: During the acute phase, you should rest in bed immediately. The pain will usually be relieved a lot after a few days. The best resting position is lying on your side, or lying flat with a pillow under your knees to relieve pressure on your waist.

2. Conservative treatment: Lumbar disc herniation can be relieved by using [Lumbar Spine^Bone Prescription^World Medical^Patch], and Chinese medicine external application is effective in regulating lumbar disc herniation.

3. Rehabilitation therapy: including heat therapy and electrotherapy, which can relax muscles and relieve pain. Lumbar traction can open the intervertebral space, decompress the compressed sciatic nerve, and help relieve pain and inflammation.

4. Lumbar support relief: Patients with severe conditions can wear a waist support to relieve pain, but it is generally not recommended to use it for more than 3 weeks to avoid disuse waist muscle weakness.

5. Surgical treatment: If the condition is serious enough to have obvious neurological symptoms, that is, obvious atrophy and weakness of the lower limb muscles, surgical treatment should be considered.

Lumbar disc herniation should pay attention to standing, sitting and sleeping posture

1. Standing posture: The correct standing posture should be with eyes looking straight ahead, chin slightly retracted, chest upright, waist straight, calves slightly retracted, legs upright, and the distance between feet approximately the same as the width of the pelvis. In this way, the entire pelvis will tilt forward, so that the body's gravity is evenly transmitted from the spine and pelvis to the lower limbs, and then from the lower limbs to the feet. At this time, the body's gravity line passes through the lumbar vertebrae or the back of the intervertebral disc, which can effectively prevent nucleus pulposus herniation. You should not stand for too long, and you should do appropriate activities, especially waist and back activities, to relieve waist and back muscle fatigue.

2. Sitting posture: The correct sitting posture is to keep your upper body straight, abdomen tucked in, lower jaw slightly retracted, and lower limbs together. If possible, it is best to place a step or footstool under your feet so that your knees are slightly higher than your hips. If you sit on a chair with a backrest, you should try to keep your back close to the chair back based on the above posture, so that the muscles in the lumbar and sacral region will not be too tired.

3. Sleeping position: The best sleeping positions should be supine and side-lying. When lying on your back, place a soft pillow under your lower limbs so that your hips and knees can be slightly bent, your muscles can be relaxed, the pressure on the intervertebral disc can be reduced, and the tendency of intervertebral disc herniation can be reduced. This sleeping position is the best position for patients with lumbar disc herniation.

The above are detailed answers to what kind of sleeping posture is best for lumbar disc herniation. Patients with lumbar disc herniation should not only ensure a good sleeping posture, but also maintain a good posture when sitting and standing. They should also exercise appropriately to make their bodies stronger.