What to do if you sprain your waist

The lumbar spine is at the center of gravity of the human body, and the waist needs support in daily activities. However, sometimes it is easy to sprain the waist while working. After a sprain, it is very painful. It is easy to dislocate the intervertebral discs. If the bone dislocation is serious, surgery must be performed, or cupping and acupuncture can be used for treatment. You should choose the correct treatment method according to your own situation. In daily life, you should pay attention to your sitting and sleeping posture.

First of all, lumbar disc herniation is easy to cause back sprains. Massage can only relieve it. Taking medicine can also relieve it. It will get better after aging. Surgery can be treated, but the success rate is very low and there are risks, so it is generally not used. It is recommended that you use traction, physical therapy and massage to relieve it. Pay attention not to be too tired and keep your waist warm. Frequent back sprains can easily cause lumbar disc herniation. Lumbar disc herniation leads to vertebral instability and it is easy to cause back sprains. There are certain reasons for lumbar disc herniation, such as standing for a long time, sitting for a long time, carrying weight, bending over for a long time, sitting too low, waist sprain, and sleeping on a soft bed. You must avoid these. Now you must sleep on a hard bed. When lying on the bed, you can put a small pillow under your waist (belt). You can walk backwards and do the "two-end lift" action (lying on your stomach and lifting your head and feet upward) to strengthen your waist muscles. Hang on the horizontal bar. Don't bend over when lifting heavy objects. You should squat down to get the heavy object first, and then stand up slowly. Another person squats down and uses the thumb and middle finger of his right hand to press the left and right points of the most painful part of the patient's waist, so that the patient feels 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. Try not to bend over, keep your waist warm, avoid getting cold, and avoid bending over and exerting force (such as mopping the floor). It is best to combine acupuncture, traction, massage, physical therapy, acupoint injection, and compresses to achieve good results.

Treatment of sprains

If you sprain your waist, stop moving and rest immediately. In order to relax the waist muscles, you can place a thin soft pillow under your waist to relieve pain. After spraining the waist, it is better to use hot compress therapy, which is to heat salt, bran or sand, wrap it with cloth, and apply it to the most painful part of the waist, twice a day. Acupuncture, cupping, massage, and physical therapy also have very good effects.

Precautions

First, you need to do warm-up exercises before exercise, especially the warm-up exercises for the waist, which should be done seriously, such as bending forward and backward, turning left and right, jumping up and squatting down, stretching and shortening, etc.

Second, pay attention to correct posture and proper use of force. The strength of the waist should be gradually increased, and the movements should be coordinated and balanced without being too violent.

Third, strengthening waist muscle training, especially fitness programs that focus on waist activities, can increase the mobility of the spine, enhance the elasticity and extensibility of the ligaments, and make the muscles more developed and powerful. Even when bearing greater force, it is not easy to tear or sprain.