Whether or not you need to pad things when sleeping with back pain depends on the patient’s specific situation. In general, it is not recommended to pad things; if the patient lumbar muscle spasm can pad soft pillow or towel to relieve lumbar muscle tension, in the lumbar spine compression fracture surgery can be pad soft pillow or towel to maintain the lumbar vertebrae reset.
1. lead to excessive forward bending of the lumbar: the human body has four physiological curvature, lumbar spine is forward bending, sleep if long-term lumbar pads may make the lumbar excessive forward bending, not conducive to biomechanical conduction.
2. aggravate lumbar pain: sleeping in the lumbar pads will also compress the lumbar muscles and blood vessels, is not conducive to lumbar blood circulation, so that the lumbar muscle metabolites accumulate, aggravate lumbar pain.
3. Damage to the abdominal organs: sleeping period if you can not always keep the supine position, the waist pad things may be compressed lumbar muscles and abdominal cavity, in the long run will damage the abdominal organs.
Sleeping choose the right hardness of the mattress, generally not recommended in the lumbar cushion things, in specific cases can be padded soft pillow, towels, etc., lumbar pain is serious, we should consult a doctor in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.