What to do if you have to lie flat on your back for a lumbar fracture and can’t hold on?

Lumbar spine fracture must lie flat to hold on may be due to prolonged pressure on the trunk, painful irritation, and muscle stiffness. Relief methods mainly include adjusting the position, physical and medication assistance. 1. Long-term pressure patients: lumbar spine fracture patients bedridden for a long time, easy to lead to certain parts of the long-term pressure, discomfort, can be appropriate to adjust the position, posture and other ways to relieve. Routine recommendations in the accompanying bed with the help of axial turning, that is, the upper limb torso and lower limbs to keep turning at the same time, so that the spine to maintain relative stability, do not torsion, to avoid a part of the body long-term pressure, to alleviate the symptoms of discomfort. 2. Pain stimulation, muscle stiffness patients: muscle stiffness patients, you can choose hot towels, massage and physical therapy, etc., to relieve muscle stiffness; pain tolerance is relatively poor patients can take oral ibuprofen, meloxicam and other pain medication to relieve; anxiety, insomnia patients can also take oral eszopiclone tablets to relieve anxiety, help sleep. The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. If the patient’s discomfort is serious, or the symptoms do not improve, the patient should go to the hospital in time for treatment.