With painful symptoms in the lower back, it is usually better to lie down. However, patients usually have difficulty in sustaining lying down, and need to alternate different positions, as follows: 1, lying down: when the lumbar pain, by lying down can make the lumbar muscles fully relaxed, which is good for the recovery of the lumbar muscles. Lumbar disc herniation patients lying down can also make clinical symptoms relief, reduce the pressure of the intervertebral disc. 2, lying down and side lying alternately: patients can not keep the same position for a long time, usually need to lie down and side lying alternately. When lying on the side, the patient should keep the lumbar spine turned over as a whole, not to twist the waist, shorten the time of lying on the side and try to increase the time of lying flat, which can make the clinical symptoms get full relief in a short period of time. In addition to bed rest, the patient also needs to cooperate with the training of lumbar back muscles.