Suspension traction for low back pain

  The summer heat, sticky and annoying, people in middle age, big and small things have to be broken down, back pain, numbness and tingling in the toes obviously follow the body, tired more obvious, sitting for a long time more uncomfortable. When the clinical nurse for many years, but also did not save the trouble of which, between professional and non-professional, know some chiropractic health care methods, but did not implement on their own, how effective only hearsay. The good thing is that there is a physician at home who is well versed in medical knowledge, usually for those patients with back pain, numbness and tingling in the lower extremities, walking inconvenience treatment, in addition to the application of evidence-based treatment of Chinese medicine, but also taught them to carry out their own weight suspension traction, feedback information is very good response, saving patients a lot of medical and transportation costs, why not try it yourself?  As we all know, the spine is weight-bearing, and after 40 years of age, degeneration has arrived. “tendons wrong seam, bone wrong slot”, back pain naturally good! Avoid improper sitting posture and excessive fatigue, learn to Shujin Tongluo, master a little method and countermeasures, the use of ready-made equipment around, self-care with methods and techniques, said dry.  Method introduction: take the upright position, hands up, choose the place of suspension to feet 10mm from the ground is appropriate, hands can grasp can grip, let the body hanging vertically in the air 1-2 minutes, tired of rest and repeat several times, suspension relaxed waist back and chest and abdominal muscles, slowly swing double lower limbs, the implementation of their own gravity sustained traction.  The amplitude of body swaying and the duration of suspension are determined by one’s own tolerance, about two minutes each time; remember to gradually increase the amount of exercise. Usually pay attention to maintain an upright sitting posture, so that the spine decompression, so that the head, neck, shoulders, chest, waist to maintain a slightly tense normal physiological curve. With appropriate bed rest, especially the lumbar back muscle exercise; two weeks down, back pain and swelling is no longer obvious, toe tingling disappeared, numbness from heavy to light, the effect is good. Low cost, small space, time can be adjusted at will, overcome the traditional traction force is too large, so that the normal muscle strains and lumbar spine relaxation shortcomings.  The human body is affected by its own weight, ageing and other external gravity, pressure, occupational habitual posture and other factors for a long time, making the spine and various parts of the human body to support the extrusion or bending deformation between the joints, bringing disease and discomfort. This method is simple, safe and practical. Its mechanism is mainly through traction to widen the intervertebral space, intervertebral foramen enlargement and produce negative pressure attraction effect, release the protruding intervertebral disc on the nerve root extrusion, and can improve local microcirculation, remove pain-causing inflammatory substances. And can make the tension of the muscles to stretch and relax, can promote the repair of the injury. At the same time suspension is also a kind of exercise, through exercise can enhance the external vitality of the muscles around the spine, improve the flexibility of the waist and back and adjust the local muscle tone, enhance the upper limbs, shoulder and chest muscle strength, expand the chest, can shape the body, prevent osteoporosis, and can improve sleep.