There is no such thing as the fastest way to get relief from herniated lumbar disc foot numbness clinically. There are general treatment, drug treatment, lumbar traction or surgical treatment for lumbar disc herniation and plantar numbness relief.
1. General treatment: For mild or early numbness of the soles of the feet caused by lumbar disc herniation, after resting on a hard bed and lumbar braking, the compression and irritation of the herniated discs on the nerve roots can be reduced in most cases, thus improving the symptoms of numbness.
2. Medication: If the pain cannot be relieved, it is necessary to choose anti-swelling and anti-pain medication according to the cause, such as mannitol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib, and nutritive nerve drugs, such as methylcobalamin, to carry out the treatment.
3. Lumbar traction: most of the early lumbar disc herniation, lumbar traction can reduce the symptoms of herniated nerve irritation, so on some of the lumbar disc protrusion caused by plantar numbness can play a role in relieving.
4. Surgical treatment: for lumbar disc herniation at a more serious level, causing numbness on the soles of the feet, which may be accompanied by weakness of the lower limbs or even urinary and fecal incontinence, surgical treatment of herniated discs may significantly alleviate the numbness and discomfort symptoms.
Lumbar herniation can also be relieved through rehabilitation and physical therapy, and the numbness caused by different degrees of herniation needs to be treated accordingly after the doctor’s diagnosis in order to be relieved.