Is a centralized lumbar disc herniation serious?

Central lumbar disc herniation, if the disc has not yet compressed the spinal cord, is not a serious situation, generally can be solved through conservative treatment. Clinically, patients are required to lie on a hard bed, avoid long hours of work, avoid bending labor, can carry out lumbar stretching exercises, which is conducive to enhance the strength of the lumbar muscles, is conducive to the return of the intervertebral discs, but also lumbar traction therapy, generally about three times a week lumbar traction, which is conducive to increasing the width of the spinal space, is conducive to the discs to return to the. If the central lumbar disc herniation is more obvious, compression to the spinal cord, and at the same time the lower limb muscle strength loss, walking instability, it is recommended to early surgical treatment, disc removal spinal decompression surgery.