How to exercise a herniated disc

Patients with lumbar disc herniation can perform exercises such as hanging bar, plate support, small swallow fly, etc., and can also perform traction, physical therapy and other ways to relieve discomfort, can be combined with medication co-treatment, and if necessary, surgery. Lumbar disc herniation is mainly related to bad posture, trauma and other factors, can be manifested as lumbar pain, leg pain, leg numbness and other symptoms, need to do lumbar spine CT or MRI can be clear, and often take conservative treatment. Normally, you can hang the bar to loosen the pressure between the vertebrae, plate support can enhance the strength of the lumbar muscles, small swallow fly can enhance the lumbar back muscle strength, enhance spinal stability, etc., but should pay attention to moderation, to avoid injury. In addition to self-exercise, lumbar traction and physical therapy can be used to improve the symptoms, with the use of non-steroidal painkillers and nutritive drugs, such as diclofenac sodium, methylcobalamin and other drugs, if the effect of conservative treatment is not good can be surgical treatment. Patients with lumbar protrusion should combine work and rest, bed rest in the acute stage, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of medication, do not blindly use their own medication.