Low back pain caused by shingles can be treated by general treatment, medication and physical therapy. 1. General treatment: when herpes zoster appears in the waist, it will lead to back pain, you need to keep the lesion area clean and dry, wear loose clothes, when the lesion area oozing, you can apply cold compresses to soothe the skin. 2. medication: patients need to take oral acyclovir tablets, vasiclovir tablets and other drugs to treat the early stage, but also oral ibuprofen tablets, diclofenac sodium extended-release tablets and other drugs to relieve pain. When the blisters of skin lesions are not ruptured, you can apply acyclovir cream, pentoxifylline cream and other drugs to treat. 3. Physical therapy: herpes zoster patients with back pain can be ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation and other treatments, through the photochemical effect to promote the blisters to dry up and crust, improve the symptoms of back pain. When herpes zoster causes back pain, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor for standardized treatment, do not self-medication.