Elderly lumbar and leg pain needs to be treated according to the cause, including lumbar degenerative diseases, osteoporosis, lumbar spine other diseases and other diseases caused by the disease. 1. Lumbar degenerative diseases: mainly including lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis and other diseases, acute pain is recommended to bed rest, local physiotherapy, far-infrared and other physiotherapy, when the pain is serious, you can use anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, celecoxib and so on, and if necessary, surgical treatment. 2. Osteoporosis: for the elderly osteoporosis caused by back and leg pain, it is recommended that the hospital in time for bone density examination, if necessary, give oral calcium drugs or infusion of zoledronic acid and other drugs to treat osteoporosis, the main daily life of the appropriate exercise, sunshine. 3. Other diseases of lumbar vertebrae: commonly seen in lumbar vertebrae fracture, lumbar vertebrae tumor or metastatic tumor compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots, patients may experience lumbar and leg pain. If the fracture is minor, bed rest, wearing a brace and other conservative treatments are feasible, while serious fracture requires surgical treatment, and if it is caused by lumbar spine tumor, it is recommended to clarify the benignity or malignancy of the tumor in time, and then further surgery and anti-tumor treatment should be carried out. Elderly patients with lumbar and leg pain are advised to consult a doctor in time to clarify the cause of the disease and carry out targeted treatment or therapy.