Many people confuse lumbar muscle strain with lumbar disc herniation, but the two are actually completely different. The painful parts of lumbar strain are mainly concentrated in the upper part of the lumbar vertebrae, close to the lumbar and thoracic parts, commonly the first lumbar vertebrae to the third lumbar vertebrae, the main performance is soreness and sleepiness, when the acute attack is difficult for the patient to turn over and bend over, acute lumbar sprain is actually the acute attack state of lumbar strain. There are obvious differences between herniated discs and lumbar strain, first of all, the pain sites are different. Herniated discs mainly show lower back pain, often spreading to the bilateral buttocks and thighs, calves, rear and lateral, that is, mainly the buttocks, thighs and calves, lumbar muscle strain is mainly the symptoms of the upper part of the lumbar spine alone. Therefore, lumbar muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation symptoms and pain sites are different and are two diseases.