How long does it take for a young person to recover from a lumbar muscle strain is mainly related to the treatment and the individual patient’s condition, and should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, not as a generalization. The lumbar muscle strain mostly belongs to the chronic injury, recovery is slow, if only a few days of treatment, the effect is not obvious. The treatment of lumbar muscle strain mainly includes oral blood-activating and pain-relieving drugs as well as infusion of blood-activating and blood-stasis-relieving drugs. In addition to medication, you can go to the rehabilitation department or acupuncture department to do lumbar heat therapy, physiotherapy, acupuncture, tui-na and other treatments. In addition, you can also do lumbar closed needle injection treatment. Most patients can gradually recover in about 3 weeks through the above-mentioned comprehensive treatment modalities, and some patients with more serious conditions may need longer time. In addition, patients with lumbar strain should pay attention to lumbar warmth, sit less, don’t overexert themselves, and do proper exercise for lumbar activities, and it is recommended to eat more food with high protein content.