Patient: Description of the condition (onset time, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.): minor symptoms have not been treated Consult the treatment plan Li Xianliang, Department of Orthopedics, Sichuan Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine: lumbar disc herniation is a common degenerative change of the lumbar spine in many people, as long as it does not compress the stimulated nerve, no symptoms, no special treatment is needed. The fact that you can find a few middle-aged and elderly people on the street for CT or MRI examinations may detect a lumbar disc herniation. Only when the symptoms of lumbar and leg pain and numbness arise, affecting functional activities, this is the disease – lumbar disc herniation (note that the word “disease” is added here), which requires treatment. Only those with large herniation, severe nerve compression, heavy symptoms, and significant functional activity limitations may consider surgery. Interestingly the statistical difference in efficacy between surgical and non-surgical treatment of the disease is not significant. Surgical treatment is not a cure, and there is a risk of reoccurrence. It is important not to believe in a “radical” cure. It is recommended that non-surgical treatment be given first, and then surgical treatment be considered when the disease is not effective and is severe.