Mild lumbar compression of nerves can be treated with shockwave therapy, which has a certain effect on symptomatic relief, but is ineffective for severe herniation that compresses the nerve root.
Mild lumbar disc herniation compressing the nerve usually causes inflammatory reaction of the nerve root and edema of the nerve root, etc. After extracorporeal shock wave treatment, the inflammatory reaction and edema of the nerve root can be alleviated to a certain extent, and the uncomfortable symptoms such as pain or numbness of the lower limbs can be improved.
For severe herniated lumbar discs with nerve compression and nerve root compression, the effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy is very general or ineffective, and may even aggravate the nerve root symptoms. Therefore, for serious lumbar disc herniation, surgical treatment is usually adopted, such as lumbar endoscopic discectomy, posterior discectomy and fusion internal fixation.