How long to bend the lumbar spine fracture conservatively

If the fracture of the lumbar spine is not very serious, conservative treatment can be chosen. The recovery time of conservative treatment usually takes more than 3 months, and avoid bending within 3 months, otherwise it may aggravate the fracture. The first thing is to improve the local X-ray examination to initially determine the extent of the lumbar fracture, and if necessary, further CT or MRI examination. The main conservative treatment for lumbar fracture is bed rest, which requires absolute bed rest for almost 2 months or more, and then you can gradually get up and move around wearing a brace after the pain is obviously relieved. During the bed rest period, pay attention to strengthen the care, such as turning and patting the back, moving the limbs; prevent lung infection, bed sores, deep vein thrombosis and other bed related complications. In addition, you can eat foods with blood activation and blood stasis effect, such as yam, angelica and tianqi, which can help the healing of the lumbar fracture. 3 months to review the X-ray, if the recovery is good, you can gradually bend down and move around.