Postoperative health education of lumbar spine 1. Body position and diet: patients are instructed by the medical staff to take the lying position for 4-6 hours after surgery according to their conditions, and after that, they are assisted by nurses to turn over once every 2-4 hours. Patients with non-transabdominal incision should start to eat small amount of full-flow or half-flow food, such as meat porridge, lean meat soup, etc., 6 hours after returning to the ward after the operation, and then gradually change from soft food to normal diet after having anal excretion. Recommended 1-2 weeks after surgery, high protein, high vitamin diet, such as more fish, egg white, fresh vegetables and fruits, diabetic patients according to the guidance of medical staff. 2, pipeline processing: patients after surgery are generally left with a wound drain and urinary catheter, some patients with a urinary catheter has a slight discomfort of the urethral orifice, after preoperative training of the patient’s condition is stable and recommended the morning of the next day of surgery by the nurse in charge of removing the urinary catheter. Wound drainage tube is to drain out the localized blood in the wound, pay attention to avoid pressure on the drainage tube, folding, to keep it open, the nurse will make regular rounds, and the doctor will decide when to pull it out according to the amount of drainage and the condition of the patient, so please don’t worry about it. 3, pain management: patients generally appear more obvious incision pain within three days after surgery, please tell the nurse on duty to actively deal with pain, some patients will appear lower limb numbness or paralysis, please do not worry, tell your nurse or doctor, the vast majority of patients will be gradually reduced and relieved in a short period of time. Rehabilitation training: (1) Ankle pump exercise: 30 times for 1 group, 10 groups per day, to promote the venous return of the lower limbs and prevent deep vein embolism. (2) Straight leg raising exercise: train lower limb muscle strength, prevent muscle atrophy; prevent lumbar nerve root adhesion. (3) Functional exercise of lumbar back muscles: according to the instruction of medical personnel, train the lumbar muscle strength. (4) Correctly wear the waist circumference or external fixation support to get out of bed activities: lying down and wearing a good waist circumference – take the side lying position —- arm support to sit up slowly —- sit up for a moment —- no dizziness and other discomforts out of bed activities. (5) Recommended postoperative exercises: walking, jogging, swimming. (6) Postoperative should avoid: bending over, lifting or carrying heavy objects, strenuous exercise or heavy manual labor, lumbar cold, and so on. (5) Postoperative follow-up: return to the hospital for follow-up in the first, second and third months after surgery or as prescribed by the doctor. If there is any discomfort such as wound oozing, obvious pain, or aggravation of the original preoperative symptoms, it is recommended to return to the hospital for follow-up immediately.