Can you sit on a sofa with a herniated disk?

Lumbar disc herniation can sit on the sofa needs to depend on the situation, if it is a wooden sofa patients can be appropriate to sit for a while. If it is a softer sponge sofa, patients absolutely can not sit, and daily life also need to reduce sedentary, standing, bending, weight bearing and other physical labor. If the patient sits on a softer sofa, it will lead to increased pressure between the vertebrae in the lumbar spine area, which will further aggravate the herniated disc, and will make the discomfort more serious, but also not conducive to the recovery of this disease. After the occurrence of lumbar disc herniation, if the patient is now in the acute stage, what can be done is to strictly lie in a hard bed and rest for 2-3 weeks. Strict bed rest can promote the retraction of the intervertebral disc, which can relieve the symptoms very well. If you want to get out of bed and move around, you need to wear a waist cuff appropriately to protect your waist, and you also need to choose the right treatment to treat it.