For first-time or recurrent acute episodes, pelvic traction or acupuncture treatment can be used, which can usually provide significant relief.
For patients with long duration, recurrent attacks, severe symptoms combined with spinal stenosis and ineffective conservative treatment for three months, surgical treatment is feasible, such as laminectomy and nucleus pulposus removal, percutaneous intervertebral foraminotomy for nucleus pulposus removal, etc.