Can lumbar soft tissue contusions heal on their own?

Soft tissue contusions of the lumbar region can also heal on their own, and the main thing to do after the injury is not to move, but to rest. Soft tissue injuries usually take 1-2 weeks to recover and heal gradually, in the acute stage there will be painful symptoms, attention to rest also has a supporting role in the treatment. Soft tissue injury patients in the acute stage will appear to have obvious bruising or even hematoma formation, hematoma if there is no significant expansion can also be temporarily observed, if there are signs of significant expansion, if necessary, you need to choose further surgery to cut and drain. For mild patients, no special treatment is needed, and they can also apply elastic bandages for local pressure bandaging, which can promote local bruising and absorption, and if necessary, they can also choose the method of ice packs, which can play a cooling effect and relieve the patient’s local pain symptoms.