Is a minor lumbar disc herniation serious?

Minor lumbar disc herniation is usually not serious. Minor lumbar discs may have no obvious clinical symptoms, or they may cause patients to experience symptoms of low back pain. Patients with minor lumbar disc herniation may not need special treatment in the absence of low back pain, but they should promptly change the bad posture and strengthen the lumbar back muscle exercise to prevent further aggravation of lumbar disc herniation. Patients with minor lumbar disc herniation resulting in low back pain can reduce the pain by resting in bed, taking oral ibuprofen for pain relief, and wearing a brace to limit the lumbar activities, and the condition will usually improve. The frequency of low back pain will be reduced after patients strengthen the low back muscle exercise and correct the bad posture in daily life. If the symptoms of minor lumbar disc herniation are obvious, patients should go to the hospital in time, and under the guidance of the doctor to carry out regular treatment.