How to prevent lumbar disc herniation?

With the change of people’s lifestyle, there is an increasing trend of lumbar disc herniation, which seriously affects the normal work and daily life of patients. Therefore, how to prevent lumbar disc herniation in daily life, the following aspects from several aspects to introduce. ① lying hard bed The texture of the bed is too soft in the human body lying down due to the weight of the compression, resulting in the middle low, four high shape, thus easily affecting the normal physiological curvature of the lumbar spine, resulting in uneven intervertebral disc stress, inducing intervertebral disc degeneration. The choice of a hard bed is more appropriate, the use of bedding on the bed board to increase comfort, while maintaining a reasonable physiological curvature of the lumbar spine. ② Work process should be relaxed at the right time Especially for those engaged in ambulatory work or bending work, try to maintain the correct posture to avoid increasing the pressure within the lumbar disc, regular stretching and activities of the waist. Generally after 1 hour of work, the waist should be moved for a few minutes to relax the muscles and relieve the muscle fatigue caused by long hours of work. ③ adhere to the lumbar back muscle exercise strong lumbar back muscle is very important to maintain the stability and functional activities of the lumbar spine. Commonly used supine exercise such as “swallow fly”, or prone exercise such as “anti-bow”. Insist on exercising before going to bed at night or before waking up in the early morning. ④Grabbing heavy things should be correct action daily life inevitably need to grab heavy things. Incorrect grasping posture will increase the lumbar spine stress, may damage the small joints of the lumbar spine and lumbar muscles, causing accelerated degeneration of the lumbar spine. The correct posture when grabbing heavy objects should first squat, grab the weight and then stand up, reduce bending, reduce the excessive force on the lumbar muscles, mainly through the role of leg strength to grab heavy objects.