Can I use a pillow for lumbar compression fracture?

Lumbar compression fracture can pillow pillow, choose the right pillow will not significantly change the lumbar vertebral curvature, will not give the lumbar spine healing adverse effects, but choose the height of the pillow, should not be too high or too low, to the thickness of their shoulders size is appropriate. Lumbar compression fracture, mostly caused by great violence, after the injury, the patient should lie down flat position, lying hard bed, can be placed in the lumbar part of the small pillow, to cushion the normal lumbar vertebrae physiological curvature is appropriate, so that the compression of the vertebral body, to maintain the normal physiological curvature, is conducive to reducing pain, promote the recovery of fracture. Lumbar compression fracture patients, in bed should also pay attention to the axial position turn over, avoid twisting the lumbar spine, should actively carry out bed active muscle exercise and limb joint activities, to avoid muscle atrophy and joint stiffness. Patients with lumbar compression fracture should actively cooperate with the doctor to carry out standardized treatment and rehabilitation training under the doctor’s guidance to avoid delaying the condition.