The treatments for lumbar muscle strain include medication, physical therapy, self-care and surgery. 1. Medication: Usually, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. ibuprofen) are used to relieve pain as prescribed by the doctor, and can also be combined with closed treatment (e.g. procaine plus prednisolone acetate for pain point closure) to relieve pain. 2. Physical therapy: Common physical therapy includes electromagnetic, ultrasound, infrared ray, laser, etc. 3. Self-care treatment: such as maintaining good living habits, correcting bad body position, avoiding overwork, and so on. Strengthening the functional exercise of lumbar back muscles under the guidance of doctors. 4. Surgery: Surgery is rarely needed for lumbar muscle strain, but if conservative treatment fails to produce significant results, surgery may be needed in some cases. People with obvious symptoms of lumbar muscle strain should go to regular hospitals in time and be treated under the guidance of doctors.