Stretching the lower back can provide some relief for chronic low back pain. However, acute lumbar sprain caused by pain, to bed rest, avoid activities. If it is chronic low back pain, you need to avoid sitting and standing for a long time, while you can do some moderate stretching action to promote the absorption of lactic acid, so as to relieve low back pain.
In addition, for the emergence of chronic low back pain, the following points need to pay attention to:
(1) sitting posture should be correct, maintain a good spinal physiological curvature, avoid sitting for a long time, generally within 1 hour to get up and move around for a while, relax the back muscles.
(2) sleep on a hard bed, you can lay the right thickness of the mattress on the bed, generally no more than 10 centimeters, the spine can also maintain a good curvature during sleep, muscles and ligaments can be relaxed.
(3) Lumbar back to avoid cold, at the same time, regular stretching lumbar and lumbar back muscle function exercise.
Finally, if pain occurs around the back or knee during stretching, stretching must be stopped immediately. Patients with very severe back pain that cannot be relieved need to go to the local hospital immediately and take medication as prescribed by the doctor.