Xiao Wang worked overtime the other day for two weeks, staring at the computer for 7-8 hours a day, after waking up in the morning, he felt the pain began to rise, at first did not take it seriously, he put a plaster to continue to go to work. Who knows the next day, the back pain is more and more powerful, and even get up are difficult, Wang then felt that something is wrong, came to the hospital for examination. What is a herniated lumbar disc? The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have similar experiences. The impression is not that this disease has nothing to do with young people? The majority of people who get such a disease should be elderly people? These concepts are one-sided. Today, we will give you a brief explanation of all aspects of lumbar disc herniation, hoping to correct some of your past misconceptions. Causes: 1, lumbar disc degeneration (usually after the age of 25 began to gradually degenerate) 2, long-term repeated strain injury (long time standing or sitting, fixed posture, weight bearing bending state disc susceptible to injury) 3, history of trauma (adolescent patients with disc herniation have a history of trauma) 4, congenital abnormalities of the lumbosacral spine (lumbar small joint deformity and joint protrusion asymmetry) 5, genetic factors ( Family history of lumbar herniation) Age of predilection for lumbar disc herniation: middle-aged and young patients mostly; gender ratio: male > female; lumbar disc felling population: heavy manual laborers (porters, athletes, etc.), sedentary and standing people (teachers, drivers, programmers, white-collar workers, etc.), pregnant women (increased fetal weight and hormone level changes lead to) Common symptoms of lumbar disc herniation: 1. radiating lower extremity pain (96.5% of patients, pain related to posture), numbness and weakness of lower extremities, etc. 2, claudication (walking with a stiff torso and inability to take normal steps) 3, lumbar muscle spasm and tension (muscle pulling can cause the lumbar spine to show a lateral convexity deformity on X-ray) 4, interspinous paraspinal pressure and radiating pain (patients refuse to press the spine for examination) 5, neurological dysfunction (weakness of lower extremities, nerve root pain, The examination methods of lumbar disc herniation: a. Physical examination: straight leg raising test and strengthening test b. Imaging examination: 1. lumbar X-ray (simple, convenient, low cost, non-invasive, usually used for screening, for reference only) 2. 3. intervertebral disc CT (convenient, reliable diagnosis, large amount of radiation) 4. lumbar spine MRI (high accuracy, clear diagnosis, no radiation, gold standard) Treatment of lumbar disc herniation: I. Conservative treatment suitable for the population: 1. Patients with severe neurological compression symptoms, poor general condition, and difficulty in tolerating surgery. 2. Suitable people for surgical treatment: 1. 3, the usual protection 1, cold, wet season, pay attention to warmth; 2, avoid prolonged standing and sitting (half an hour to change the posture); 3, correct poor sitting, standing, lying posture; 4, usually pay attention to the functional exercise of the lumbar back muscle; 5, avoid excessive weight bearing and prolonged bending activities of the low back 6, do not sleep too soft at home bed, etc.. Reasonable posture when carrying heavy objects Pressure on the lumbar disc under different pressure