Ways to relieve leg numbness from compressed nerves in the lumbar spine

There are five ways to relieve lumbar spine compression nerve leg numbness: first, in the acute phase of the attack emphasizes that must be strict bed rest, about a month’s time will be better. Second, drug treatment, you can apply local non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce the pain and numbness of nerve endings. The application of methylcobalamin and other drugs for nutritional nerve therapy, can also be local paste topical cream to reduce local irritation symptoms. Third, rehabilitation exercise, you can carry out the functional exercise of the low back muscles, such as can do flying swallow, the patient prone position, the head, neck, chest and lower limbs at the same time lifting, two arms back, only the abdomen on the bed, each action lasts 10-15 seconds, every day for about 5-10 times. Fourth, traction therapy, you can do pelvic traction on the lumbar traction bed, continuous traction for 30 minutes, once a day. Fifth, if the above physical therapy and medication do not provide relief, surgical treatment is needed for the indication. Surgical treatment of less than 5% of the population of the whole lumbar disc compression, need to strictly grasp the indications, generally appeared obvious spinal stenosis, lumbar spine prolapse, or appeared in the cauda equina nerve compression, urinary and fecal dysfunction, must be surgical treatment.