Is traction good for treating a herniated disk ? What are the treatments?

Life has a herniated lumbar disc phenomenon of not a few people, not only in the middle-aged and elderly easy to see, is the younger generation, there are also many with the phenomenon of herniated lumbar disc, the most obvious symptom is that it can appear back pain, which will bring a great deal of impact to the patient. The most obvious symptom is back pain, which brings great influence to the patients. So is it good to use traction to treat herniated disc? What other treatments are available? The following take a look at the lumbar disc herniation treatment. For patients with lumbar disc herniation, it is crucial to take some methods to alleviate the symptoms in a timely manner, in which traction has a certain role, traction therapy is the use of pelvic traction, which can increase the width of the intervertebral space, reduce the intravertebral disc pressure, so that the disc protrusion part of the retraction, so that the irritation of the nerve root can be reduced and compression, but pay attention to the traction therapy needs to be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, or else it can cause adverse consequences. can cause adverse consequences. The phenomenon of lumbar disc herniation has a number of therapies, including non-surgical and surgical treatment, in addition to traction, there are other non-surgical therapies, such as physiotherapy and massage, massage, etc., can relieve muscle spasm, reduce the pressure within the intervertebral disc, but pay attention to the strength of the technique, such as violent massage can lead to aggravation of the condition, must be careful. There are also supportive therapy, corticosteroid epidural injection, nucleus pulposus chemical dissolution, percutaneous nucleus pulposus cutting suction or nucleus pulposus laser gasification, etc., which are effective for herniated lumbar discs to a certain extent, depending on the specific situation. Most people with lumbar disc herniation can be relieved or cured by non-surgical treatment, but there are certain indications for non-surgical treatment. Non-surgical treatment is suitable for those who are young, have their first attack or have a short course of the disease, or have mild symptoms, and those who do not have obvious spinal stenosis in the imaging examination. Lumbar disc herniation surgical treatment has a variety of ways, such as through the posterior lumbar back incision, part of the vertebral plate and articular protrusion excision method, or through the intervertebral plate space for discectomy, if it is the central type of disc herniation, the feasible vertebral plate excision, through the extradural crestal membrane or intradural crestal membrane discectomy, there are also some people belonging to the combination of lumbar spinal instability, lumbar spinal stenosis, then need to carry out the crural fusion surgery at the same time. Above is about the lumbar disc herniation of some of the treatment methods, generally speaking, most of the non-surgical treatment can be improved, and which traction therapy can also achieve certain results, but must pay attention to under the guidance of a doctor for traction, otherwise improper operation, will aggravate the symptoms, it is recommended that the lumbar disc herniation patients, no matter what treatment, pay attention to under the guidance of a doctor.