Does walking affect the lower back?

Walking for patients suffering from lumbar spine disorders is a certain degree of influence, especially the acute herniation of intervertebral discs or lumbar muscle strain patients, such patients in the acute stage of the disease should be mainly bed rest. If the patient is forced to walk and work so that the lumbar muscles, vertebrae and small joints do not get enough rest, it may aggravate the injury. Not only can the pain not be recovered in a short period of time, but it may even cause more serious clinical symptoms. Therefore, for this kind of patients, activities should be minimized as much as possible, and bed rest should be the main focus, and at the same time supplemented with microwave, baking lamps, local acupressure and other physiotherapy, to help the patients to recover from the pain and swelling in a short period of time.