Almost all adults have experienced low back pain, and one in five patients with low back pain is a lumbar disc herniation. However, there are some misconceptions about lumbar disc herniation treatment: traction is not always effective. Traction can reduce the pressure on the intervertebral disc, promote the nucleus pulposus to different degrees, promote the inflammation to subside, relieve muscle spasm, and restore the normal relationship between the posterior joints. However, if the herniated disc is in the inner side of the nerve root, it will be more and more painful, and it is not suitable for central type, free type herniation and huge nucleus pulposus herniation. Tui na massage is not suitable for all patients. Massage can inhibit and regulate the nervous system, play an analgesic effect, relieve muscle spasm, improve blood circulation, promote the inflammation around the nerves to subside, relieve the nerve root extrusion, and may make the protruding nucleus pulposus partially return. However, severe pain of central herniation and accompanied by spinal stenosis, generally should not massage. It should not be used reluctantly in complicated conditions with a long course of disease, severe pain, obvious symptoms of nerve compression or rapid deterioration. The choice of minimally invasive surgical and interventional indications is limited. These include chemical dissolution of the nucleus pulposus, percutaneous lumbar discectomy, endoscopic disc surgery, ozone injection, and laser vaporization. The advantages of these methods are small damage, quick results, short recovery time, and fewer after-effects of surgery. However, the disadvantage is that the indications for treatment are very strict, if your condition is not in the scope of treatment, you do not have any effect, and will produce other adverse consequences. Surgery (conventional open surgery) is required in no more than 10% of cases. Surgery has been used to treat herniated discs for 60 years. Who needs surgery? 1.The diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation is more than six months, after non-surgical treatment is ineffective, and the symptoms worsen. 2. The first severe attack of lumbar disc herniation, the patient is forced to bend the hip and knee to lie on the side or even kneel due to the pain, which makes it difficult for the patient to move and sleep. 3. Single nerve palsy or cauda equina palsy, manifested by muscle paralysis or defecation and urination disorders. 4. Middle-aged patients, who have been sick for a long time, affecting their work and life. 5. Total intervertebral disc degeneration or herniation is confirmed by reliable examination. 6. If the non-surgical treatment is effective, but the symptoms recur and the pain is severe for more than 3 times, surgery is recommended. Herniated disc and other causes of lumbar spinal stenosis. Having said that, how should we choose? Is there no one method that can be effective? Is it that this disease can not be treated? No, this disease is easy to treat. Where is the key? The grasp of the indications! It is one sentence: the treatment method that suits your condition is the best method. Depending on your condition, you should treat it how you want, don’t avoid it, don’t take chances. If your condition requires surgery, you can’t escape. All of the above treatments are effective in curing lumbar disc herniation, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and each with its own scope of treatment, all you need to do is to find a doctor you trust, and leave the rest to him.