Whether or not you can massage a herniated lumbar disc depends on the severity of the condition and the clinical symptoms, not in the acute stage, but in the non-acute stage and light herniated lumbar discs can be massaged. Acute massage may cause local tissue edema and congestion, pain aggravation, this period of time generally to bed rest and medication anti-inflammatory pain relief. Non-acute lumbar disc herniation patients, massage to relax the muscles. Massage can be used to loosen the soft tissues around the spine, adjust the offset vertebrae, restore the normal sequence of the spine, reduce the pressure on the joints, widen the intervertebral space, so that the deformation of the intervertebral discs have to return to or deviate from the spinal nerves to reduce the nerve compression, so as to eliminate the symptoms. Massage can alleviate the symptoms of lumbar pain in patients with herniated discs, but not a cure for lumbar disc herniation, if there is a lumbar disc herniation, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, early formal treatment.