Lumbar disc 4-5 bulge can be improved by general treatment, medication, physical therapy, surgery and other treatments. It is necessary to actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, and the specific should follow the doctor’s instructions.
1. General treatment: If 4-5 lumbar disc herniation occurs, the condition is mild and there is no obvious clinical symptom, it is recommended to sleep on a hard board bed, and at the same time, avoid exerting the lumbar region, avoiding bending and weight-bearing activities. In addition, pay attention to the lumbar warmth, do not get cold.
2. Physical therapy: patients can take massage, hot compresses and other physical therapy to alleviate the symptoms, but also through the lumbar and dorsal muscles strength training to enhance core stability, reduce the probability of lumbar protrusion attacks.
3. Drug therapy: patients with obvious pain can take oral celecoxib, diclofenac sodium and other anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, and patients with obvious nerve symptoms in the lower limbs can take oral methylcobalamin and other nutritive nerve drugs.
4. Surgery: If the clinical symptoms of lumbar disc herniation are severe, with lumbar pain and radiating pain in the lower limbs, affecting daily life and work, ineffective conservative treatment and recurrent episodes, surgery should be considered to remove the protruding nucleus pulposus and improve the symptoms.
If you have 4-5 lumbar disc herniation, you should actively cooperate with doctor’s treatment and do not blindly use medication to avoid delay or adverse reaction. The use of medication should be in accordance with the doctor’s prescription.