A herniated lumbar disc compressing a nerve requires an analysis of how long it will take to recover, depending on the patient’s condition and the degree of compression. Usually, it takes at least a month to recover. The severity of the herniated lumbar disc compressing the nerve needs to be analyzed in conjunction with the duration of the disease. If the duration of the disease is less than two weeks, it means that it is in the acute stage of the herniated lumbar disc, which requires one month’s bed rest, and the purpose of bed rest is to alleviate the localized pressure in the lumbar spine, and to reduce the oedema of the herniated lumbar disc compressing the nerve. At the same time, you can do lumbar traction, which is conducive to the retraction of the nucleus pulposus and reduce the compression. In addition, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take celecoxib capsules or diclofenac sodium extended-release capsules and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for anti-inflammatory treatment. If the patient has a longer course of the disease, and the symptoms of pain are more than one month, the recovery of the nerve will take longer, at least 2-3 months to recover. In addition, after recovery, patients should avoid standing for a long time, sitting for a long time or maintaining a position for a long time, and try to combine work and rest to avoid the recurrence of such phenomena.