Low back pain in the elderly is commonly caused by lumbar muscle strain, lumbar spine osteophytes, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spine slippage, lumbar spinal stenosis and other diseases. The treatment methods for lumbar pain in the elderly are as follows: 1. Timely medical consultation: firstly, exclude lumbar spine bone diseases, such as lumbar spine tuberculosis and lumbar spine bone tumor; 2. Conservative treatment: such as acupuncture, physiotherapy, external application of Chinese medicine and fumigation. According to the patient’s physical condition and bone quality, treatment such as tuina, acupuncture and silver needle can be carried out; 3, patients with more serious conditions and poor results of conservative treatment can undergo surgery; 4, patients with lumbar pain caused by osteoporosis need to undergo bone density testing before targeted treatment.