Is it better to lie on your back or lie down with a herniated disk?

Lumbar disc herniation, lying or lying good, need to be based on the specific whether it will cause pain as the basis, in general, as long as there is no obvious aggravation of the pain, lying or lying can be. If the patient’s lumbar disc herniation problem is more serious, lying down will aggravate the pain situation, it is recommended to take the lying position is better. Because when the patient is lying down, the pressure on the lumbar spine will be reduced, so that the load in the intervertebral disc will be reduced, which is conducive to the reset of the intervertebral discs, retraction, and alleviate the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation. However, it is also necessary to choose a suitable bed, generally recommended that patients with lumbar disc herniation use hard board beds, which can better enable the physiological curvature of the lumbar spine to be maintained; soft beds will lead to spinal subsidence when lying down, the physiological convexity of lumbar vertebrae will disappear, and even lumbar vertebrae will occur in the reverse bowing, the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation will increase the tendency to herniation, and therefore may lead to aggravation of protrusion and intervertebral disc degeneration. It is recommended that patients with lumbar disc herniation should actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, take more bed rest, don’t excessively bend over and bear weight, and also strengthen the exercise of lumbar muscle strength.