Stiffness and tightness in the lower back can be relieved by general treatment, medication, physical therapy and surgery according to the cause of the disease. Common causes include lumbar muscle strain, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, lumbar vertebral fracture and ankylosing spondylitis.
1. Lumbar muscle strain: lumbar muscle strain is generally a chronic cumulative injury, often manifested as stiffness and pain in the lumbar muscles, bed rest, oral pain medication such as ibuprofen and myorelaxant medication such as cloxacillin, but also feasible massage, grilled electricity and other physical therapy to promote local blood circulation.
2. Lumbar disc herniation: due to the lumbar disc degeneration and protrusion of the surrounding tissue caused by irritation, resulting in lumbar pain, tightness of the symptoms, generally through oral ibuprofen extended-release capsules for pain, static mannitol and other medications to reduce edema, should be bed-ridden rest, but also in the professional guidance of the lumbar spine traction and other physiotherapy, the serious cases of intervertebral disc removal surgery, vertebral fusion and other treatments.
3. Lumbar spine fracture: generally due to the lumbar region by a huge violence and injury, injury to the lumbar muscle subcutaneous bleeding, resulting in lumbar muscle tightness and pain, mild lumbar spine fracture bed rest for three months can be recovered, lumbar burst fracture, need to carry out the incision and reset of the lumbar spinal root nail internal fixation.
4. Ankylosing spondylitis: Ankylosing spondylitis is a rheumatic immune disease, the pain period can be given diclofenac sodium, ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce pain, but also can be used to prednisolone, cyclophosphamide and other drugs to inhibit the development of the disease.
If your back is stiff and tight and not relieved after resting, it is recommended that you go to the hospital, improve the examination to clarify the cause, and standardize the treatment under the doctor’s guidance to avoid delaying the condition. The medication should be applied according to the doctor’s prescription.