Lumbar muscle strain injury belongs to the category of “lumbago” in Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating lumbar muscle strain include medication, acupuncture, massage, and so on.
Lumbar muscle strain injury is a disease that mainly manifests itself in lumbar pain and recurring attacks, which is mostly caused by blocked meridians and channels, poor qi and blood circulation, or deficiency of kidney qi, and loss of nourishment in the waist and abdomen.
1. Drug treatment: patients with lumbar muscle strain can follow the doctor’s instructions in the local application of safflower oil, orthopedic water and other drugs to activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis. Part of the patients can also be under the guidance of the doctor with the injured dampness and pain relief cream, warming the meridians and collaterals cream and other blood circulation cream pasted on the local treatment.
2. Acupuncture and moxibustion: Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of kidney point, Guanyuan point and Zhizhong point for patients with lumbar muscle strain injury can have the effect of relieving lumbar pain.
3. Tui na massage: lumbar muscle strain patients on the lumbar muscles massage, or lumbar ligaments for plucking can relieve lumbar pain.
It is recommended that patients with lumbar muscle strain injury timely medical treatment, the doctor will choose the appropriate Chinese medicine treatment according to the patient’s condition, not self-medication or Chinese medicine operation. In addition, the patient usually need to rest more, avoid prolonged bending or lumbar weight bearing.