If you want to recover fast from a muscle strain in your lower back, you can help your recovery by resting in bed, wearing a waist cuff, applying cold and hot packs, and medication. 1. Bed rest: can help the muscles to rest in time, to prevent activities on the muscles caused by stimulation, is conducive to reducing muscle pain and swelling. 2. Wear a waist cuff: it can protect the stability of the waist muscles and prevent the injury from worsening. 3. Cold compresses and hot compresses: Generally, cold compresses can be applied to reduce subcutaneous edema and bleeding after a lumbar muscle strain, and hot compresses can be applied after 72 hours to help blood circulation, relieve pain and swelling. 4. medication: when the pain is severe, you can use anti-inflammatory drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as celecoxib capsules. It can relieve pain and help recovery. It is recommended to go to the hospital in time after the lumbar muscle strain, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.