Lumbar disc herniation patients do four health care measures in winter

The fall and winter seasons every year are the seasons with higher incidence of lumbar disc herniation, which is due to the cold weather and lower temperature in winter, the muscles of the lumbar back will have different degrees of tension and spasm, so that the pressure in the intervertebral discs increases, leading to the occurrence of lumbar disc herniation. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that the human body in winter, yin and yang decline, Yang Qi hidden, coupled with the wind and cold at this time is particularly serious, easy to attack the human body and lead to lumbar disc herniation. So, lumbar disc herniation patients how to health care, safe through the cold winter? 1, do a good job in advance to prevent cold and warm winter temperature changes more frequently, lumbar disc herniation patients should do a good job in advance to prevent cold and warm preparation, especially to do a good job in the neck, waist, back warmth. Coughing and sneezing occur in winter when you have a cold. When sneezing and coughing, the increase in abdominal pressure can easily increase the pressure in the lumbar intervertebral discs, strain the back muscles, and then lumbar intervertebral disc herniation occurs. Therefore, timely increase in clothing, prevent colds, but also to prevent the occurrence of lumbar disc herniation is an important element. 2, to ensure that sleep to avoid excessive exercise winter is closed season, people should go to bed early and get up late, to maintain adequate sleep, avoid excessive, strenuous physical activity, and appropriate moderation of sexual intercourse. In winter, if you can not maintain adequate sleep, or often excessive sports and lead to sweating, will make the body of the Yang Qi dissipation, not only easy to lead to the occurrence of lumbar disc herniation, but also to the health of the body to produce a certain degree of harm. 3, consume food with tonic effect In winter, lumbar disc herniation patients can according to their own physical characteristics, targeted consumption of some of the tonic effect of food, cold constitution patients, usually afraid of cold, afraid of wind, often cold hands and feet, suitable for the consumption of some warm food, such as cinnamon, jujubes, chestnuts, honey, mutton, dog meat, shrimp, etc.; weak constitution patients, usually depressed, talking weak, sometimes with a little breathlessness. The patient with weak constitution, usually depressed, breathless, sometimes with back pain, poor sleep, suitable for eating some blood and qi food, such as melon, yam, black beans, mushrooms, liver, chicken, beef, toadstools and so on. 4, pay attention to the lumbar daily protection Due to the winter caused by lumbar intervertebral disc herniation occurs in a variety of triggering factors are more, therefore, in this season to pay special attention to the protection of the lumbar region. For example, cold sneezing, coughing, to the knees, hip joints slightly bent, can avoid lumbar spine injury; daily life, minimize the action of bending, picking up things when the body close to the object squatting to pick up, do not directly bend over to pick up the goods; get up in the morning, through the waist, lift the legs and other actions to relax the lumbar, and then lying on the side with the arm to support the body to get up; prolonged sitting, pay attention to maintain the correct posture, if necessary, can be in the lumbar region, the back, the back, the back, the back and the back. When sitting for a long time, pay attention to maintain the correct posture, if necessary, can be placed in the back of the waist a small pillow or cushion, to maintain the normal physiological curvature of the lumbar spine, reduce lumbar muscle fatigue, and so on. If the physical conditions allow, you can also do some traditional taijiquan, eight brocade and other sports, in order to relax the tendons and collaterals, and harmonize the qi and blood, to prevent lumbar intervertebral disc herniation has a good effect.