Cold calves caused by lumbar disc herniation can be treated with general treatment, physical therapy, medication or surgery.
1. General treatment: It is recommended to avoid sitting and standing for a long time in daily life, take more bed rest, pay attention to keep warm, and use waist circumference for external fixation protection.
2. Physiotherapy: Physiotherapy methods such as traction, hot compresses, lumbar and dorsal muscle training, and ultrashort wave can be used to promote blood circulation and improve the symptoms of cold calves.
3. Drug therapy: you can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, muscle relaxants such as eteplirasone and tizanidine, as well as nutritive nerve drugs such as vitamin B2 and methylcobalamin under the guidance of a doctor.
4. Surgery: When the situation is more serious and has affected the patient’s normal work and life, it is necessary to consider lumbar disc removal surgery to reduce the compression of nerves and relieve the symptoms.
Patients with lumbar disc herniation should go to the hospital in time when the symptoms of cold calves appear, and choose the treatment method under the guidance of the doctor, do not blindly use medication on their own.