Lumbar spine instability is generally not cured by exercise, exercise can play a role in assisting the treatment, sometimes need to be combined with medication for treatment. If the lumbar spine is more serious, surgery is needed.
Lumbar spine instability is the lumbar spine can not maintain the normal position relationship under normal load, so there is an abnormal displacement. If the symptoms of lumbar instability are mild, exercise can be used to strengthen the muscles around the lumbar region, which can effectively relieve the symptoms. If necessary, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs need to be used for analgesia and anti-inflammation, such as diclofenac sodium and ibuprofen.
If the patient’s lumbar spine instability symptoms are more serious when there is obvious spinal stenosis, vertebral body slippage or fracture, which seriously compresses the nerves or spinal cord, surgical treatments need to be considered, such as spinal fusion and non-fusion surgeries, after the effect of conservative treatments is unsatisfactory.
It is recommended that patients with lumbar spine instability should go to the hospital in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, drugs need to be taken under the guidance of the doctor, do not use on their own, in order to avoid adverse effects.