The incidence of low back pain in women and the importance of prevention and treatment: Low back pain is a common disease and a frequent disease, and the problem of low back pain in women is particularly prominent. According to the relevant statistics, every year in the United States, the number of people who visit the doctor due to low back pain is second only to wind, of which there are more women than men, and the ratio is roughly 5:3. In 1976, the medical expenses and compensation for low back pain in the United States was $14 billion, and only Washington, D.C. lost more than 1 million labor days every year due to low back pain; in the United Kingdom, 2% of the population and about 25% of the employed people suffer from low back pain every year. low back pain disease. Nachemson of Sweden found after 30 years of careful research that 80% of people had a history of low back pain, and 4% of them lasted for more than 3 months and became chronic low back pain patients, with a significantly higher incidence in women than in men. There are no official statistics published in China, but from the local scope survey of some medical institutions, the incidence of low back pain in China is not lower than the foreign statistical level, among which the incidence of low back pain disease in women is more prominent. Therefore, it can be said that the prevention and treatment of low back pain is a problem that needs urgent attention and solution in pain disciplines, especially the prevention and treatment of low back pain in women. To let hundreds of millions of women suffering from low back pain get rid of the pain as soon as possible is the urgent and unshirkable responsibility of every pain physician, and it is also the requirement of building a harmonious society in China at present. Second, the reasons for the high incidence of female low back pain 1, first of all, female low back pain is related to the special physiology of women, for example, the lower back pain of young women during menstruation is related to the physiological changes of women’s menstrual cycle, the low back pain during pregnancy is related to the physiological changes of women during pregnancy, the low back pain during lactation is related to the special position and movement during lactation, the low back pain of middle-aged and old women is related to the sharp decline of estrogen level of women during menopause leading to Osteoporosis, some gynecological diseases caused by low back involvement pain, etc. ……. In contemporary society, there are more and more women who work in a sedentary position and need to bend over for long periods of time, and this position is an important factor that induces chronic strain injury and spinal degeneration in women’s low back muscles, and chronic strain injury and spinal degeneration in the low back muscles is the main cause of low back pain. 2, other such as women’s pain threshold is lower than that of men, so women are more sensitive to pain. Third, the prevention and treatment of women’s low back pain correct understanding of chronic pain is also a disease, in the occurrence of pain to seek timely diagnosis and treatment of pain physicians. Learn to say “no” to pain, not to blindly tolerate pain, so as not to miss the best time for treatment, artificially increase the unnecessary pain and additional economic expenditure. Establish the concept of prevention-oriented and early treatment. The majority of low back pain can be prevented and treated at an early stage. In addition to actively avoiding the causative factors of low back pain, you should actively assist the pain physician in analyzing and identifying the causes of your low back pain, and take active preventive measures as early as possible to alleviate or control the development of the disease. Conservative treatment of low back pain. There are many methods, such as: traction, acupuncture, massage, nerve block, physical therapy, sports therapy, medication, etc. …… Because conservative treatment is accepted and recognized by the majority of patients, it is also more common in China, and most patients will have certain efficacy after conservative treatment, which is a common means of chronic low back pain treatment at present. It is a common means of treatment for chronic low back pain. Minimally invasive interventional treatment for low back pain. Minimally invasive interventional therapy is a new method of treating low back pain that has emerged in recent years. It is based on a clear diagnosis of the cause of low back pain, and with the guidance of modern imaging technology, minimally invasive interventional methods (physical or chemical) are used to treat the cause directly. At present, laser intervertebral disc vaporization, intervertebral disc collagenase chemical lysis, intervertebral disc radiofrequency or ozone nucleus ablation, intervertebral disc excision and suction, etc. are carried out. Because of its minimally invasive, safe and effective features, it is a treatment tool with great potential for development. Surgical treatment of low back pain. Because of the large trauma, more complications, high cost and long postoperative recovery period. It is generally used as a treatment for conservative treatment failure or severe low back pain.