Which sleeping position is better for patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis

Patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis generally sleep in a side-lying position with the knee joints in a flexed position. Lumbar spondylolysis is a common spine disease, the main cause is caused by congenital developmental abnormalities, lumbar trauma, long-term heavy manual labor lumbar spine load is too large and other factors. Lumbar spondylolysis patients should choose the appropriate hardness of the mattress, sleep with the buttocks down 1.2 centimeters of hardness for the appropriate hardness. Can not say that the harder the mat the better, such as the bed board put a mat on the sleep, this affects the normal sleep practice is not desirable. You can choose to sleep in the flat position or side position two positions, flat position sleeping position is suitable for patients with lateral fossa stenosis, can be in the flat position in the lumbar region below the pad into the 5 ~ 8cm thick small cushion, is conducive to maintaining the physiological curvature of the lumbar spine, to alleviate the pain of the lumbar spine and lumbar vertebrae pressure. Side sleeping position is suitable for patients with more narrow spinal canal and aggravated symptoms. When lying on the side, attention should be paid to bending the hip and knee joints, so that the spine is maintained in a relaxed state. On weekdays, we should pay attention to reduce the excessive rotation of the waist, squatting and other activities, reduce the excessive weight of the waist to reduce weight loss, strengthen the function of the lumbar back muscles exercise to restore the function of the lumbar back muscles, do not or less wear high-heeled shoes standing in the standing position is best to make the knees alternately to maintain a mildly flexed position.