The use of bed rest to treat lumbar disc herniation is a relatively simple method that patients can perform at home without much expertise. However, there are still many problems that should be noted in bed rest, and if they are not solved well, the therapeutic effect will not be guaranteed. (1) When the patient is lying on his back, he can add another thin pad to his waist or keep his knees and hips in a certain degree of flexion, so that the muscles can be fully relaxed. In prone position, the mattress should be flat to avoid excessive lumbar back extension. (2) Bed rest should be strictly adhered to. Even after the symptoms are relieved for a period of time, wear a waist brace to get out of bed, you can not make any flexion of the waist movement. If the patient cannot insist on bed rest due to inconvenience, it will affect the therapeutic effect. (3) The most difficult thing to adhere to in bed rest is to urinate and defecate in bed. If the patient can not accept the flat position to defecate, can support the crutches or be assisted to go down to the toilet. Do not sit up in bed to defecate, because then the waist is excessively forward flexion, intervertebral discs are more likely to posterior protrusion. Of course, after a period of time in bed, such as with massage, acupuncture, physiotherapy and other methods of comprehensive treatment, will achieve better results.