Minor lumbar disc herniation cannot be completely recovered, but symptoms can be relieved and stabilized with proper treatment.
Lumbar disc herniation is a kind of lesion that occurs after the degeneration of the intervertebral disc, and the external force makes the annulus fibrosus rupture and the nucleus pulposus protrudes to irritate or oppress the neighboring tissues such as the nerve root, the spinal cord or the blood vessels, which results in a series of lumbar pains and is often accompanied by sciatica and other clinical symptoms.
It is difficult to reverse the degenerative changes that occur in all parts of the lumbar intervertebral disc (nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus, and cartilage plate), especially the nucleus pulposus, and treatment can only slow down the degenerative changes or alleviate some of the symptoms caused by the degenerative lesions.
Patients with mild lumbar disc herniation can be treated conservatively, such as bed rest, traction therapy, physical therapy and massage, etc., to make the herniated disc partially retracted in order to relieve the compression on the nerve root, reduce the edema of the nerve root, and make the symptoms reduced or disappeared.