What should I do if I wake up in the morning with a stiff back and can’t bend down?

Getting up in the morning with a stiff waist and bending pain may be caused by lumbar muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation, ankylosing spondylitis and other factors, according to the specific causes of general treatment, physiotherapy, drug therapy, surgical treatment to alleviate the symptoms. 1. Lumbar muscle strain: Lumbar muscle strain caused by prolonged overloading or prolonged poor lumbar posture may result in lumbar pain and lumbar stiffness when getting up in the morning, so it is necessary to correct the bad habits of life and work and pay attention to rest to alleviate the symptoms. 2. Lumbar disc herniation: mainly manifested as lumbar back pain, accompanied by pain in the lower limbs, numbness and other symptoms, may appear in the morning lumbar pain symptoms, bed rest, the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as diclofenac, celecoxib, and so on, can be physiotherapy, such as massage, acupuncture, and so on. 3. Ankylosing spondylitis: mainly manifested as low back pain, stiffness, morning stiffness is particularly obvious. You can use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as diclofenac, celecoxib, etc.; you can also use anti-rheumatic drugs, such as methotrexate, salazosulfapyridine; glucocorticosteroids, such as prednisone, dexamethasone, etc., and surgical indications for surgery can be surgical treatment. Getting up in the morning with a stiff waist and bending pain, may also be caused by other reasons, rest after the symptoms are not relieved should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of a professional doctor to standardize the treatment. The above drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice.