What to do about spinal stiffness

Stiffness of the spine may be due to prolonged fixed posture, lumbar muscle strain, herniated lumbar discs, autoimmune disorders etc. The main forms of treatment include physical therapy and medication. 1. Physiotherapy: For patients with stiffness due to long-time fixed posture and lumbar muscle strain, first of all, they need to take rest, avoid prolonged standing and sedentary activities, move around for 10 minutes every hour, and wear a lumbar belt to relieve muscle pressure if necessary; secondly, they can also choose physical therapy such as heat therapy, massage, deep microwave, and fascia gun to relieve muscle stiffness. 2. Medication: Patients with stiffness caused by herniated lumbar discs and autoimmune diseases can choose medication to assist in their treatment. Such as oral ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; autoimmune disease patients, need to take oral salazosulfapyridine, hydroxychloroquine and other anti-rheumatic drugs, you can also choose biological agent injection and so on. The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor to avoid self-medication. If the patient’s symptoms of spinal stiffness are serious, or if the symptoms persist without improvement, he/she should go to the hospital in time for treatment.