Several treatment methods of lumbar disc herniation 1, physical therapy of acute lumbar disc herniation.
(1) shortwave and ultrashort wave therapy:
In the early stage of the disease, in order to improve the blood circulation of the affected part, eliminate inflammatory reactions such as exudation and edema, and relieve the pain caused by the oppression or stimulation of nerve roots, short-wave and ultrashort-wave electrotherapy are generally used. During the treatment, the two polar plates can be opposite at the lumbosacral part, or they can be juxtaposed at the lumbosacral part and the back of the affected leg. Temperature and heat.
(2) Intermittent electrotherapy:
Small circular electrodes can be used to treat lumbosacral region and sciatic nerve along the meridian point by point, with dense waves for 2-5 minutes; Sparse waves for 5 minutes; Five minutes of intermittent rising waves.
(3) Hyperstimulation current therapy:
Two electrodes with a size of 8 *12cm2 can be used, one placed horizontally in the sacrum and the other vertically at the waist. After starting the machine, adjust the power to 8- 12 mA as soon as possible, and increase the power to 18-23 mA within 2-7 minutes after the strong electrifying feeling disappears.
2. Traction treatment of lumbar disc herniation
Traction treatment of lumbar disc herniation is the relationship between acting force and reaction force in applied mechanics, and intervertebral disc disease is a method to achieve the purpose of treatment through special traction device.
Main role (1) intervertebral disc disease plays the role of fixing and braking the waist:
During traction, under the balance of acting force and reaction force, the pulled waist is in a relatively fixed normal alignment state, and the range and amplitude of movement of the waist are further limited than when resting in bed and threading the waist line, so as to alleviate or eliminate local inflammatory reactions such as congestion, exudation and edema.
(2) intervertebral disc disease relaxes back muscles:
Lumbar disc herniation, due to the compression or stimulation of spinal nerves, is often accompanied by muscle spasm in the back of the waist, which not only leads to pain symptoms in the waist, but also constitutes the arrangement of the lumbar vertebrae. Traction therapy can gradually relax back muscles and relieve muscle spasms.
(3) Restore the normal arrangement of lumbar vertebrae:
In the process of traction, if the patient's lumbar spine is in the shape of physiological curve, with the extension of traction time, the phenomenon of misalignment can gradually return to normal.
(4) Improve the relationship between process and nerve;
For patients with mild or early lumbar disc herniation, traction therapy can gradually lengthen the intervertebral space, which is beneficial to the recovery of the protrusion. For patients with a relatively long course of disease, pulling adhesion tissue, contracture ligament and joint capsule can widen the space of spinal canal correspondingly, and at the same time, it can also pull the narrow intervertebral foramen on both sides, thus reducing or eliminating the oppression and stimulation to nerve roots, which has a good effect on relieving numbness and pain of lower limbs.