Postoperative care for lumbar disc surgery

Generally speaking, few patients with lumbar disc herniation choose surgical treatment because the impact of surgery on patients is still very large. Moreover, surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation cannot prevent recurrence. However, for some patients with serious conditions, surgical treatment can indeed reduce the impact of the disease on patients. Generally, after lumbar disc herniation surgery, patients need to undergo certain maintenance in order to recover faster.

Postoperative care for lumbar disc surgery

1. After lumbar disc surgery, patients need to choose a hard bed to rest in bed

In the first week, you should stay in bed absolutely and do passive straight leg raising exercises within the limits of your tolerance to protect the nerve roots from adhesion. The patient should still rest in bed as much as possible for 2-4 weeks after the stitches are removed, but can get up to eat and urinate. The time should not exceed 3 hours, and bending over and sitting should be avoided (the patient's bed rest time should also be determined based on his age, physical condition and the extent of tissue resection).

The patient injured his lumbar spine and underwent surgery. He is in the process of recovery. Patients and their families should pay close attention to the patient's postoperative condition and deal with any abnormalities immediately without delay. Generally speaking, patients can restore lumbar function through lumbar surgery. Therefore, patients and their families do not need to worry too much about this.

2. Patients need to pay attention to their working posture after lumbar disc surgery

To avoid injuries caused by physiological degeneration of the intervertebral disc, attention should be paid to labor protection. Change bad working posture, avoid bending over for a long time and excessive weight bearing, so as not to accelerate the degeneration of intervertebral disc.

3. Patients need to keep warm after lumbar disc surgery

Avoid catching cold and eating too much raw or cold food, strengthen the protection of the waist and back, wear a waist protector, and perform functional exercises under the guidance of a doctor. At the same time, if you find pain in your lower back, weakness in your limbs, difficulty walking, or numbness, you should immediately go to the hospital and ask a specialist for further examination and treatment. The symptoms caused by the nucleus pulposus being squeezed by the vertebral body and the fibrous disc compressing the spinal nerves are called lumbar disc herniation. Chinese medicine can be used to nourish the kidneys and strengthen the waist and retract the nucleus pulposus to completely cure it, and it can have a better therapeutic effect when combined with topical medications.

4. Patients need to adjust their diet after lumbar disc surgery

After the operation, patients can take some kidney-tonifying and waist-strengthening foods to increase the function of the waist muscles. They can eat eggs, steamed eggs, mutton soup, pork kidneys, lean meat soup, etc. The diet should be light and easy to digest. Eat more foods rich in crude fiber to stimulate gastrointestinal motility and prevent constipation.