Is the deep sleeping method useful for lumbar disc herniation?

When it comes to the waist, everyone should be familiar with it. The waist is a part of our body, but it often has some problems, such as lumbar disc herniation, low back pain, etc. These are diseases caused by various reasons. These diseases can be cured, but they all take some time. There are many ways to treat the waist, and many people will choose the sleeping method for treatment. So, is the sleeping method useful for lumbar disc herniation?

  Hazards : 1. Numbness of the lower limbs: This symptom usually occurs in patients with severe lumbar disc herniation. This is due to dysfunction of nerve conduction and tactile nerve fibers.

2. Involvement of the obturator nerve: The obturator nerve is derived from the L2-4 spinal nerves, exits the psoas major muscle and enters the small pelvis. Clinically, when lumbar disc herniation infringes upon the obturator nerve, it can mainly manifest as pain or numbness in the deep buttocks and other parts of the body.

3. Limb weakness: When lumbar disc herniation develops to a more serious degree, it affects the nerve conduction function, thus leading to limb weakness.

  Treatment : Prone waist sinking method: Place a few pillows under the chest and feet, and the patient lies prone. At this time, the patient's waist will sink naturally without any pressure. To achieve this goal, the patient must maintain this waist-down position for 10 to 15 minutes. This posture can reduce the gap at the posterior edge of the lumbar vertebrae and push the protruding bone marrow nucleus back into the intervertebral disc space.

Supine sinking waist method: The patient lies on his back on a high pillow, with a pillow also placed on the coccyx. The legs are curled up to the chest, hugged with both hands, and the waist is kept sinking naturally for more than 15 minutes. This posture can increase the space at the posterior edge of the lumbar vertebrae and, using the power of the ligaments, push the protruding nucleus pulposus into the intervertebral disc space.

The above two postures are the main training methods of the sinking waist exercise. They must be performed at least twice a day, and each posture should be performed at least once each time.

After a period of exercise, those with milder symptoms will basically find that the pain in the waist and legs has basically disappeared. At this time, if you do the following two postures, it will help strengthen the function of the waist and back muscles.