Are pull-ups useful for lumbar disc herniation?

Doing pull-ups is effective for lumbar disc herniation, especially for patients with pain, it should be able to achieve a certain relief. Of course, when doing this exercise, you should also pay attention to the strength and avoid doing it for too long. This method can only provide certain relief and there is no way to get a complete cure. Therefore, if you have lumbar disc herniation, you still need to receive good treatment in time, including physical therapy, drug therapy, surgical treatment, etc.

How to treat lumbar disc herniation

1. Physical therapy. It is recommended to use several physical therapy methods together to treat lumbar disc herniation, which will have better results. For patients with bulging and mild disc herniation, massage (also called manual reduction) is recommended to use manual bone setting combined with traction, and local hot compress with Chinese medicine. However, traction is not recommended for patients with huge herniation or disc herniation.

2. Drug treatment. Many patients use some anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic drugs to treat lumbar disc herniation, but these drugs have certain side effects on the human body and should not be taken for a long time. In particular, patients with liver, kidney disease, hypertension, and diabetes should pay attention to contraindications to avoid causing new discomfort.

3. Magnetic therapy. Magnetic therapy is a method of treating diseases by applying magnetic fields to the human body. The magnetic field affects the distribution of electric current in the human body, the movement of charged particles, the permeability of the membrane system, etc., causing changes in the physiological and biochemical processes of tissue cells, producing effects such as analgesia, swelling reduction, and promotion of blood and lymph circulation.

How to diagnose lumbar disc herniation

① Whether there is limp after acute sprain. For example, when walking, one hand is placed on the waist or the affected side, the lower limbs are afraid of bearing weight and have a hopping gait, or the body likes to lean forward with the buttocks bulging to one side.

② Cough gently once or several times to see if the lower back pain gets worse.

③ If the pain still cannot be relieved after resting in supine position, try lying on the left side, bending over, flexing the hip and knees to see if the pain symptoms can be relieved.

④ Lie on your back and have someone else touch your lower back, the center and both sides of the lumbar spine gently to check if there is any obvious compression.

⑤ Lie on your back, then stand up and observe whether the patient's lower limbs can flex the knee joint due to pain.

⑥ Lie on your back, straighten the affected knee, and raise the affected limb to observe whether the height is limited due to pain.