What to do if your lumbar disc herniates and your hip hurts

Patients with lumbar disc herniation often experience hip pain. This is also a common symptom of lumbar disc herniation. At this time, patients should pay more attention to rest, protect their waist, keep warm, and avoid sitting for a long time or overwork. Some Chinese medicine can be used for treatment. In addition, you should pay attention to some self-treatment, such as abdominal muscle exercises, cross-twisting of the waist, etc. More serious cases can also be treated with minimally invasive surgery.

1. TCM external application therapy

Chinese medicine external application plasters are an integral part of traditional medicine. They are profound and have a long history. Over thousands of years, they have cured countless difficult and complicated diseases and have always been a source of pride for the Chinese people. External use of Ulakun ointment is used to "elixir of wind, cold and dampness, which block the meridians and cause meridian blockage, which causes pain". It aims to dispel wind and cold, relieve spasms and dredge meridians, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It can completely treat lumbar disc herniation.

2. Self-treatment

1. Abdominal muscle exercises.

That is, sit-ups. Do ten each time, three times a day. (It can be determined according to the patient's physical condition, and you should not be too forceful).

2. Cross your waist and twist it.

Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointed inward, arms extended, one hand at the side and one hand raised overhead. If your right hand is on top, swing it to the left and back first. The left side is the opposite. At the same time, twist your waist, 100 times on each side.

3. Non-surgical treatment

1. Daily family treatment:

First, pay attention to bed rest to avoid external pressure on the lumbar spine. Second, use other methods to actively exercise the waist muscles, increase the strength of the anterior, posterior and lateral ligaments of the lumbar spine, and avoid compression of the intervertebral disc that breaks through the normal ligaments and muscle protection of the human body.

2. Traction therapy;

3. Massage therapy;

4. Physical therapy;

5. Treatment with anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs mainly includes: Voltaren, etc. This type of drug is suitable for most patients, but a small number of patients have side effects such as gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, etc. Patients with gastrointestinal ulcers should use it with caution or it should not be used.

6. The use of drugs to reduce nerve root edema, such as mannitol and hormones. The anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of these drugs are very prominent, especially during the acute attack period of lumbar disc herniation. However, mannitol should be used with caution in patients with renal insufficiency, and hormones are prone to symptom rebound when the medication is stopped.

5. Minimally invasive treatment

Minimally invasive treatment is a new treatment method developed in the medical field in recent years and represents a new direction in medicine. Compared with traditional surgery, minimally invasive treatment has significant advantages such as no surgery, no pain, no bleeding, zero damage, and quick recovery, and is becoming increasingly popular among doctors and patients.