Is walking good for lumbar disc herniation?

Moderate walking in daily life is good for lumbar disc herniation. When walking in daily life, if the weather is cold, you must pay attention to keeping your waist warm. Weight bearing will aggravate the condition. Also, avoid excessive fatigue. Try to sleep on a hard bed instead of a spring bed. If the condition is serious, it is necessary to take some physical therapy methods to treat it in time, such as acupuncture and massage. We should strengthen our dietary adjustments.

1. Pay attention to your diet

Vitamin E can dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation, and eliminate muscle tension. It can also relieve the pain symptoms of lumbar disc herniation. Foods rich in vitamin E in daily life include eel, soybeans, peanuts, sesame seeds, almonds, etc. Protein is an essential nutrient for the formation of muscles and ligaments. Foods rich in protein in daily life include pork, chicken, beef, liver, fish, eggs, beans and soy products.

2. Avoid standing in a fixed position for a long time

For people who work in a sitting position for a long time, it is easy to cause waist fatigue. Office workers can take a few minutes out of their busy work hours to stand up and move around, twist their waist, do some stretching exercises, and relieve their lower back muscles. At present, the number of private cars in my country is increasing. Car owners should constantly adjust their sitting posture when driving to make themselves comfortable, especially the back of the chair should be against their waist to support the waist muscles and allow blood to circulate throughout the body.

3. Move your waist at the right time

Attention should be paid to strength training of the lumbar muscles and abdominal muscles. If the lumbar and abdominal muscles are strong, the stability of the lumbar spine will be good, which can play a role in protecting the lumbar spine and slow down the process of spinal degeneration. At the same time, through activities such as loosening the shoulders, turning the waist, and bending forward, the waist and body can be strengthened.

4. Use your waist force correctly

When moving or lifting heavy objects, you should separate your feet to shoulder width, bend your knees, use your abdominal muscles, and then lift the object. At this time, the thigh and calf muscles work at the same time, dispersing the strength of the waist. If you lift heavy objects from the ground with your knees extended, the pressure on your waist can increase by 40%, which can easily damage the ligaments, muscles and intervertebral discs in your waist. Therefore, you should not bend over when moving objects, but bend your knees, and maintain the curvature of your waist when it is in a normal upright position to avoid concentrating force on the waist. If the object is too heavy, do not use force.

5. This is the best way to sleep

Sleeping on a wooden bed or a harder brown bed: In modern society, various technologies have developed, but people's physical fitness has declined. The level of physical health has declined significantly compared with the past. Various back pains always accompany many people, and common waist and other diseases require long-term care to recover. Therefore, sleeping on a wooden bed is the most appropriate choice. The biggest advantage of sleeping on a wooden bed is that it can protect your spine. Of course, if you think that a wooden bed is too hard, you can put two quilts on the bed. This will make it much more comfortable and will not harm the shape of your spine.

6. This is the easiest way to exercise

Physical exercise is very necessary, especially strengthening the functional training of the waist and back muscles, because proper exercise can improve muscle blood circulation, increase muscle responsiveness and strength, loosen soft tissue adhesions, and correct the imbalance of the intrinsic and external balance of the spine, thereby achieving a good preventive effect. However, patients must remember to keep the range of motion small and it is also very important to avoid excessive bending or flexion of the waist.