What to do if you sprain your waist

Some people don't pay attention in life, or when doing some physical work, they accidentally twist their waist. A sprained waist is very painful and you can't move around. Any movement will cause pain. It has a great impact on life and work. Some people don't know what to do if they sprain their waist. It is very useful to know some methods that can relieve the pain of a sprained waist. Let's take a look at some methods of treating waist injuries.

If you sprain your waist, you must pay attention to rest and not move around. Some people sprain their waist but still move freely without paying attention to some dangers. Everyone should know more about what to do if you sprain your waist, so that you can deal with such a situation well if you encounter it in normal times.

If you have just sprained your ankle, you should apply cold compress. If the sprain is within a few minutes or no more than ten minutes, immediately apply cold compress with an ice pack or a cool, wet towel. This can prevent local vasodilation, bleeding, and increased edema. It has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. After half an hour, the cold compress will end and the next treatment method will begin.

While applying cold compress, you must rest, which can relieve the symptoms of lumbar sprain. After spraining your waist, you should stop exercising immediately to allow the injured muscles to rest to avoid further damage, which may lead to chronic lumbar muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation. The main method of rest is to rest in bed, and you should sleep on a flat bed instead of a very thick mattress.

After you rest for half an hour, you should get a massage. You can do a simple massage at home, rub and massage the sprained waist with your palms, and gently beat it. Use your elbows to press the painful points for a few minutes. The painful points are to press the waist with your fingers. The most painful place is the painful point, which is called Ashi point in medicine.

After the massage, you can apply medicine for injuries and sprains. Commonly used ones include safflower oil, anti-edema and analgesic tincture, Yunnan Baiyao spray, etc.

You can also take some blood-activating and pain-relieving medicines, such as Dieda Pills, Panax Notoginseng Injury Tablets, etc. It is best to go to a medical institution to ask a doctor to prescribe the medicine, or you can buy some yourself at a pharmacy. It is best not to take antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs.

24 hours after the sprain, local treatment can be applied with hot compresses, massage, fire-sucking therapy, or a cloth wrapped with heated salt can be applied to the affected area, or the injured muscles of the waist and back can be evenly tapped with the fingertips, palm edges, or half-clenched fists. This helps to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

For less serious lumbar muscle strains, the condition will be basically stable after the above treatment. At this time, hot compresses and physical therapy can be performed, or some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs can be taken orally, or lumbar Babu patches can be used externally to accelerate the recovery of sprained muscles.

What should you do if you sprain your waist? The most important thing for patients is to pay attention to rest. Generally, you need to rest well for a month or even longer. Only good rest can make your waist recover as soon as possible. If you are a patient with lumbar disc herniation, you should pay more attention to rest. Generally, you need to rest for at least 6 months to better avoid some diseases caused by the waist.