How does lumbar spinal canal narrow do
summary
My grandmother often quiet or rest, often asymptomatic, walk a distance after the emergence of lower limb pain, numbness, weakness and other symptoms, need to squat or sit down to rest for a period of time after relief, can continue to walk. Now with the aggravation of the disease, the walking distance is shorter and shorter, and the rest time is longer and longer. Asked the doctor to know is lumbar spinal stenosis, I'll analyze some experience.
How does lumbar spinal canal narrow do
Method 1: 1. Proper rest: pay attention to the hardness of the bed to moderate, relieve lumbar muscle spasm. Can also massage physiotherapy: can activate blood stasis, shuneng meridians, relieve symptoms.
Method 2: drug treatment: mainly refers to the application of traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, oral or external use of traditional Chinese medicine Yaotong Fuzheng paste, through improving the microcirculation of the lesion site, removing the pain causing factors leading to spasm, promoting the elimination of intervertebral disc herniation, calcification of posterior longitudinal ligament, hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum, vertebral proliferation and other compression, and stimulating nerve and vascular inflammatory edema "swelling", promoting intervertebral disc herniation The absorption of Huaxiao can make the narrow spinal canal relatively expand, so as to achieve significant therapeutic effect.
Method 3: surgical treatment: it is suitable for those who have no response to non-surgical treatment and have severe symptoms of nerve compression.
matters needing attention
(1) Waist protection: the bed should be soft and hard, avoid too hard or too soft bed, so that the lumbar muscle can get a full rest; avoid the invasion of wind and cold, avoid the waist in a position for a long time, muscle imbalance, resulting in lumbar strain. (2) The application of waist: use waist correctly, squat down first when lifting heavy objects, change the posture of waist when using waist for a long time, do more waist activities to prevent gradual strain. When using waist excessively due to the nature of work or slight strain has occurred, Yaotongning capsule and other drugs should be used as early as possible to avoid further aggravation of strain and eventually cause degenerative changes of lumbar spine. 3) Waist health care exercise: adhere to the health care exercise of the waist, often carry out activities in all directions of the lumbar spine, so that the lumbar spine always maintains the physiological stress state, strengthen the exercise of the lumbar and abdominal muscles, the strength of the lumbar and abdominal muscles is strong, which can increase the stability of the lumbar spine, strengthen the protection ability of the lumbar spine, and prevent degenerative changes of the lumbar spine.
