The difference between lumbar vertebrae hyperplasia and lumbar disc herniation

For patients with lumbar disc herniation, it will cause pressure on the spinal cord or nerves in the lumbar spinal canal. Patients will experience low back pain accompanied by radiating pain in the buttocks or legs. Severe cases may also cause numbness of the outer instep of the calf. Therefore, the symptoms of lumbar bone hyperplasia and lumbar disc herniation are different. However, patients with lumbar disc herniation will experience low back pain and discomfort in activities, as well as radiating pain and numbness in the lower limbs. Patients will experience weakness and numbness in the lower limbs, unstable walking, and indirect limping. Lumbar bone hyperplasia and lumbar disc herniation are degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine, but there are essential differences between the two.

What are the symptoms of lumbar bone hyperplasia?

Generally speaking, bone spurs will not cause obvious symptoms. With age, the water content of the intervertebral disc gradually decreases, and the intervertebral height will be lost, which will lead to intervertebral instability. In order to compensate for this instability, the body will form bone hyperplasia, i.e. bone spurs, on the upper and lower edges of the vertebral body to increase the stability of the lumbar spine. Mild lumbar bone hyperplasia usually has no symptoms. Lumbar bone hyperplasia compresses the corresponding nerves or stimulates the corresponding muscles, which will have some clinical symptoms. Muscle stimulation can cause back pain and discomfort, and limited activity. At present, its treatment is mainly conservative treatment, such as massage, acupuncture, electrotherapy, and magnetic therapy to relieve back pain. Oral analgesics, drugs that promote blood circulation, and drugs that relieve sludge can also be used.

What kind of exercise is suitable for bone hyperplasia?

If the patient has lumbar vertebral bone hyperplasia, which leads to stenosis of the intervertebral space, protrusion of the nucleus pulposus, stimulation of the dura mater and nerve roots, and a series of nerve damage symptoms, the patient will experience radiating pain in the lower limbs, decreased skin sensation and other symptoms. In specific exercises, the patient can be asked to do the small swallow flying exercise. Patients with bone hyperplasia should choose bodyweight exercises, and the following exercises are mainly recommended: back muscle exercises can be performed while lying in bed, mainly four-point support exercises and five-point exercises with arched waist, and the lower limbs can cooperate with pedal wheel exercises and high leg exercises. Patients with knee bone hyperplasia generally cannot do strenuous exercise. They are suitable for slow walking, swimming and similar exercises, or playing Tai Chi, which can promote the recovery of knee bone hyperplasia.