What are the exercises for lumbar disc herniation?

With the progress of society and the increase in life pressure, the incidence of lumbar disc herniation is getting younger and younger, and many young people will suffer from lumbar disc herniation early. This disease not only causes low back pain, but also radiates to the lower limbs, causing lower limb pain or paralysis, which has a great impact on daily life. For patients with lumbar disc herniation, in addition to active and effective treatment, they should also pay attention to daily exercise. As long as you choose the right exercise method, it will be beneficial to the recovery of the disease. So what are the exercise methods for lumbar disc herniation?

1. Waist rubbing exercise:

The most prominent symptom of patients with lumbar disc herniation is low back pain. The increase in pain will make the patient unable to walk upright, which is very painful. At this time, you can try the waist rubbing exercise method, which is to put your hands on the same waist, from top to bottom, then from bottom to top, and rub the waist repeatedly until the waist feels hot. This method can promote blood circulation in the waist, improve waist pain, and help relieve physical discomfort caused by the disease.

2. Leg Raising Exercise:

Leg lifting means that the patient lies on his back, straightens his legs, and does straight leg raising movements. Don't lift too much at the beginning, you can slowly increase the angle. For this method, patients must pay attention to exercising according to the strength they can bear, and stop exercising once the waist pain occurs. I believe that exercising once a day and persisting for a period of time can relieve lumbar disc herniation to a certain extent.

3. Crawling exercise:

Crawling exercise is also a common method of daily exercise for patients with lumbar disc herniation. By crawling with both hands, you can exercise the waist strength, promote local blood circulation, improve the waist muscle condition, and help relieve waist pain.

In life, there are many commonly used exercise methods that can improve lumbar disc herniation, such as swallow exercise, abdominal exercise, retreat exercise, etc., which have good effects. Patients must have a body warm-up process before physical exercise, which is conducive to the adaptation of the body and waist joints, otherwise it is easy to cause the disease to worsen and is not conducive to the early recovery of the body.