Lumbar sprain is caused by sudden tension of waist muscles when bending over to pick up heavy objects.
When you sprain your back, you should first keep a comfortable posture and rest quietly. At this time, you can bend over in bed, but don't lie on a mattress that is too soft.
You should avoid lying on your back and keep your feet straight. This will not only increase the pain, but also paralyze the feet.
Cold compress can relieve pain. So you might as well use a wet towel to cold compress your waist.
Mild lumbar flicker can be cured automatically as long as you rest for 1-2 days. But if the pain persists or becomes more and more painful, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible (plastic surgery).
In addition, not only muscle pain, but also disc herniation may cause low back pain, so you should go to the hospital for examination when you have low back pain.
When you go to the hospital, try not to let the injured walk. It is best to keep the injured person in the most comfortable posture and take him to the hospital by car.
1. Rest: Lie quietly on a hard bed, put pillows (or sandbags) on both sides of your waist, and keep quiet. Holding your knees with both hands can relieve the pain.
2. Guidance: Guidance or acupuncture at Waiqi points for low back pain. On the back of the hand, between the second, third and fifth metacarpals, the midpoint between the wrist transverse stripes and the metacarpophalangeal joints. Two o'clock on one side. Guide or leave the needle for 20 minutes, three times a day, and at the same time make the patient stretch and bend by himself, and place it at the waist for more than 10 times, which has obvious analgesic effect.
For those who have obvious tenderness points in bed rest, 1% procaine (or 1 ml hydrocortisone acetate) can be used as the pain point to block and add physical therapy. They can also put on a plaster for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to relieve pain, and then gradually start back muscle exercise.
Lumbar sprain can be treated as follows:
(1) Stop working and stay in bed. You should lie on your back on a hard bed with a thick quilt and a soft pillow under your waist to relieve pain and muscle spasm.
(2) Do not massage with hot compress on the day of sprain, so as to avoid local blood vessel dilatation, oozing blood and aggravating edema. After 24 hours, local treatment can be done by hot compress, massage and cupping. Or cover the affected area with a hot cloth fried with salt, or evenly hit the injured muscles in the back with your fingertips, palm edges or half fists. You can also apply safflower oil, rice wine, etc. Promote local blood circulation and harmonize qi and blood. Acute injury caused by sudden stretching of muscles, ligaments, fascia and other soft tissues in sacrum beyond its elastic limit. Acute lumbar sprain can immediately cause severe pain, even a sense of lumbar fracture. At this moment. The waist is afraid to move, it is difficult to walk, and even when lying in bed, it is impossible to turn over. Lumbar pain persists, and coughing, sneezing and abdominal exertion can aggravate the pain.