The lumbar spine is one of the important body parts supporting our daily activities. Once the lumbar spine is damaged, it will have a significant impact on our daily life and actions. There are many reasons for lumbar pain. What are they? The following is the reason why I sorted out the lumbar pain for you. I hope I can help you.
There are many causes of lumbar pain, about dozens of which are more common, such as lumbar hyperosteogeny, bone spur, intervertebral disc herniation, lumbar hypertrophy, spinal canal stenosis, lumbar fracture, spinal canal tumor, lumbar acute and chronic trauma or strain, lumbar muscle strain, ankylosing spondylitis, etc. In the traditional concept, chronic low back pain after excluding disease factors in general examination is often regarded as "lumbar muscle strain". In fact, 40% of low back pain patients suffer from chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome, but they are plagued by low back pain for a long time due to lack of symptomatic treatment. Many patients have long-term low back pain, and some even have pain for 50 years. The younger trend of low back pain is also obvious. Some people suffer from this disease at the age of 18.
The waist and back is the part of the human body that exerts the most force to provide support and protect the spine. For people who are sedentary and lack of exercise in the office for a long time, or who need to stand for a long time, maintaining a posture or posture for too long is easy to cause pain in the waist and back and cause lumbosacral chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome, and some accumulate after repeated injury.
Many patients with chronic low back pain are related to chronic osteofascial septal syndrome. The reason may be that the increase of internal pressure of osteofascial septum leads to the disappearance of low back subfascial space, the decrease of muscle blood flow and the degeneration of loose adipose tissue. Because of this damage, patients will have low back pain no matter how much they walk, sit or lie, that is, it is easy to have low back pain to maintain a posture for a long time. This is an important clinical feature of chronic osteofascial compartment syndrome.
Modern office workers often stay at their desks all day. People who work at their desk for a long time are easy to shift their focus to one side or habitually tilt their legs. Some people like to cross their legs when sitting. This posture is easy to tilt their hips to one side, and the muscle tension and bone arrangement of the waist and back lose balance. Unknowingly, the vertebrae and intervertebral discs on the compressed side will suffer greater pressure and cause lesions or early degeneration.
Correct approach: it's best not to cross your legs. If you can't adjust it for a while, it's best to replace the left and right feet in turn when tilting your feet, so as to reduce the chance of unilateral inclination and distortion of the lumbar spine.
Wrist elbow force application error in this information age, computers have become a part of life. Many people not only use computers at work, but also stare at computers after work, searching for information on the Internet, contacting friends, and even playing online games.
It is worth noting that many people's posture when using the computer is incorrect. For example, there is no support point on the elbow, or the position of the mouse and keyboard is too high, excessive use of wrist and elbow, etc., which will cause the feeling of pain from elbow to shoulder blade from time to time. In addition, the habit of leaning forward when typing or watching the screen will also damage the curvature of the cervical spine, leading to shoulder pain and tension headache.
Some white-collar workers often lean forward on the table or sofa, which makes them prone to muscle paralysis; Some people are used to slumping on the sofa after work, or sitting comfortably with their waist suspended, so that the lumbar spine and sacral vertebra bear huge gravity. Others like to sit cross legged and hunchback slightly forward.
As everyone knows, these sitting methods may make the lumbar spine bear several times to more than 10 times the upper body pressure. For a long time, it is easy to cause symptoms such as lumbar bone dislocation, intervertebral disc herniation, muscle pain and lower limb edema. Sometimes even lumbar muscle pain will extend upward to the back. More serious cases will cause sciatica, and there are symptoms such as foot pain, foot numbness, intermittent claudication and so on.
It is best to choose a seat with a seat back. When sitting, straighten the spine and lean against the seat back, so that the back has appropriate support to protect the spine. The knee joints of both feet are at right angles, and the height is about or slightly higher than the hip joint. If the knee is too low due to the high chair, adjust the height or put a foot pad so that the foot board can be placed on the ground naturally.
The main manifestation of lumbar disc herniation is that the position of intervertebral disc tissue has moved so that it exceeds the intervertebral space. The moving disc tissue is connected with the original disc tissue, and the diameter of the basal continuous part is greater than the displaced disc part beyond the intervertebral space.
Prevention and treatment of lumbar disease should pay more attention to keeping warm between the waist and try not to get cold. During the day, wear a waist circumference (protective belt) at the waist to strengthen the protection of the waist and back, which is conducive to the recovery of lumbar disease. Patients usually do not bend down and force. They should stay in bed as much as possible during the acute attack period, and also after the pain period is relieved. Pay attention to proper rest and don't be too tired., So as not to aggravate the pain.
Sleeping on a hard board bed is of great significance for the prevention and treatment of lumbar spondylosis. Sleeping on a hard board bed can reduce the pressure on the intervertebral disc and prevent the occurrence of lumbar disc herniation.
In addition, patients should strengthen muscle exercise in the prevention and treatment of lumbar diseases. Strong lumbar and back muscles can prevent lumbar soft tissue injury. The exercise of abdominal and intercostal muscles can increase intra-abdominal pressure and intrathoracic pressure, which helps to reduce the load of lumbar spine. Improve working posture and correct bad working habits. When the waist is bent, the pressure of the lumbar disc is more than twice that of the normal standing. Therefore, the incidence rate of waist and leg of the stoop is higher than that of the standing person.