Lumbago

　　According to the different causes of low back and leg pain, there can be different complications. For example, some patients may start with low back and leg pain, gradually developing into weakness and limping on one side of the lower limb, followed by paraplegia. The prognosis of malignant low back and leg pain is often poor, and if it is caused by metastatic cancer, the prognosis is even worse, which may lead to more complications.

　　Clinical symptoms of low back pain mainly include one side or both sides of the waist pain. Low back pain can often radiate to the legs, often accompanied by external or internal injury symptoms. X-ray examination of the lumbar spine often shows abnormalities. Women, due to their physiological characteristics such as menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, as well as pathological characteristics such as menstrual diseases, leukorrhea, pregnancy diseases, gynecological miscellaneous diseases, and family planning, low back pain is a common disease. More than 80% of postpartum women can have low back pain, especially during menstruation, pregnancy, and postpartum, which is often considered physiological pain and does not require special treatment.

　　Low back pain is one of the common diseases, many people have experienced low back pain, so how should we prevent the occurrence of low back pain?

　　1. Maintain good living habits, prevent the waist and legs from getting cold, and avoid overexertion.

　　2. Maintain correct posture when standing or sitting. An incorrect spine can lead to uneven distribution of intervertebral disc pressure, which is a latent cause of intervertebral disc herniation. The correct posture should be 'stand like a pine tree, sit like a bell', with the chest挺起, the waist straight. Do not maintain the same posture for too long, and perform appropriate on-site activities or back and waist activities to relieve muscle fatigue in the back and waist.

　　3. When exercising, do not bend your legs and waist too much, otherwise not only will you not achieve the expected goal, but it may also cause a herniated disc.

　　4. When lifting heavy objects, do not bend over. Instead, squat down to pick up the heavy object, then slowly stand up, trying not to bend over.

　　5, Eat a balanced diet, high in protein and vitamins, low in fat and cholesterol, prevent obesity, quit smoking, and control alcohol.

　　6, Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, maintain correct posture, avoid sitting or standing for a long time, and do warm-up exercises before strenuous physical activity.

　　7, Rest in bed, choose a hard bed, and maintain the physiological curvature of the spine.

　　8, Avoid cold and keep warm.

　　9, Lumbar disc herniation is a disease of the musculoskeletal system. The principle of prevention requires reducing exercise and relaxing and resting.

　　10, Strengthen the back and lumbar muscle exercises in daily life, and strengthen the lumbar spine.

　　There are many causes of back pain. Generally, it is necessary to do the following examinations to diagnose the disease:

　　1, Detailed medical history inquiry

　　Including age, gender, occupation, working environment, and predisposing factors. Young people with back pain are mostly lumbar muscle strain, while the elderly are mostly lumbar osteoarthritis and osteoporosis with compressive fractures. Lumbar muscle strain often occurs after heavy physical labor, and thin women often feel back pain after fatigue. Patients with tuberculosis or lymph node tuberculosis should consider spinal tuberculosis if they have a history of cancer. Patients with back pain should consider spinal metastases. Acute back pain that improves significantly after bed rest should be considered as acute lumbar muscle strain. Patients with back pain accompanied by unilateral lower limb posterior lateral pain and increased pain during coughing should consider lumbar disc herniation.

　　2, Examination of degenerative changes

　　Laboratory examinations for diseases such as lumbar muscle strain show no abnormalities. When there is spondylitis, osteomyelitis, and tumor, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate will accelerate. In malignant tumors, alkaline phosphatase may increase, and in ankylosing spondylitis, HLA-B (human leukocyte antigen B test) may be positive.

　　3, X-ray examination

　　Bone tuberculosis, tumor, osteomyelitis, and ankylosing spondylitis can be seen on X-ray images, as well as significant changes. When there is lumbar spondylosis, it can be seen on X-ray images. X-ray examination for different degrees of bone and joint treatment and lumbar muscle strain shows no abnormalities. In some cases of back pain, it is difficult to make a definitive diagnosis with routine X-ray examination, and sometimes myelogram or computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used.

　　There are many causes of back pain. For patients, in addition to timely treatment, diet adjustment can achieve good results for back pain.

　　Du Zhong kidney slices

　　Take 15 grams each of eucommia and续断, one pair of pork kidneys, 25 milliliters of white wine, appropriate amounts of scallion, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, salt, and sugar. Preparation: First, wash the pork kidneys, cut them into kidney slices, and put them in a bowl, add sugar, salt, and wine; then, after eucommia and续断 are decocted into a concentrated juice, add it to the kidney slices. Heat the pot with high heat, quickly stir-fry the kidney slices, and then add seasonings for eating. Take once a day.

　　Dill cooked kidney

　　Take 20 grams of fennel, one pair of pork kidneys, and appropriate amounts of scallion, ginger, salt, and wine. Preparation: First, wash the pork kidneys (i.e., pork kidneys) clean, make a cut at the concave part, and insert fennel and salt into the incision. Sew the incision with white thread, put it in a pot, add scallion, ginger, wine, and appropriate amount of water, and simmer with low heat until it is ready to eat. This method is suitable for kidney weakness with kidney yang deficiency.

　　Three, Jujube and Yam Porridge

　　Take 20 grams of raw rehmannia, 50 grams each of yam and jujube, and 100 grams of rice. Preparation: chop the raw rehmannia, crush the yam, mix it with the jujube and rice, and cook into porridge with an appropriate amount of water in a pot. Eat as breakfast. Take once a day. This method is suitable for kidney deficiency with kidney yin deficiency.

　　Lumbago is a symptom in medicine, a kind of symptom, and many diseases can cause lumbago. From the perspective of treatment, activating blood circulation and collaterals, unblocking meridians and removing blood stasis, and combining necessary traction and fixation are commonly used methods in the treatment of lumbar pain. These methods can be effective for different types of conditions. The following is a specific introduction to the treatment of lumbago:

　　1. For lumbago caused by poor blood circulation, blood stasis, edema, and other factors due to sprains, prolonged sitting, coldness, etc., it can improve microcirculation and tissue metabolism, promote blood vessel smoothness to achieve pain relief. For lumbago caused by lumbar inflammation or degenerative changes in the lumbar spine, it can increase the activity of pain substance hydrolysis enzymes, causing bradykinin, histamine, serotonin, and other pain substances to hydrolyze or transform, achieving pain relief. For kidney deficiency lumbago, pulling pain, and other conditions, the lumbago treatment belt acts on the human body, enhances bioelectromagnetic energy through meridians and acupoints, promotes the flow of Qi, unblocks the meridians, and achieves the effect of unblocking meridians and relieving pain.

　　2. The unique thickened leather belt body design ensures that the affected area maintains a higher skin temperature and humidity, producing a self-generated heat steam therapy effect, which is conducive to increasing local blood circulation.

　　3. The inner layer of the thickened leather belt is attached with a supporting curved steel plate, emphasizing the advantages of traction and fixation treatment, which can effectively support the spine and lumbar vertebrae, enhance the contraction force of the lumbar muscles, and better treat lumbago caused by lumbar disc herniation, ankylosing spondylitis, lumbar spondylosis, lumbar hypertrophy, spinal stenosis, and other diseases.

　　4. It is very convenient to use, and the straps can be adjusted according to one's body shape or comfort level, which will not affect the treatment whether walking for exercise, working at a desk, or resting in bed.