What to do if you strain your lower back muscles

　　Strain of waist muscles is common, especially in the lower back area, which is quite serious and can easily cause inconvenience in life and work. So what should we do when our lower back muscles are strained? If you want to know more specific knowledge, just follow the editor and take a look!

　　What to do if your lower back muscles are strained

　　When a strain just occurs, it is better to perform cold treatment first, that is, use a towel wrapped with ice cubes to apply cold compresses, which can reduce the feeling of swelling. When the pain is unbearable, you can take painkillers to relieve it. When 24 to 48 hours have passed, you can use some plasters that promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and apply it to the injured area, and apply hot compress or gentle massage to relieve the symptoms. If the muscle strain is serious, such as the tendon has been ruptured, surgery can only be used to treat it.

　　Symptoms of waist muscle strain

　　The soft tissues of the waist muscles, fascia, ligaments and other soft tissues are suddenly over-stretched due to external force, exceeding the normal physiological load, causing local acute injury. Often burdened with carrying heavy objects ； Or the waist is suddenly injured when transporting heavy objects. ； Or bending down to lift heavy objects, suddenly straightening, muscle spasm, etc., usually with obvious trauma.

　　The main manifestations are severe pain in severe cases and immobility, while mild cases can move, but the pain intensifies after rest or in the morning the next day, and even the patient cannot get out of bed. Spasm of the psoas muscle can be seen during examination, and in severe cases it is as hard as a plate and it is difficult to turn over. Unilateral lumbar muscle sprain can cause scoliosis and impaired mobility. There is obvious tenderness in one or both sides of the psoas muscle, and the tenderness point depends on the location of the injury. Lumbar sprains are often on one or both sides of the spine and have a wide range ； When the supraspinal or interspinous ligament is injured, the tender points are usually on the spinous process or between the spinous processes. ； When the iliac lumbar ligament is injured, the tender point is often at the inner upper edge of the posterior superior iliac spine. ； When the lumbosacral ligament is sprained, the tender point is often located at the lumbosacral junction. In severe sprains, pain may radiate along the muscles to both sides or one lower limb. But usually only to