Lumbar disc herniation can lie down to sleep

Lumbar disc herniation patients try to prevent lying down to sleep, especially long-term lying down to sleep, lumbar disc herniation is caused by degenerative changes in the performance of lumbar disc, mainly because of the strength of the annulus fibrosus decreased, the water loss of the nucleus pulposus, resulting in decreased elasticity of the nucleus pulposus, showing this symptom. When lying down and sleeping, the lumbar spine is in an unphysiological state, which will cause the load of the intervertebral disc to increase, further squeeze the nucleus pulposus, and over time, it is easy to cause more nucleus pulposus to protrude from the ruptured annulus fibrosus, causing the disease to worsen. Lumbar disc herniation patients sleep when it is generally recommended to sleep hard bed, sleep when you can pad a small pillow under the waist, help restore the physiological curvature of the lumbar spine, reduce the load of the disc, at the same time usually need to pay attention to the warmth and protection of the waist, prevent waist injury.