Sciatica How to do surgery, need to stay in the hospital for a few days, does it hurt

Sciatica is generally conservative**.

You can try acupuncture points**.

The effect is relatively fast.

Recovery is also fast. Generally, it takes about 30 days to recover.

The type of surgery depends on your condition, physical condition, and the surgeon's technique and hospital hardware. If the condition is not to the point of surgery, I recommend choosing conservative** first. After all, there are many uncertainties in surgery, such as postoperative** and so on. And it's a lot of money!

Sciatica refers to the pain of the sciatic nerve pathway and its distribution, i.e., pain in the back of the thigh, the posterolateral aspect of the calf, and the lateral side of the foot in the buttocks. If the pain is reversed, the muscles of the affected lower limb will atrophy over time, or claudication will occur.

Patients with sciatica should rest more, especially in the early stage of disc herniation, and rest in a hard bed for 3-4 weeks, and some patients have symptoms that resolve on their own.

When pain attacks, ice can be applied to the affected area for 30 to 60 minutes, several times a day for two to three days, and then a hot water bottle can be applied to the affected area at the same intervals, or over-the-counter pain relievers such as indomethacin. Every day before going to bed, use a hot towel or hot salt wrapped in a cloth to warm the waist or buttocks, the temperature should not be too high, and it is appropriate to be comfortable.

Topical application of black Chinese medicine is also a good choice.

Plus, at the same time, plus some auxiliaries - the workout is better.

1. Swing your legs left and right.

Stand with your hands on the wall and take turns swinging your legs to the left and right without touching the ground.

2. Alternate straight-leg lifts.

In the supine position, take turns straightening the left and right legs and lifting them, and regular exercise can gradually increase the angle of lift.

3. Cycling.

In the supine position, the lower limbs are pedaled in turns like a bicycle, and the pedaling amplitude can be gradually increased.

4. Sit and raise your legs.

Sit, legs close to or with a thick book, knees straight, heels on the ground, hands on the edge of the stool, raise legs over the umbilicus, and then put down. The affected leg may not be very high at first, but the degree of elevation of the affected leg will gradually increase after continuing to exercise.

5. Sit flat and push the legs.

Sit with your heels on the ground, your toes raised, your hands flat on your legs, then bend forward and push your feet at the same time. It is difficult to push both hands to the feet at the beginning of the exercise, and you will receive good results if you stick to it for a while.

6. Squat jumping. Hold the stool with both hands, squat with your left leg bent at your knees, and stretch your right leg as straight as possible to the right side, alternating left and right.

Indications for sciatica surgery** are as follows:

1. Radicular sciatica: caused by lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis or lumbar spondylolisthesis. If the patient's entrapment symptoms are not severe, but only nerve root edema, the symptoms can be relieved by dehydration, local injection, and the application of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs; Severe lumbar disc herniation or inability to retract after prolapse, spinal stenosis, or thickening of the ligamentum flavum require surgery**;

2. Dry sciatica: the purpose of relieving sciatica can be achieved through the release of local entrapment or the reduction of inflammation of local edema; If pain relief cannot be reversed with anti-inflammatory therapy, surgical intervention is required.

First, surgery ** sciatica: sciatica is a disease of the best way to determine the best ** plan, for patients with sciatica, if the condition is more serious, should be helped by surgery, the best choice of minimally invasive surgery**, minimally invasive surgery** sciatica is more, after the operation of the patient recovery is relatively fast.

Second, drug sciatica: drug sciatica is a more common program, many patients with sciatica will take drugs to relieve the pain of the body, drug sciatica can be divided into Western medicine and Chinese medicine two ways, patients can also use the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine to relieve physical pain, Western medicine mainly uses analgesics and vitamin B group, Chinese medicine mainly uses topical patches to reduce inflammation and pain.

Third, physical sciatica: for patients suffering from sciatica, it can play an auxiliary role in sciatica disease, physical is mainly to actively exercise the patient's waist muscle strength, physical can effectively avoid intervertebral disc compression, can effectively protect the patient's waist muscles, patients also need to strengthen daily nursing work.

Not all cases of sciatica require surgery, in most cases it is conservative** and can be recovered, and it can be applied according to the onset of the disease, or acupuncture, physiotherapy, massage, etc. Surgery should only be considered if conservatively** is ineffective and symptoms are severe.

Sciatic pain is generally treatable, but sciatic pain is mainly due to lumbar disc herniation and piriformis syndrome. Be sure to pay more attention to resting and sleeping on a hard bed, strengthen warmth, avoid getting cold, correct body posture, avoid a long-term posture, avoid bending over, and do not bend over to bear weights.

Do not massage, intravenous drip mannitol injection dehydration and swelling**. Nutritional neurological drugs**.

Sciatica pain is generally mainly caused by lumbar disc herniation, the acute stage of the symptoms appears about three to four weeks of time, after about three to four weeks of rest**, generally can effectively alleviate the symptoms, but everyone's condition is different, the recovery time and the condition, ** measures are related to a certain extent.

Patients with sciatica pain should pay attention to bed rest during the acute attack, and at the same time develop the habit of using the waist correctly in daily life, and avoid heavy physical activities such as lifting heavy objects.

When symptoms appear, some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can be used to improve the symptoms. It can also be combined with hot compresses, physiotherapy, massage, traction and other methods**, generally after these measures, in about three to four weeks, can be effectively relieved and recovered.

Sciatica is a very common chronic orthopedic nerve disease in our daily life, most of which occur in middle-aged and elderly people, it will bring a lot of pain to the body when it occurs, and will seriously affect the normal life and work of patients.

Sciatica is a common disease, the disease is mainly characterized by acute onset, and most of them are chronic, it is difficult to completely do it in a short time, sciatica is not cured in a day or two, it requires long-term persistence and continuous daily care, and it will be completely sciatica.

In general, the drugs chosen by patients are Western medicines, such as painkillers or corticosteroid drugs, which can effectively alleviate the symptoms of patients, and general drugs are mainly suitable for patients with mild symptoms, but Western medicines are harmful to the kidneys, and patients need to pay attention to the reasonable use of drugs.

When the patient has acute pain symptoms, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be taken to reduce the inflammation of the sciatic nerve area, and the patient can also be relieved by acupuncture**, and the patient needs to receive massage manipulation** and traction** during acupuncture**. Surgery** is generally reserved for patients whose symptoms have worsened.

Through the above understanding, we also know that sciatica is not a few days to be cured, it needs to be long-term reasonable and good care to be completely cured, so patients must be in a timely manner, in addition, sciatica patients also need to do a good job in life, and exercise more if their body allows, which is also helpful for the disease.