The first step for the treatment of lower back pain is of taking proper rest. It is beneficial in the case when there is some kind of injury in the spine and when rest is avoided the irritation increases leading to more severe conditions. The rest should also be in controlled manner i.e. for two to three days maximum for bed rest because prolonged bed rest can increase the back pain in place of healing it.
After the phase of rest patient should resume normal or near normal activities to prevent the loss of flexibility or proper functioning of the back. But the activities which include stress on the back should be avoided for some time or the pain will reoccur and may be more severe at this time. Some self care steps should always be taken at home for the treatment of lower back pain which is as under:
1. Pillows should be kept between the knees when sleeping in side position and while sleeping on back the pillows should be under the knees. These steps are proved to be too much helpful in the healing process and provide comfort too.
2. In the state of acute back pain exercises are not helpful but in the condition of chronic ones exercises may help the patient to return to his normal activities.
3. If the bed rest period of the patient is long, it may lead to long recovery time so long bed rests should be avoided. In place of that patient should try to return to his normal activities slowly without giving any kind of stress to the back.
4. When the back pain is due to any kind of muscle spasm application of heat treatment may give comfort to the patient. The heat treatment can be in form of hot pads, hot bottles, hot water bath, etc.
The anti- inflammatory medications can help when the pain is associated with some kind of inflammation. But there are some side effects of these medications which include gastro intestinal bleeding, so the patients suffering from peptic or gastric ulcers should fully avoid the usage of these medications.
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