What should I do if my back muscles feel sore?

Back muscle soreness is caused by strain of scapular muscle or supracondylar muscle caused by long-term activities of upper limbs.

How to treat lumbago?

1. Exercise therapy: Exercise can increase the flexibility of muscles and joints, and also enhance the strength and endurance of muscles, thus improving the blood circulation of the whole body and relieving physical and mental stress. Exercise also helps to prevent soreness or eliminate back pain. It is the most important and effective method to treat lumbago. At present, the best lightweight sports are Tai Chi, Qigong and swimming.

2. Massage therapy: Massage helps to release or relieve physical and mental stress and relieve tense muscles, so it is also one of the important methods to eliminate backache.

3. Traction therapy: For patients with disc herniation and lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis, this method is helpful to expand the distance between vertebral bodies, avoid the compression of nerve by bone spurs or cartilage, and help to relieve pain symptoms.

4. Acupuncture therapy: Acupuncture can promote qi and blood circulation, and has analgesic effect, which is quite effective for acute pain. For patients with chronic lumbar muscle strain, local warm moxibustion can relax muscles and activate collaterals.

5. Physical therapy: including ultrasound, electrotherapy, cold and hot compress and other methods. Ultrasound can penetrate deep muscle tissue and generate heat energy, which is helpful to relieve pain and reduce swelling. Electrotherapy is to use electrical stimulation to make muscle cells move regularly and relieve muscle sclerosis and pain. Cold compress is suitable for acute pain in one or two days, and has the effect of relieving pain and swelling; Hot compress is more suitable for chronic pain, which can improve local circulation and enhance tissue recovery.

6. Drug treatment: For patients with local blood stasis and heat pain, drugs that promote blood circulation, reduce swelling and clear heat can be applied externally; If there is no pain due to blood stasis, traumatology ointment can be used externally. Generally, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers are the main method of oral administration, so please consult your doctor before using oral drugs.