Bad waist? Simple tips to protect your waist

The waist is a very important part of the human body. If it is not well maintained, the waist is very easy to be injured. So what are some better ways to protect the waist in traditional Chinese medicine? Let’s follow the editor to learn more about it.

1. Shoulder wrestling and waist pushing

The patient lies in prone position, and the operator stands on one side of the patient. He pushes on the painful area of ​​the waist with one hand and lifts the front of the patient's opposite shoulder to the maximum with the other hand, while pushing hard with both hands at the same time.

2. Leg-pushing and waist-stretching method

The patient lies in prone position, and the surgeon stands on one side of the patient, pressing the painful area of ​​the waist with one hand and lifting the patient's lower limb from the front and upper part of the opposite waist joint with the other hand to the maximum extent, while pushing with both hands at the same time.

3. Waist oblique pull method

The patient lies in the side-lying position with the hips and knees flexed for the upper limbs and straightened for the lower limbs. The operator pushes and presses the front or back of the patient's shoulder with one hand and presses the patient's buttocks or anterior superior iliac spine with the other hand. After rotating the patient's waist to the maximum, the operator uses force with both hands at the same time to pull in opposite directions.

4. Lumbar rotation lever

The patient is asked to sit forward with an assistant holding down his lower limbs and pelvis. The operator sits behind the patient, presses the spinous process that needs to be moved with the thumb of one hand, extends the other hand from the patient's healthy armpit, hooks and holds the patient's neck, and rotates the patient's waist from the flexed position to the healthy side. When the rotation reaches the maximum limit, use one hand to pull the waist hard, and use the thumb of the other hand to push and press the spinous process hard at the same time.

5. Lumbar extension technique

The patient lies supine. The operator presses the painful area on the patient's waist with one hand, and lifts the patient's lower limbs from the front and upper part of the knee joints with the other hand, while stretching and pressing with both hands at the same time.