Why do I have constant pain in my waist and legs after an intense indulgence?

1. As night fell, Wang Wei and his wife Jiao played "harmony of bells and drums, response of zithers and harps" together, sounding the clarion call for love and affection. Wang Wei himself instantly became confused and "floating in the air", completely forgetting Dr. Li's advice.

The tide slowly receded. Wang Wei and his beloved wife also slowly walked out of the fairyland.

"Ouch, my waist..." When Wang Wei rolled off his beloved wife's body, he suddenly felt a pain in his lumbar region and his legs became numb as if he had been electrocuted.

"Oh no, my lumbar disc has herniated again!" As the saying goes, long illness makes a good doctor. Due to a long illness, the experienced Wang Wei was frightened and quickly lay on his back on the bed, not moving at all.

"Honey, what's wrong with you?" Wang Wei's beloved wife seemed to be still in high spirits. But Wang Wei just waved his hands in pain and said that his lumbar disc herniation had recurred.

"What should I do?" His beloved wife woke up from her dream and asked anxiously.

Helplessly, Wang Wei had to endure it in the middle of the night. They stayed awake that night.

2. Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, Dr. Li began his ward rounds. At the beginning, Wang Wei's family members came to the ward again and said anxiously: "Doctor Li, you are making rounds. My Wang Wei is sick again. He has back and leg pain and numbness and keeps groaning!"

"You were fine when you went home yesterday, why did it happen again?" Doctor Li asked in confusion.

"You go ask him!" Wang Wei's family member said in a low voice with a blushing face.

Dr. Li paused his ward rounds and came to the office. "Ouch, it hurts so much, Doctor Li, please save me!" At this time, Wang Wei was sitting on the stool, tossing and turning, grinning and groaning, with beads of sweat rolling down his face.

Seeing Wang Wei in so much pain, Dr. Li did not ask too many questions. He gave him a quick check and confirmed that the L4, 5 and L5, S1 intervertebral discs had herniated again. There was no time to lose, so he hurriedly helped Wang Wei onto the traction bed and once again performed the large traction manipulation reduction technique of pushing, pulling, oblique pulling and stepping on the stilts. About 40 minutes later, Wang Wei's back and leg pain was basically relieved.

After pushing Wang Wei back to his bed, while there were no other patients in the room (Wang Wei's wife had gone out to buy daily necessities), Dr. Li quietly asked, "What's going on? I hope you can tell the doctor the truth!"

"This..." Wang Wei blushed, not knowing what to say.

"If the patient does not report the condition truthfully to the doctor, it will be difficult to provide appropriate treatment and prevention!" Dr. Li urged again.

"I'm so sorry. After I got home, I was bewitched by my wife and couldn't stand the test. As a result, I wanted to have a good time. Not long after we finished having sex, I suddenly felt pain. My left leg was swollen and a little numb. I didn't feel any better after resting that night. My wife sent me here early in the morning..." Wang Wei said to Doctor Li in shame, "I really didn't listen to the doctor, and now I'm suffering! I was all right, but after this ordeal, it's back to normal. I have to start the treatment from the beginning..."

"You guys, I told you to go back and take it easy, and rest for a while before having sex, but you wouldn't listen. Now you've suffered the consequences, and you've ended up having to go back to prison for the second time..." Doctor Li blamed.

"Doctor Li, please stop talking. Blame me for not being able to control myself. But I don't understand why sexual intercourse is taboo against lumbar disc herniation?" Wang Wei looked at Doctor Li with an inquiring look.

"It's all my fault for not explaining it clearly..." Doctor Li sat down on a stool and said slowly, "The causes of lumbar disc herniation are nothing more than internal and external factors. The internal cause is the degenerative changes of the disc itself, or the disc has developmental defects and anatomical weaknesses; the external causes are injury, strain, and feeling cold. The disc has no blood circulation and its repair ability is poor. In daily life and work, due to the relationship between weight bearing and spinal movement, the disc is often subjected to compression, traction, and torsion from all aspects, so it is prone to degenerative changes. The annulus fibrosus of the disc ruptures due to internal factors such as degeneration and external factors such as injury or strain. Due to pressure, the nucleus pulposus tissue is squeezed and partially or completely protrudes along the cracks in the annulus fibrosus, stimulating or compressing the spinal cord and nerves. This produces clinical symptoms."

"Doctor Li, after listening to what you said, I now understand the serious consequences of improper sexual intercourse. But my husband and I are still young. If we don't have sex for a long time, the relationship between us will be broken. Besides, not having sex for a long time will also affect our health!" Wang Wei murmured.

"This is indeed a problem that many patients with low back and leg pain are troubled by. I have seen some patients get divorced because of this..." Dr. Li also lamented.

"So, should we patients with low back and leg pain abstain from sexual intercourse? Honestly speaking, after this sexual experience, I feel fear whenever I think of sexual intercourse..." Wang Wei asked worriedly.

"It's not a taboo, but you should be careful!" Dr. Li corrected, "Because the body twists to a large extent during sex, the whole body, including the muscles, nerves, and blood vessels, are in a highly tense state, which can easily squeeze and stimulate the protruding lesions, causing new protrusions or making the original parts protrude even larger, thereby aggravating the symptoms..."

"How can we be cautious?" Wang Wei asked.

Doctor Li pondered for a while and then explained in detail.

3. "Don't be too tired, that is, the duration of sexual intercourse should not be too long, this is the premise!" Dr. Li explained, "Secondly, it is very important to pay attention to the sexual intercourse posture! May I ask, what was the posture of your sexual intercourse this time?"

"It's still the traditional position of man on top and woman on the bottom!" Wang Wei said with a grunt.

"That's not right!" Doctor Li kept talking. "You are so fat, your waist and legs are not in good condition, and you are in this position. It consumes a lot of physical energy, and it is easy to stimulate and compress the diseased part of the lumbar spine, causing the protrusion to be squeezed out again..."

"So, what position should we adopt when we have sex next time?" Wang Wei asked with interest.

"Woman on top, man on bottom, or man and woman sideways, but man and woman sideways is not as good as woman on top, man on bottom!" Doctor Li continued, "Woman on top, man on bottom, this position can save the man's physical strength, especially for men with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain, osteoporosis, etc., who have basically recovered or the symptoms have improved significantly, and are still capable of sexual activities, so it will not increase the burden. It is also suitable for women who are energetic and in high spirits. As for the man and woman sideways position, both parties are in the side-lying position, which is more comfortable and consumes less energy. It can last for a long time, but for patients with low back pain, the time should not be too long, because over time, the lumbar spine is in a twisted position for a long time, especially for patients with scoliosis, which will cause recurrence of the disease or aggravate the symptoms.

"Doctor Li, listening to your explanation, I feel like I have read sexology books for ten years. But Doctor Li, you must help people to the end. I think I understand it now, but my wife still has only a vague understanding!" Wang Wei said with a grin.

"Hey, that's a matter between you and your wife. How can we as doctors take care of too much..." Doctor Li smiled, but still worriedly said, "After you recover from the illness, you can have sex again. It's best to wear a waist belt!"

“—I’ll certainly obey your command!” After experiencing this “soul-destroying” catastrophe, Wang Wei still felt a lingering fear whenever he thought about it. How dare he be dishonest at this moment?

4. However, Wang Wei’s story is not over yet. One day five months later, Dr. Li was on duty and Wang Wei and his wife came to visit again.

This time, Wang Wei came to see the doctor not because of the pain and numbness in his waist and legs, but because of an unexpected trouble.

First, his wife complained that since Wang Wei was discharged from the hospital for the second time, Dr. Li told him to wear a waist belt to prevent relapse. Wang Wei took Dr. Li's words as an imperial edict and has been wearing the waist belt all the time in the past few months since he returned home. Whenever the cold waistline touched her, she felt a chill, as if there was a "third party" inserted between them, and her "sexual" interest suddenly decreased greatly or even disappeared. Wang Wei shares the same feeling. What should they do?

After hearing this, Dr. Li I hurriedly explained, "I didn't explain it clearly again. I'm so sorry! Regarding the issue of waist belt protection for patients with lumbar disc herniation during the recovery period, according to my many years of clinical experience, as long as the symptoms do not recur, it can generally be loosened in about 40 days. In the future, you are required to wear the belt as much as possible, especially when bending over to mop the floor, lift heavy objects, twist clothes, etc. You must wear the belt well. As for sleeping in bed or light activities, you don't need to wear it. Of course, after removing the belt, the waist loses a 'protective umbrella'. If you don't pay attention to the posture, time and strength during sexual intercourse, it is likely to cause the disease to recur. Therefore, you must control the degree of sexual life."

"Doctor Li, you worry so much about our affairs. How can we thank you so much!" Wang Wei said sincerely.

"Of course. You're welcome to consult me ​​more often in the future..." Doctor Li waved his hand casually. It seems that the "love" between doctors and patients will never end.