Abstract:Twenty five patients of lumbsr disc herniation were treated by epidural block assisted with massage therapy.The clinical observations suggested that this method had a shortcourse, high curative rate,little pain and could be easily accepted by patients.The curativerate was up to 76% in first course(1 week)and 20% in second course(2 weeks).All patients were followed up for more than 3 months,no single case recurred.