Treatment of spondylolisthesis begins with conservative methods:

A short rest period or avoiding activities such as lifting weights and bending down, and playing sports can relieve symptoms of spondylolisthesis.

Physiotherapy helps to reduce the range of motion of the lumbar spine and hamstrings and strengthen the abdominal muscles.

Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce pain by reducing inflammation in muscles and nerves.

Patients suffering from pain, numbness, and tingling sensations can relieve these symptoms with an epidural injection of a steroid (cortisone).

Patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis wear a corset to prevent hyperextension. It fixes the lumbar spine by pulling together the two parts of the bone at the site of the defect, which facilitates the healing process.

Those patients who have not been helped by conservative treatment are offered an operation. The type of surgery is selected depending on the type of spondylolisthesis.