Objective To observe the effect of early stage bed activity on postoperative rehabilitation of lumbar degenerative disease. Methods In the 70 cases of lumbar degenerative disease treated by our hospital from January 2013 to February 2014, the patients were randomly divided into two groups, each with 35 cases. Two groups of patients were given to turn, conventional nursing measures such as prevention of lung infection, and the control group at 2 weeks after ambulation, the experimental group in 3 d after ambulation, compared two groups of patients with postoperative wound recovery, the waist and leg pain score index and dysfunction. Results The postoperative trauma recovery of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group (P<0.05). In the experimental group, the lumbar pain score and dysfunction index were (1.03+0.04) and (18.74+3.52) respectively, significantly lower than the control group (3.89+0.21), (29.41+0.21), and the difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Early stage bed activity has a very positive effect on postoperative rehabilitation of lumbar degenerative diseases, which can effectively alleviate pain, promote rehabilitation, reduce complications and deserve clinical promotion.