Lumbar manipulation plays an important role in the non-surgical treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases. Lumbar manipulation technique is a compound technique that contains many mechanical elements and motion characteristics at the moment of operation. Quantifying and objectifying the parameters of traditional Chinese medicine massage techniques, summarizing the technical characteristics of the operation, and discussing the biomechanical mechanism of the manipulation in-depth, can contribute to the teaching assessment and clinical diagnosis and treatment standards of massage techniques, making the manipulation more safe and efficient, and further promoting the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese medicine massage. This article reviews and compiles domestic and foreign biomechanical research papers on lumbar massage for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases in recent years. The biomechanical effects on the lumbar spine and its accessory structures under manual transient loading, the measurement of technical parameters, and the characteristics of manual operation were summarized.