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Six effective methods on treating a slip disk without surgery(II)
3.Massage
TCM have experience in treating back pain and leg pain by massage and tuina therapy since ancient times.Recently,massage in TCM has made great progress and become one of the main treatment for leg and back pain,because the therapy method is reliable and simple,and the complications is few.
The principle of massage therapy on back pain include the influence on blood circulation system,lymphatic system
joint,ligament,and muscles.Massage and tuina can achieve the aim of resetting the dislocated lumbar vertebrae,and also can remove the muscle ache and spasm due to excessive physical exercises.Massage can directly touch tissues,activate blood circulation,promote the flow of lymph,in order to relieve the pain of patients.
In addition,some study proved that massage can promote the secretion of hormone allievating pain to relieve the feeling of pain.
From the point of TCM,massage should abide the dialectical principle of treatment,and not follow the same pattern.
4. Block therapy
Block therapy came from Lievre and some others in 1953.They treat a slip disk by the injection of hydrocortisone.Because the operation is convenient,the curative effect is obvious,and the method is safe,it has become one of the main method in treating back pain.This method generally is applied after the failure of conservative therapy.The curative effect is still obvious towards some obstinate back pain and leg pain patients.
The machenism is to restrain the excitement of nerve root through injecting drugs resembling nacotics,to achieve the aim of ending pain.But it is not fit for the situation that the projection is huge.
5.Acupuncture therapy
In accordance with TCM theory,back pain belongs to bi syndrome and generally is thought to the obstruction of relative meridians by coldness or dampness.If this kind of condition lasts for too long time,it will result in blood stasis and the pain will be aggravated.Acupuncture therapy can be applied and it has been used for thousands of years on treating pain.The treating principle is through dreding channels and collaterals,and activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis,in order to relieve the back pain and even remove the pain.Studys prove that acupuncture can promote the secretion of drugs easing pain,and achieve the curative effect of endogenous
therapy.
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