Can acupuncture treat iliotibial bundle contracture? Is there any other way to cure iliotibial bundle contracture other than surgery?

First of all, I have to say that I sympathize with what you are going through. Patellar soft tissue injury can be treated by acupuncture and massage techniques, the two together with the best results, I am engaged in acupuncture and massage, to be honest, nowadays people, especially those who encountered your symptoms generally do surgery, no one come to see the acupuncturist, they are too much trouble, and do not recognize the efficacy of acupuncture and massage in this regard. I've never seen iliotibial bundle contracture, let alone treated it, but since the radiographs revealed patellar soft tissue damage, narrowing of the patellofemoral space, and arthritis as preexisting symptoms, the disease must be causally related to the latter. Surgery I do not recommend, I have seen too many people in the hospital do not need surgery and go to surgery, these patients anxious mood I can understand, they stuffed to the chief surgeon red packets after the peace of mind I can also understand ..... In fact, in addition to the money spent, most of the patients will have different degrees of sequelae after surgery; I'm not saying that there will be no sequelae after acupuncture treatment, only that the chances of this is much smaller, and less dangerous; but I have to give you a warning, acupuncture, especially acupuncture and massage with the treatment, the process of massage (you can say that the massage) may make you feel very painful .... There used to be an eighty-something year old man in the hospital who had both knees surgically replaced (his son is the boss behind our hospital... Rich people) lower limbs can not move, after recuperating for a few months after the operation my two teachers every day to give him rehabilitation (that is, massage therapy) he was quite painful, but insisted on a month after he could walk on his own; so, I want to tell you is, hold on, they give you a massage when the pain is not necessarily as bad as the pain when you have a seizure, right, anyway, lice do not itch .... Debt is not a worry... Hehe, hang in there! Another thing I have to tell you is that since you've spent the money, you have to hold the doc accountable! Nowadays, the doctors are more of the same, for example, they basically leave you alone after giving you acupuncture during your treatment, and there is a single method of treatment, which is not good! Your symptoms in addition to conventional acupuncture, but also have to massage, baked electricity (is a lamp is like but does not light, only heat), if the famous Chinese medicine department, but also have a medicine bag (generally inside are some blood circulation and stasis of the dregs of traditional Chinese medicine, there are corresponding physical therapy machine package, placed on the knee heat, the drug ingredients into the knee) and your good relationship with the doctor, in fact, do not have to send any money, nothing to talk, cooperate with their treatment, and try to show that they have a good relationship with the doctor, actually do not have to send any money, nothing to talk, and so on, and so on. Cooperate with their treatment, try to show their own strong as well as on the line and good .... There is no love without a cause, there is no hate without a cause, the doctor see you as a patient with the eyes is also very important, you are rich, I see you do not look good, the treatment of negative points, you do not know; and if not the clinic is in the hospital treatment, and the intern to get a good relationship is also very important, for example, sometimes you grill electricity doctor said 20 minutes or even 10 minutes (in fact, should be at least 30 minutes) if you and the intern to get a good relationship, say hello, and the intern to get a good relationship, and the intern to get a good relationship, and the intern to get a good relationship, and the intern to get a good relationship with the clinic. If you have a good relationship with the intern, you can say hello and he will be more than happy. There are many examples of this, so I won't give them all, to put it bluntly, it's just that it's easy to see the king of hell and it's hard to get rid of the little ghosts (although it's not as serious as that). The last thing I want to say is that the knee should be kept warm locally! It's very important not to get cold, and if it gets better in the future, in addition to the doctor's treatment, you have to do functional exercises yourself! You can't sit down all the time, otherwise the muscles, fascia and cartilage in the affected area will be reattached to each other. Well, that's all, I wish you a speedy recovery.