Treatment of intractable pain with acupotomy in traditional Chinese medicine

Director He of the Department of Chinese Medicine of Fu Weixinying Hospital explained that the small needle knife is a new medical tool that combines the acupuncture "needle" of traditional medicine with the surgical "knife" of modern medicine.

Due to various reasons (such as sports injury, repeated actions, improper exertion, etc.). ), human tissues cause injuries and inflammation of muscles and ligaments everywhere, resulting in intractable pain or long-term soreness. Acupotomy has special effects on common soft tissue adhesion, such as intractable pain and long-term soreness of mother's hand, trigger finger, tennis elbow and fifty shoulders. Clinically, the diseases treated by acupotomy are effective not only for soft tissue injuries such as muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels, but also for some diseases of internal organs.

Miss Wu, 56, suffered from swelling and pain in the metacarpophalangeal joints of her right thumb and middle finger for nearly a month. She always has a voice and a sense of retardation when she bends and stretches. She was diagnosed as "tenosynovitis of flexor tendon" by doctors, commonly known as "trigger finger". After treatment with acupotomy, she recovered and returned to normal life smoothly.

No incision, no bleeding and little pain, which is a minimally invasive acupuncture method in traditional Chinese medicine. Director He of the Department of Chinese Medicine of Fu Weixinying Hospital explained that the small needle knife is a new medical tool that combines the acupuncture "needle" of traditional medicine with the surgical "knife" of modern medicine. Combining their characteristics and principles, a stainless steel needle similar to acupuncture is adopted, and then the needle tip is changed into a blade shape, and the needle handle is a gourd shape. Acupuncture into acupoints or between bones and muscles can peel off soft tissue adhesion and loosen muscle fascia. The treatment can be completed in a few seconds, and there is no need to leave a needle. Because the needle is very thin, the pain during puncture is very slight, and anesthesia is not needed. The pinhole is so small that you can hardly see the treatment point and there will be no scar in the future. In addition to the pain like an injection, the patient will feel swollen, numb and sour like a needle. So Chinese medicine is also called minimally invasive acupuncture.

Indications: small needle knife 1) intractable pain caused by adhesion of various chronic soft tissue injuries; Such as bursitis, stenosing tenosynovitis, cumulative injury of muscles and ligaments, fifty shoulders, tennis elbow, etc. 2) Pain caused by hyperosteogeny (bone spur); Such as: neck or waist pain, degenerative knee arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis, heel pain and so on. 3) Paralytic pain caused by nerve compression caused by spondylolisthesis, cervical or lumbar disc herniation and carpal tunnel stenosis. Degeneration of cervical spine leads to dizziness, migraine, tinnitus, post-headache, etc.

Director He suggested that when people have soft tissue injury, intractable pain and chronic soreness, they can consult a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine for professional examination, cooperate with detailed and correct medical diagnosis, and choose the most appropriate treatment to avoid suffering again.