Zak acupuncture for Hypertrophic spondylitis
by Zak on Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:46 am

C, male, 40 years old, chest tightness, back pain, activity is restricted, accompanied by vision loss, right shoulder and arm pain, approximately four years. Have been diagnosed as: hypertrophic spondylitis, rheumatism, and so on, all kinds of therapy null and void, the recent head and back pain seriously, attending to my office.

Clinical examination: a spinal deformity, straight legs bending test, straight leg extension waist tests have some of the restrictions, and leads to low back pain increase, straight-leg raising test 60 °, highly sensitive point in the bilateral tenderness T4-T5, T7 - T10, L4-L5, thigh roots patella Tip, X-ray revealed that the waist: lumbar spine and chest and a mild increase diagnosis: spinal soft tissue damage, pain, accompanied by signs of the upper torso.

Treatment: zak acupuncture
Results: After a period of time, and the pain gradually disappeared, but five months later, the patient started to back pain, the inspection of the epithelial bilateral hip tenderness obviously, continue to implement zak acupuncture, and after a period of time, and the pain disappeared, the location of patella pain also disappeared.

Zak acupuncture for FBSS.
by Zak on Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:33 pm

P, male, 41 years old, and bilateral flank pain in 11, 11 years ago, feeling waist pain, persistent. Signs of increasing and the progressive development of the bilateral hip pain and lower extremity with two numbness, six months later, the entire lower body feel pain, can not walk, a variety of treatment ineffective. After a hospital visit: diskectomy, but after surgery, low back pain is not improving, only somewhat eased lower extremity pain, pain encountered heavier rain days.
Bedridden.

Clinical examination: The waist tenderness found a lot of sensitive points, given after surgery, and the pain is more reason for the aseptic soft tissue inflammation caused by pain, and therefore suitable for zak acupuncture.

Treatment: zak acupuncture
Results: After several treatment, the pain quickly disappeared legs, back to work, but after a year later, symptoms of recurrence, was bed-ridden and,

Second clinical examination: no spinal deformity, straight legs bending test, hand fingertip 60 cm from the ground, straight leg extension waist test, mildly limited. Straight-leg raising test: about 15 ° are, after all, leads the waist iliac ridge on the edge of pain, Fangshetong to big leg, waist under a lot of sensitive point tenderness. .

Treatment: zak acupuncture

Results: leg symptoms disappeared completely, return to work and there has been no recurrence. .

Zak acupuncture for lumbar disc herniation
by Zak on Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:31 pm

T, 32-year-old right flank pain and back pain about three years, occurred gradually, continuing pain from the left waist referal pain to lateral to the left leg, and accompanied by numbness, waist limited activities, when walking and standing , the pain increased with the exertion of the past six months, increase the pain, unable to walk, the hospital diagnosis: lumbar disc herniation, and the variety of treatment was ineffective.

Clinical examination: a spinal deformity, straight legs bending test, straight leg extension waist tests have unrestricted, but the pain increased, straight-leg raising test, the left and caused referal pain 10 °, 90 ° in right, a high degree of sensitive point tenderness in the left waist l2-L3, epithelial gluteal nerve after the iliac ridge, the sciatic nerve exit. Not obvious tenderness thigh roots, x-ray inspection negative.

Treatment: zak acupuncture
Results: After a period of treatment, the pain disappeared.

Zak acupuncture for sacro iliac arthritis case
by Zak on Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:01 am

X, female, 34 years old, low back pain 20 years, beginning as lumbar sore, progressive development of low back pain, headache, began to dizziness, and has hip pain, unable to walk, hospital diagnosis: sacroiliac arthritis, use tablet, but null and void. Recently, severe pain and bedridden.

Clinical examination: a spinal deformity, straight legs bending test, hand fingertip 50 cm from the ground, straight leg extension waist test, restricted, Both inspection has drawn increasing waist pain, straight-leg raising test left 90 ° , and 60 ° right, leads to pain, tenderness highly sensitive point in T8-T9, L3,l2, L4, on the ridge after the iliac, inferior gluteal nerve, the sciatic nerve exports area, thigh roots patella sharp. hip flexor Half-leg test positive.

Treatment: zak acupuncture
Results: After a period of treatment, and the pain is alleviated, disappeared. But there are still some tenderness in the site.
Discussion: Arthritis sacroiliac isn't cause of pain, the pain is still to come from soft tissue injury.

Acupuncture for disc problem case
by Zak on Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:14 pm

J ,female, 39 years old, two years ago, sprained her waist, and three days later, back pain increased activity is restricted, many ineffective treatment for three months, the right lateral leg, heel and foot pain, and with hot flu, when coughing, sneezing, increased pain, the hospital diagnosis: waist disc herniation, it was gypsum vest fixation for the treatment, after treatment, the symptoms did not improve. come to my out-patient treatment

Clinical examination: the left lumbar spinal scoliosis, kyphosis. Straight legs bending test pain increased, straight leg extension waist test: referal pain to right lower limb. Straight-leg raising the left 45 °, 30 ° leads to the right right lower limb pain, lumbar 3. lumbar 4 intervertebral space lumbago Obviously, leads to the right lower extremity referal pain to foot. External skin feeling right leg decreased, and the right thumb extensor muscle strength weakened on the right iliac after ridge, epithelial gluteal nerve root thigh, tenderness over various points clear

Treatment: zak acupuncture
Results: Two months after treatment, all symptoms disappeared.

Zak acupuncture for spina Bifida
by Zak on Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:29 pm

X, female, 40 years old, often due to bending in the work, feeling back pain, unable to walk long time, in the hospital diagnosis: S1 recessive congenital spina bifida, with cauda equina compression. Have had surgery at the hospital, but after surgery showed no sign of improvement.

Clinical examination: Spinal normal appearance, straight legs bending test, hand fingertip 40 cm from the ground, led to the waist and sacral pain, foot pain to radiation. Straight legs straight Test restricted waist, straight-leg raising test: both are around 45 degrees. Highly sensitive to the point of tenderness at the waist and hip.

Treatment: zak acupuncture

Results: After a period of treatment, the symptoms disappeared.