Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I have always had good luck with rotational neck pain by needling luozhen and SI3 on the opposite side from the pain, and having the pt. rotate her neck back and forth, stretching a little w/ each rotation, twirling the needles all the while. 95% of the time this works. Also, you can go straight to the nodule and needle it as a trigger point. Find a tight band within the nodule or simply pinch the whole nodule, then insert the needle intil it just touches the fascia above the tight area (usually only 1-2mm). Then " peck " at it until it twitches. If this doesn't work, insert slightly more deeply into the nodule/band, then withdraw, and peck again. Works most of the time. Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac., CORTEZ FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE 1430 E. Main Street, Suite #4 Cortez, CO 81321 (970) 565-0230 > Message: 9 > Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:05:51 -0000 > " heylaurag " <heylaurag > SCM pain from car accident > > > > Hi All, > > I have a new patient who has quite a hard nodule in her left SCM after > a car accident 2 years ago. She has loss of range of motion turning > her head to the left and downward. She is an older lady and is in a > lot of pain and has been told that it is permanent. This is not an > area that I have treated before, so I thought I would ask for ideas. > > Thanks! > > Laura > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 10 > Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:36:27 -0800 (PST) > Nicole Hohmann <nicolehohmann > acupuncturists using lasers > > > Are there any acupuncturists using low level laser > therapy in any academic medical institutions out > there? I am trying to get my laser approved for use in > Evanston Northwestern's integrative medicine program > and it would be helpful to know if anyone out there is > using one in this type of setting. > Thanks, > Nicole Hohmann > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > and adjust > accordingly. > > Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group > requires prior permission from the author. > > If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, > > ------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Hi, Thanks for the ideas---sounds really good! Is this good for both chronic and acute pain in that area? What about pain in that area that is referred from the cervical spine? Laura Chinese Medicine , " Benjamin Hawes " <ben_laura@n...> wrote: > > > > I have always had good luck with rotational neck pain by needling luozhen > and SI3 on the opposite side from the pain, and having the pt. rotate her > neck back and forth, stretching a little w/ each rotation, twirling the > needles all the while. 95% of the time this works. Also, you can go straight > to the nodule and needle it as a trigger point. Find a tight band within the > nodule or simply pinch the whole nodule, then insert the needle intil it > just touches the fascia above the tight area (usually only 1-2mm). Then > " peck " at it until it twitches. If this doesn't work, insert slightly more > deeply into the nodule/band, then withdraw, and peck again. Works most of > the time. > > Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac., > Director > > CORTEZ FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE > 1430 E. Main Street, Suite #4 > Cortez, CO 81321 > (970) 565-0230 > > > Message: 9 > > Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:05:51 -0000 > > " heylaurag " <heylaurag@h...> > > SCM pain from car accident > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a new patient who has quite a hard nodule in her left SCM after > > a car accident 2 years ago. She has loss of range of motion turning > > her head to the left and downward. She is an older lady and is in a > > lot of pain and has been told that it is permanent. This is not an > > area that I have treated before, so I thought I would ask for ideas. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Laura > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________ > > ______________________ > > > > Message: 10 > > Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:36:27 -0800 (PST) > > Nicole Hohmann <nicolehohmann> > > acupuncturists using lasers > > > > > > Are there any acupuncturists using low level laser > > therapy in any academic medical institutions out > > there? I am trying to get my laser approved for use in > > Evanston Northwestern's integrative medicine program > > and it would be helpful to know if anyone out there is > > using one in this type of setting. > > Thanks, > > Nicole Hohmann > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________ > > ______________________ > > > > > > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > > > > and adjust > > accordingly. > > > > Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group > > requires prior permission from the author. > > > > If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, > > > > ------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Neck pain could be the signal for a remote ill, and as such be valuable as a diagnostic aid. Treat it, at the peril of leaving an essential cause untended. A comon and strilikng example: 1. Neck pain because of a developing scoliotic curve 2. A developing scoliotic curve because of a disfunctioning R Dai 3. A disfunctioning R Dai because of a chronic LV Stagnation 4. A a chronic LV Stagnation because of an untreated injury to L shoulder To treat this neck pain as a local condition would then be untenable. Intervention would be to treat remotely and have the neck pain disappear, often and to a significant extent in the first session. Protocol: i. Test out reflexes and establish the etiology ii. Find triggers to the L shoulder and release these, Manaka's Fire Needle release comes to mind, else simple Chanel releases also work iii. As you treat, the Dai trigger at R GB 25 or so becomes less tender iv. If needed pop some thred type moxa on triggers at GB 25, you find this having wandered away by a cun or more to the inferior and posterior v. As you work the Binding at the spine releases, even if energetically vi. Neck triggeres become less painful and less palpable vii. In 2 or 3 treatments the work is done Note: You can treat the neck pain, if of this or any remote etiology, by not using one local or connected point Moral of the story: Pain is best treated when it is not Dr. Holmes Keikobad MB BS DPH Ret Diplomate NCCAOM L Ac CEUS by Distance Learning www.acu-free.com Toll Free 1.888.878.7353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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