Massage for treatment of 274 cases of lumbar disc herniation.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Massage for treatment of 274 cases of lumbar disc herniation Papers Keywords: Lumbar disc herniation massage Abstract Objective: To observe the use of massage for treatment of lumbar disc herniation clinical effects. Methods: from 1998 to 2006 were treated 274 cases of patients with lumbar disc herniation, using massage therapy, Results: 274 cases of patients treated 174 cases, 68 cases improved, 32 cases ineffective, the total effective rate was 88%. Conclusion: The use of massage for treatment of lumbar disc herniation results were satisfactory.    Of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, also known as “ruptured annulus fibrosus of lumbar intervertebral disc disease.” Vertebral disc is between the joints, in addition to the first and second cervical vertebrae without a disc, the adult total of disc 23. Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology of the disease is common and easily made at 20 ~ 40-year-old young adults, children rarely the disease, the typical nucleus sudden disease does not occur in the elderly. Clinically, with lumbar spine 4 ~ 5 and 5 lumbar, sacral one most likely to occur between the intervertebral disc lesions. Since our department from 1998 to 2006 were treated 274 cases of lumbar disc herniation, using massage therapy, satisfactory results are summarized below.  Materials and Methods  General Information: 1998 ~ 2006 treated 274 cases of lumbar disc herniation patients, 198 cases of male and female 76 cases, 7 ~ 20 days of treatment, all conservative treatment. Clinical diagnosis of lumbar vertebrae 3, 4 and 4 ~ 5 pairs of lumbar disc herniation in 17 cases, lumbar 3 ~ 4, lumbar vertebrae 4 ~ 5, more than one sacral gap highlighted in 8 cases, bilateral type 26 cases, 223 cases of unilateral type.  Auxiliary methods: The patient prone position, patients who used rolling, kneading, holding, kneading and other massage techniques cycle, point A is the hole by, Shenshu, b