Massage traction treatment of lumbar disc herniation.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Massage traction treatment of lumbar disc herniation [Keywords:] lumbar disc herniation; massage; traction Lumbar disc herniation is a clinical orthopedic common disease, susceptibility between 20 and 40 years old, the disease to low back pain, leg pain, limited mobility as the main symptom, to the people’s production and life a lot inconvenience. treatment of the disease often with surgery, but because of high cost of surgery, the patient’s own conditions and a number of factors, and the shackles of traditional thinking people, surgery often is not accepted. its treatment in most cases, conservative method, which “massage, traction,” to have good results. The author since 2008, the use of massage in clinical treatment of the disease with 162 cases of traction, achieved satisfactory results, the final report is as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General information on 162 patients in this group, 108 cases of male and 54 female patients; aged from 15 to 75 years, of which 105 cases of manual workers, 57 cases of mental, duration of 1 week to 7 years. All cases were CT, MRI examination diagnosed, of which 43 cases of L3 ~ 4 disc herniation, L4 ~ 5 109 cases of disc herniation, L5 ~ S1 disc in 10 cases, including 57 cases of two segments, three segments in 18 cases; 86 cases highlight the rear side of the central herniation in 29 cases. pathogenesis history of significant trauma in 77 cases, 41 cases a sudden onset, symptoms gradually worsened in 43 patients, 39 patients had a history of remission. signs and symptoms: low back pain was 64 patients, significant radioactive lumbar spinous process tenderness in 52 cases, there is a corresponding 46 cases of neurological disorders. 1.2 before treatment after traction massage. 1.2.1 traction traction therapy is the treatment of lumbar disc herniation most commonly used methods. Role are: (1) waist to play the role of fixed and braking and decompression; (2) relaxation of th