Massage treatment of nerve root type cervical spondylosis in 600 cases.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Massage treatment of nerve root type cervical spondylosis in 600 cases Cervical disease is clinically common diseases, it can be divided into the nerve root, vertebral artery, spinal cord, of which the cervical nerve root is particularly common, the clinical manifestations of neck movement disorder, neck, upper limb pain with radiating pain , numbness based. may, or ipsilateral neck flexion extension rotation increased, particularly restless night, lying, hard pillow height adjustment, soft and hard, heavy upper extremity, grip strength weakened, and sometimes hold things fall, the course of time may be associated with muscle atrophy so, seriously affecting the quality of life. the good age of 40 to 60 years old, in recent years as the popularity of computers and other reasons, there are getting younger and younger, it is very important to treat the disease. I subjects treated with traditional Chinese medicine massage cervical nerve root and achieved good effect, now from January 2009 to January 2010 600 patients with out-patients, are summarized below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information The group of 600 patients with out-patients, 200 cases of male and female 400 cases, the oldest 74 years old, minimum 18 years of age, duration of 2 months to 5 years. 1.2 The diagnostic criteria for cases of cervical spondylosis with reference to the Second National seminar on the topic, neck pain or pain around the shoulder with shoulder pain or numbness to the side of the upper radiation. Numbness and pain in cervical spinal nerve and the scope of the area dominated by line , brachial plexus traction test or test positive neck pressure. cervical spine X ray showed varying degrees of mild bone proliferation or part of the vertebral body spondylolisthesis, disc space narrowing or calcification of nuchal ligament, cervical physiological curvature of straight, or neck CT shows disc slightly prominent (C5 nerve root injury