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- Title
Using Master Tung Style Acupuncture to Treat Acute, Non-Traumatic, Inflammatory Hip Pain.
- Authors
Zahm, Amelia
- Abstract
Acute non-traumatic joint pain can be difficult to diagnose from a biomedical perspective because of the large number of differential diagnoses. Determining whether the pain is a self-limiting condition or a symptom of a more complicated disease process may still prove inconclusive. Because of diagnostic challenges, early treatment of inflammatory joint pain typically focuses on the relief of symptoms and maintenance of function. This case discusses a 25-year-old male who presented with an acute onset of severe pain in his hip and swelling in his knee, which did not respond to standard pharmacological intervention. The patient received a specific traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and was treated based on the resulting disease pattern. After ten weeks of weekly acupuncture, the patient experienced a complete resolution of his pain and swelling and was able to return to normal function. This indicates that, even without a definitive biomedical diagnosis, acupuncture can be a reasonable and effective treatment. This case review also suggests that acupuncture treatment based on an individualized traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and pattern differentiation may be effective in the relief of acute hip pain and swelling and may provide more notable results than standard pharmacological therapies. Because of differences in biomedical and TCM diagnostic techniques and priorities, a randomized controlled study may provide less accurate findings than study protocols which use individualized TCM diagnosis and treatment protocols within a study population.
- Subjects
INFLAMMATION treatment; PAIN diagnosis; ACUPUNCTURE; HIP joint; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; MEDICAL history taking; CHINESE medicine; PHYSICAL diagnosis; PAIN management; TREATMENT effectiveness; ACUTE diseases
- Publication
JASA: Journal of the American Society of Acupuncturists, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 4, p13
- ISSN
2377-3723
- Publication type
Article