Electroacupuncture treatment of arthritis around the shoulder joint

Article written by Doctor Dao Hong Nam - Traditional Medicine Doctor, Traditional Medicine Unit - Vinmec Times City International Hospital

Shoulder periarthritis is an inflammatory disease of the soft structures around the shoulder joint including tendons, muscles, ligaments, joint capsule, serosa, excluding diseases that damage the ends of bones, cartilage, and membranes. epidemics such as infectious arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis...

Inflammation around the shoulder joint due to occupational diseases: Heavy work continuously injures muscles and ligaments in the shoulder area... Excessive exercise: Tennis, badminton... Tendon degeneration in the elderly Inflammation around the joints shoulders caused by systemic diseases: Cardiovascular, breast cancer...

The main manifestation of shoulder periarthritis is pain and limited range of motion in the shoulder joint. Symptoms vary depending on the type of disease.
The patient may have severe pain in the entire neck and shoulder area, spreading down the arm, finger, or dull pain in the shoulder joint. Pain increases with movement or pressure on the shoulder joint. Often the pain is worse at night near morning. Limitation of shoulder joint movement: Depending on the disease, the degree of limitation of shoulder joint movement varies. Patients often cannot raise their hands up and back, difficult to do movements such as combing their hair, tying their hair, wearing clothes... If the shoulder joint is frozen, the patient has obvious limitations in movement.

Shoulder arthritis alone (chronic shoulder arthritis): Usually due to tendon disease. Microcrystalline shoulder arthritis (acute shoulder pain). Shoulder pseudoparesis: Rupture of the rotator cuff tendon or a long bundle of the biceps tendon. Stiff shoulder (frozen periarthritis).

Electroacupuncture is a method of using a certain electric current to act on acupuncture points to cure diseases. This is a treatment method that combines acupuncture (traditional medicine) and electric current (modern medicine). Due to its many advantages, electroacupuncture is considered the main method of acupuncture today. Inflammation around the shoulder joint according to Traditional Medicine is called Kien Thong (belonging to the scope of the disease). According to the theory According to traditional medicine, the cause of shoulder periarthritis is caused by pathogens (internal, external, internal and external) entering the body, obstructing the circulation of blood and gas. For not being able to circulate normally, stagnation in the meridians circulating through the shoulder area is caused. Medical equipment and supplies needed: Sterile acupuncture needles (currently usually used one-time needles), cotton, alcohol, pince, bean trays, two-frequency electro-acupuncture that works well, shockproof box, blood pressure monitor, headset. Indications : Acute or chronic periarthritis Contraindications : Periarthritis of the shoulder caused by: Trauma, tendonitis, cardiovascular disease, lung disease. Selection of acupressure formula for treatment: Depending on the cause of the disease, the doctor assigns different acupressure points. The acupressure points commonly used are: Kien Ngung, Ty Nhu, Ngoai Quan, Hop Coc, Kien Tinh, Thien Tong. Conducting electro-acupuncture technique includes the following steps: Locate the acupuncture points, disinfect the skin at the location of the acupuncture points, insert the needle into the acupuncture point, install the electrode on the acupuncture needle (the position of the electrical connections into the acupuncture point). Acupuncture needles on each acupuncture point, depending on whether the treatment is acupuncture or cholera). Turn on the switch to run the machine, see the indicator light, turn the knob to adjust the electric capacity to increase slowly, reaching the required level of voltage and intensity to adapt to each patient. At that time, the patient feels comfortable or a little tense but tolerable. The time to conduct an electro-acupuncture is usually 20-30 minutes, the treatment course is about 2-3 weeks. Monitor patients during treatment, prevent complications and possible complications. The most common complication is the prickling word: the patient is restless, dizzy, dizzy, sweating, rapid pulse, pale face. Treatment of acupuncture words: Turn off the acupuncture machine, remove the acupuncture needle, let the patient lie down, warm up, explain and encourage the patient's spirit, monitor the patient's pulse and blood pressure.

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