He Yujun, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Xinying Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, explained that the acupuncture knife is a new medical tool that combines the acupuncture "needle" of traditional medicine and the surgical "knife" of modern medicine
Due to various reasons (such as sports injuries, repetitive movements, improper application of force, etc.), human tissues cause muscle and ligament damage and inflammation, causing intractable pain or long-term soreness symptoms. Acupotomy therapy has special effects on common soft tissue adhesion, such as mother's hand, trigger finger, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder and other intractable pain and long-term soreness. Clinically, the diseases treated by acupotomy are not only effective in treating soft tissue injuries such as human muscles, tendons, nerves, blood vessels, etc., but are even applied to some diseases of the visceral system.
Ms. Wu, 56 years old, has been suffering from swelling and pain in the metacarpophalangeal joints of her right thumb and middle finger for the past month. She always has a sound and a sense of blockage when flexing and extending. The doctor diagnosed her with "stenosing tenosynovitis of the finger flexor tendons," commonly known as "Trigger finger" recovered after receiving acupuncture treatment and returned to normal life smoothly.
No incision, no bleeding, and little pain is the minimally invasive acupuncture method of traditional Chinese medicine. Director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xinying Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, He Yujun explained that the small acupuncture knife combines the acupuncture "needle" of traditional medicine with modern medicine. surgical "knife", combined into one new medical tool. Combining the characteristics and principles of the two, a stainless steel needle similar to acupuncture is used, and then the needle tip is changed into a blade shape, and the needle handle is gourd-shaped. The needle is inserted into acupuncture points or between skeletal muscles to peel off soft tissue adhesion lesions and release muscle fascia. , the treatment only takes a few seconds and can be completed without the need for needles. Because the needle is very thin, the pain during insertion is very slight and no anesthesia is required. The needle hole is so small that the treatment point is almost invisible, and there will be no scars in the future. In addition to the pain like an injection, patients only feel swelling, numbness and soreness similar to acupuncture. Therefore, it is also called minimally invasive acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine.
Indications of small needle knife 1) Intractable pain caused by various chronic soft tissue injuries and adhesions; such as: bursitis, stenosing tenosynovitis, cumulative injuries of muscles and ligaments, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, etc. . 2) Soreness caused by bone hyperplasia (bone spurs); such as: neck or waist soreness caused by cervical and lumbar bone spurs, degenerative knee arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis, heel pain, etc. 3) Paralysis and pain caused by nerve compression caused by spondylolisthesis, cervical or lumbar disc herniation, and carpal tunnel stenosis. Degeneration of the cervical spine leads to dizziness, migraines, tinnitus, back headaches, etc.
Director He suggested that when people have soft tissue injuries, intractable pain, or long-term aches and pains, they can seek professional diagnosis from traditional Chinese medicine doctors and cooperate with detailed and correct medical diagnosis to choose The most appropriate treatment method to avoid suffering from pain again.