How to treat nerve injury in traditional Chinese medicine?

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Rehabilitation treatment of radial nerve injury is very important, appropriate flexion and extension exercise, to restore its function, with the passage of time, the amount of activity can gradually increase, increase the intensity of activity, so as to gradually restore normal function. Usually can also use massage this method, to achieve the purpose of rehabilitation. So how to treat nerve injury in traditional Chinese medicine? Let's take a look at the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.

How to treat nerve injury in traditional Chinese medicine?

Treatment 1: acupuncture treatment 1-4 weeks after treatment, the patient took a sitting position, injured side of the upper limb elbow flexion placement, acupoints: Quchi, shousanli, Lieque, Hegu. After needling Deqi with filiform needle, electric stimulation was applied at Quchi and shousanli points with electric therapeutic apparatus. According to the patient's tolerance, Shumi wave was selected, once a day, 20 minutes each time, 10 times as a course of treatment. At the end of one course of treatment, 3 days' rest was taken, and the second course of treatment was carried out.

Treatment 2: for patients who have been treated for more than 4 weeks after operation and those who have been treated for more than 4 weeks, the same points were selected as before. After the filiform needle was punctured into Deqi, the method of flat reinforcing and flat reducing was applied, the clear moxa stick was inserted into the needle handle, and then the points were warm moxibustion after ignition, with skin flushing as the degree. Functional exercise should be done for a long time, 4 times a day, 30 minutes each time.

Treatment 3: exercise method: the palms of both hands are opposite to each other, with healthy limbs and affected limbs to do wrist and finger back extension movement, thumb abduction and back extension movement, finger adduction and abduction movement, thumb opposite finger and palm function training, forearm rotation function training and flexion function training of each finger, metacarpophalangeal and wrist joint. One month after the operation, the injured limb was fixed in the wrist and finger extension position with plaster support after each treatment. One month later, the wrist and finger joint elastic extension brace can be used to control the wrist and finger in the extension position and train the hand flexion function.

matters needing attention

Radial nerve injury is not a common and frequently occurring disease, but it often occurs in various coma and lethargy situations. After injury, the wrist and finger extension function is seriously impaired. If it is not treated for a long time, it can lead to the contracture of the forearm and hand extensor muscles, resulting in the loss of the function of the affected limb and the reduction of the patients' daily life and work ability.