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The patient is a woman with the age of 70s. She complains that her left ankle has been painful since she woke up this morning. She feels painful at both inside and outside of her left ankle especially when she climbs up and down stairs. The pain goes up to the back of knee. I gave her acupuncture treatment explained in Individual Acupuncture Treatment and her ankle pain was healed by one acupuncture treatmement. Treatment When I checked her left ankle, there were a lot of painful points with pressure around her left ankle, especially around both sides of the ankle bones. I made diagnosis by checking her pulse, abdomen and neck, and touched an acupuncture point on left Kidney energy pathway with a round-tip needle, and tapped her neck and head with another round-tip needle. After that, I let her relax for 15 minutes on the treatment table. When I came back 15 minutes later, I checked her left ankle again. The painful points with pressure decreased to only two points. Other painful points on her abdomen and chest were all gone. I had her lie on her stomach and treated her back with round-tip needles, and had her lie on her back and checked her left ankle again. There were no painful points around her left ankle including the remaining two painful points after the relaxation. I asked her to check her ankle by standing and weighing her ankle, but there was no pain with the movements. The treatment for her left ankle ended. Cozy Acupuncture in Salem, MA specializes in Pain Management. If you are suffering from ankle pain, we're here for you! Call Today to make an appointment: 617-584-8703 or Book now Online. Related articles: [CASE] Sprained Ankle (Self-Treatment) [CASE] 14 Weeks Ankle Pain Disappeared by 1 Treatment
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Stiff neck and shoulders happen more in winter.
The major cause of stiff neck and shoulders is the stagnation of blood flow in the trapezius muscle. Th trapezius muscle always support heavy head and arms which weight is 5 Kg each. That is why the trapezius muscle tends to accumulate tiredness, causing the stagnation of blood flow. In winter, there is less chance to sweat and that reduces the metabolism and blood flow becomes poor, causing stiff neck and shoulders. Substance effective to prevent and improve stiff neck and shoulders That is Vitamin E. A fruit contains 3.3 mg/100 g while blueberry contains 1.7 mg/100 g and contains 1.3 mg/100 g. According to an experiment that people whose neck and shoulders are very stiff ate the fruit every day for 10 days, their neck and shoulders became much softer than before eating the fruit. The fruit is Avocado. There are a lot of food which contains vitamin E, but avocado also contains vitamin B1 and B2 which help recover from muscle fatigue. Half of avocado a day is effective to improve stiff neck and shoulders. Avocado also contains oleic acid which smoothens blood flow by reducing cholesterol, so it is effective to prevent hardening of blood vessels and lifestyle-related diseases. Cozy Acupuncture in Salem, MA specializes in Pain Management. If you are suffering from stiff neck and shoulders or neck pain, we're here for you! Call Today to make an appointment: 617-584-8703 or Book now Online. |
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