It is generally said that oriental medical such as massage, acupuncture, moxibustion, manipulative treatment are effective for this kind of pain. Since my background engineering that need logical thinking, I haven’t considered oriental medical deeply.

This time I really thought oriental medical effective.

Western medical

Western medical focus on visible data such as x-ray, MRI, blood investigation and so on. It is learning that never trust invisible thing. Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) never be shown at x-ray , MRI and so on. Therefore western medical seek another visible cause.

In my case, I was diagnosed as sciatica by spinal disc herniation by two different doctors with straight leg raising test and MRI image.

Oriental medical

I think oriental medical such as massage, acupuncture, moxibustion, manipulative treatment is more suitable rather than western medical for this kind of pain.

Actually I went to Chinese massage in Taiwan begin of pain. After that my pain didn’t go worse. If cause of pain is pressure to nerve, I think I must feel worse.

Also I have heard many times, pain was released by oriental medical. I don’t think pressure to nerve decrease by oriental medical method. This means cause of pain is not pressure of nerve.

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更新日/Modifed :2009-08-30 (日)
作成日/Posted :2009-08-29 (土)