The Clinical Research On The Combination Of Acupuncture And Massage In Treating Painful Heel Syndrome

Objective:To observe the clinical effects of treating Painful heel syndrome with the combination of acupuncture and Massage.Method:60 cases of Painful heel syndrome were randomly divided into 2 groups,30 in pure Massage (Group control), and 30 in the comprehensive treatment group (Group observe), were treated by acupuncture, Massage treatment and the combination of the two therapies respectively. Treatments were administered every other day for 5 treatment times. We can stop the treatment, if it reached in clinical cure less than five treatment times. Observations including the clinical effectiveness, McGill Pain Questionnaire, Clinical symptoms evaluation table by He Gaozhou and the untoward side effects. All the data were processed by SPSS17.0 soft ware for windows.Results:There was not any difference of the total efficacy among the obseve group and the control group after the five treatment times (χ2=0.012, P=0.914). The curative effect of the treatment group was better than the control group by the Wilcoxon rank sum test (Z=2.099, P=0.036).The scores of McGill Pain Questionnaire and Clinical symptoms evaluation table decreased obviously in both two groups after treatment (P<0.001). This means that two methods of Painful heel syndrome were effective. The changing situation of McGill Pain Questionnaire:The comparison of the PRI feel, PRI emotion, VAS and PPI between the two groups showed no statistics meaning (P＞0.05) before treatment. The combination method was better than the control group in improving the PRI feel and VAS (P=0.002 or 0.004). And the combination method was better than the control group in improving the PRI feel and PPI (P＜0.001).The changing situation of Clinical symptoms evaluation table:The comparison of the pain, swelling, function and the total between the two groups showed no statistics meaning (P>0.05) before treatment. The comparison of the swelling between the two groups showed no statistics meaning (P>0.05) after the treatment. The combination method was better than the control group in improving the pain, function and the total (P＜0.001).Conclusion:Pure Massage treatment and the combination of acupuncture and Massage could treat Pain feel syndrome effectively. The comparison showed that the combination of acupuncture and Massage was better than pure Massage in improving in all directions.