The Use Of Massage In Treating Common Orthopedics Diseases

Backgroud:On August 8, 2003, the first national orthopedic academic forum was held in Qingdao, more than 700 orthopedic experts and scholars from across the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia gathered together,discussing about the incidence and treatment of the neck and lumbar vertebra diseases for two days. The members of the seminar agreed that incidence rate of the neck and lumbar vertebra diseases was increasing year by year and the incidence age bacame lower.It should not be ignored that a social problem which was known as another "killer" as cancer, cardio-cerebral vascular diseases threated against human health.With the development of Market Economy ,the pace of people's life had been accelerating. People suffered heavy pressure of survival. In particular, since the 1990s, high rhythm, high efficiency and high load had dominated people's work and life, which made the already overburdened people live in an even poor situation ,we worried their neck and lumbar vertebra suffer heavier than ever before. In modern time,the neck and lumbar vertebra diseases had become the frequently-occurring disease of white-collar workers and the elder .In China the incidence rate was 15 percent high, and the disease even cause high disability.More people are in the sub-healthy state, which their neck, shoulders, waist, legs are injured more or less, but because of the heavy work or no care to receive treatment. "Sub-healthy state" is movable process,people can become healthy if the treatment is proper ,or become sick.In many situations,they have not reached the very point of treatment indications, but the long-term pain and inconvenience to their life are seriously existed.More and more in-patients and out-patients of orthopedics suffer with the pain of neck, shoulders, waist and legs. The quantity of patients of Orthopaedic and Massage become more and more. Although many patients do not reach the very point of surgical indications,but if the conservative treatment is given in time, manty patients will become much better.The conservative treatment of orthopedics contains Massage and Bone-setting practices.Objective:The conservative treatment of common orthopedic diseases is more and more populatr. Traditional Chinese medicine especially the massage therapy show an irreplaceable effect. The study of the mechanism of manipulation and Massage of orthopedics shows that we can handle the diseases of the pain of neck, shoulders, waist and legs. We will study the causes and developments of common orthopedic diseases including"pain of neck, shoulders, waist and legs" , the principle of treatment of Massage, the sub-type, treatment methods of Massage and the combined treatments with other treatment methods of orthopaedic common diseases for easing "cervical disease, low back pain, shoulder disease".Massage and other health-care for these diseases. Then we will draw a comprehensive analysis and synthesis.Results:Massage has the advantages of "simple, economic, effective and no side effects". It plays an important role to the conservative treatment and preventive health care of the common diseases of orthopedic .In the early and middle stage of cervical spondylosis,such as lumbar disc herniation, the shoulder diseases,Massage can significantly improve the function and relieve the pain. Of course in the advanced stage of diseases, Massage may even cause adverse consequences,and the general recommended surgery therapy should be performed to treat the fundamental source of disease.Massage of health care can effectively prevent the occurrence of neck, shoulders, waist, legs' diseases, once the diseases occure,Massage can effectively alleviate the pain and improve the quality of life.