There are 168 cases in this group, including 132 patients with one-side hand and arm numbness, 36 patients with both hands and arms numbness; 38 patients with one-side shoulder pain, 12 patients with both shoulders pain; 86 patients with weakness of reflex of biceps and triceps muscle, 32 patients with decreased muscle strength. X-ray or CT scan examination shows there are 153 cases of different degrees of cervical hyperosteogeny, 81 cases of straight cervical physiological curvature change, 26 cases of anti-cervical arch, 73 cases of intervertebral space narrowing, 35 cases of calcification of neck ligaments, 62 cases of positive neck pressing test, 78 cases of positive head knock test, 3 cases of positive brachial plexus traction test, 49 cases of positive head and neck traction test.
Treatment method: patients take seating or prone position according to patients’ physical condition, selecting both Fengchi (GB20), Houxi (SI3) Shu-Stream Point, The Eight Confluent Point, Lieque (LU7)Luo-Connecting Point the Eight Confluent Point, Jia Ji on neck 1-2 points, Dazhui (GV14), adding affected side Jianyu (LI15), Quchi (LI11) He-Sea Point, Hegu (LI4) Yuan-Source Point, Tianzong (SI11) etc if there are symptoms of hand and arm numbness without strength, soreness of shoulder and back etc. Maintain the needles for 30 minutes. After removing the needles, we knead neck-nape and affect upper arm for 10-15 minutes. 10 times are one course, the second course should be taken if the patients are not healed. Treatment result: among the 168 cases in this group, 61.9% patients were healed, 34.5% patients had obvious effect, and 3.6% patients had no effect.
Key words: Combination of Acupuncture and Chinese Massage, treatment, Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy, Clinic report.
Writer: Huainan Dong
Chi Ma Gang Hospital, Chibi city, Hubei province (437300)
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