Rehabilitation therapy is also called rehabilitation physical therapy. Rehabilitation therapy is now a rapidly developing discipline that is more than just tui na, massage, acupuncture, and cupping as we all understand them. Nowadays, rehabilitation therapy is a comprehensive treatment method that integrates exercise therapy, physical therapy, acupuncture, cupping and massage. The application of ultraviolet, infrared, electrical, ultrasound, magnetic, thermal, cold, mechanical physical and other methods are used as an adjunct to the patient’s disease treatment process to restore, reduce swelling, relieve pain, and relieve muscle fatigue. Many patients with rheumatic immune diseases have symptoms such as muscle aches, joint pains, and stiff joints. Many patients say that they feel good after doing rehabilitation physiotherapy and their joint pain is much better: many other patients say that after doing rehabilitation physiotherapy, their condition has become serious and their joints hurt more. What exactly is the reason why we all do rehabilitation physiotherapy, but the effect of treatment is diametrically opposed? In fact, patients with rheumatic immune diseases, there is a rehabilitative physiotherapy. Different rehabilitation physiotherapy methods are suitable for different diseases. Different rheumatic immune diseases need to choose different rehabilitation physiotherapy methods. Patients with rheumatoid immune disease, the cause of the body immune system problems, the immune system abnormal activation caused. In other words, under normal circumstances, our immune system kills bacteria and viruses, but the immune system of patients with rheumatic immune diseases treats their own tissues (such as muscles, joint cartilage and blood vessels) as bacteria and viruses, and messes up their own muscles and joints, thus causing pain in joints and muscles and inflammation of blood vessels. Therefore, when we treat rheumatic immune diseases, we are trying to control the body’s immune system and not to destroy the body’s muscles and joints and blood vessels. And the main role of rehabilitation physiotherapy is to temporarily dilate blood vessels and improve the local blood supply of lesions through physical stimulation, thus achieving the role of supplementary treatment. What rehabilitation physiotherapy is suitable for patients with rheumatic immune disease? 1, physical therapy: such as infrared, ultrasound and steam therapy (Chinese medicine fumigation, etc.) is appropriate, because the role of these treatments are to play the role of unblocking blood vessels and improving circulation. We may have had the experience that when we go to the hospital to get an intravenous needle, the nurse will often take a few shots at the place where the needle was given, and the blood vessels will bulge up, and the needle will be easy to play. This is because the nurse’s pat on the blood vessels is a kind of physical stimulation, this stimulation can make the local blood vessels expand, the blood vessels bulge, the blood flow speed up. The principle of all rehabilitation physiotherapy is similar to this, that is, through sound, light, electricity, magnetism and other methods, so that the blood vessels expand, circulation is accelerated, so that the substances that cause local pain metabolize away as soon as possible, thereby reducing pain, swelling and other discomfort. But the treatment process needs to be noted that it should not be too hot and the treatment time should not be too long, so as not to cause burns, burns, cell necrosis, which will have a bad effect on the body. 2, acupuncture: is the traditional Chinese medicine, from the theory of Chinese medicine, acupuncture is also mainly to improve circulation, blood circulation role. Therefore, patients with rheumatic immune disease can be properly treated with acupuncture, which can relieve pain, relieve stress, etc. 3, massage: we are talking about massage massage is not a random roadside massage store, is a professional massage therapist massage. Just now we have said, the nurse pat can make the blood vessels bulge, the blood vessels are more superficial veins inside our body, and deep blood vessels, because the location is deep, just by patting is not able to make the blood vessels bulge, then you need massage. An important role of massage is to act on the deep college through appropriate pressure, making the blood vessels expand, so as to relieve local muscle fatigue and tension, relax the muscles, thus having the effect of relieving pain. But in the process of massage, remember not to force massage, too hard massage may lead to local muscle tissue necrosis inflammation, may aggravate the disease. Therefore, patients with rheumatic immune diseases before massage, must be clearly explained with the massage therapist, only gentle massage, not force, in order to play a better effect. 4, cupping: is also a lot of people like the project, as the saying goes, cupping cupping, go to the damp, a relaxed. But you may not know what cupping cupping out exactly? In fact, the purple skin you see after cupping is because the pressure on the skin is too great when cupping, making the blood vessels inside the skin break and blood flow out, which is the result of “bleeding”. The same is true for Gua Sha. Therefore, patients with rheumatic immune disease should not cupping, cupping may add fuel to the fire and aggravate the disease. One of our former patients had such a personal experience, originally rheumatoid arthritis is well controlled, the joints are basically not swollen and not painful, mistakenly believe the recommendation of the roadside masseur said cupping fire cupping to remove dampness, the result of cupping fire cupping 3 days later, the pain in the joints of both hands suddenly aggravated, and then come to the hospital for examination, many inflammatory indicators significantly higher, the disease and further activity, have to add drugs to control the disease. Therefore, patients with rheumatic immune diseases must seek the advice of rheumatologists when choosing rehabilitation physiotherapy, and should not be misled into believing rumors and going for rehabilitation physiotherapy at will. Finally, I would like to tell you that no matter what kind of rehabilitation physiotherapy you choose, you need to do it under the condition of regular use of drugs and control of the disease.