I. What are the effective diseases treated by somatic therapy?
1. Painful diseases: cervical spondylosis, mild, early lumbar disc herniation, various headaches, shoulder and arm pain, low back pain, unexplained lumbar hip pain, menstrual pain, etc.
2. Spine-related diseases: cervical vertigo, cervical tinnitus, cervical palpitations, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, cervical constipation and abdominal pain, spinal origin of double lower limb chills, etc.
3. Joint diseases: frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, femoral head necrosis (early stage), knee osteoarthritis, etc.
4. Other diseases: pain caused by osteoporosis.
II. What is somatic therapy?
The human body is composed of bones and soft tissues (muscles, fascia, ligaments), the human body in motion soft tissues are active while the bones are passive, so to improve the spine because of misalignment and pain should adjust the function of soft tissues after the bones naturally reset, as the Chinese medicine said “tendons are soft, bones are right”. The emergence of imaging has brought people’s eyes into the wrong skeleton-based misunderstanding, focusing too much on local skeletal changes ignoring the changes in the entire body caused by soft tissue, so that some spinal pain is not effectively treated, patients who should not be operated on to do excessive treatment, more pain patients can not even find the cause of pain, the results are not satisfactory. The “somatic therapy” has largely corrected this misconception, advocating a comprehensive analysis of the state and function of soft tissues based on the human body, using non-surgical techniques to adjust its tension, elasticity, eliminate its edema, spasm, so that the soft tissues in a balanced and healthy state of support, fixed bones, joints, a good way to relieve pain, to meet the The new holistic concept of the torso is based on the concept of the body as a whole. The new holistic concept of the body has become a new international trend with its advantages of being simple, green, safe and effective. In China, it is the first time that we apply it to clinical practice.
How is “somatic therapy” treated?
1.Detection: Through physical examination and comprehensive imaging examination to exclude diseases such as tuberculosis, tumor, fracture, dislocation, nerve injury, serious disc herniation, deformity, etc., the patient’s pain history and pain characteristics are detected in the whole body to find out whether the pain is caused by compression in the spinal canal or by injury to the muscles and fascia outside the spinal canal, and the precise name of the muscle group is determined according to the pain location and pattern.
2.Evaluation: If the lesion is detected in the soft tissues, the degree of damage to the soft tissues causing pain is accurately evaluated through prognostic treatment, diagnostic treatment, and compression of the muscle starting and ending points according to modern anatomical principles. That is, edema, spasm, contracture.
3.Treatment: According to the degree of soft tissue damage after evaluation, we find the most appropriate solution among our ten techniques to start targeted treatment, specific means include elimination of soft tissue edema (periosteal compression and kneading technique, medicine, heat steam, physical therapy, etc.), elimination of muscle spasm (three-dimensional chiropractic, neck, traction under reset technique, lumbar sparing, nerve block, Long’s treatment of spine, etc.), improvement of soft tissue contracture (silver Needle conductive heat technology, radio frequency, ozone technology) and other targeted measures for treatment.
4.Adjustment: In the process of treatment, we constantly consult and adjust the treatment plan to make it more reasonable and targeted, thus improving the treatment effect and treatment efficiency, shortening the patient’s hospitalization time and reducing costs. If there is a combination of disc protrusion and other intra-vertebral problems is timely with minimally invasive or surgical techniques for treatment.
5, rehabilitation training: by specially trained nurses according to the test and treatment results to guide the patient to carry out targeted sports rehabilitation, through sports therapy training to activate the spinal stabilization muscle groups; increase the core muscle strength; improve muscle flexibility to prevent spinal injuries; increase the range of joint movement and relieve fatigue. The application of exercise rehabilitation not only makes the treatment more perfect, but also maximizes the prevention of recurrence. This is a very important part of the treatment process. Because it has been neglected for a long time.
Fourth, the definition of pain?
Pain (PAIN) is a complex physiological-psychological activity and is one of the most common clinical symptoms. It includes the pain sensation caused by injurious stimuli acting on the organism, and the pain response of the organism to injurious stimuli (somatomotor response and/or visceral vegetative response, often accompanied by strong emotional overtones). Nociception can serve as a warning that the organism is being harmed, eliciting a series of defensive protective responses from the organism. But on the other hand, pain has its limitations as an alarm (e.g., cancer, etc., when pain appears too late). And certain long-term severe pain has become an unbearable torture for the organism.
V. Can all people use “somatic therapy”?
The answer is “no”! Somatic therapy is only suitable for those patients who are diagnosed with early pain caused by muscle, fascia and soft band injury, which is often called “muscle strain”, but it should also be noted that when the long-term soft tissue injury has seriously compressed the nerve, serious skeletal deformity, “somatic therapy” is only suitable for those patients who have been diagnosed with severe pain. The application of “somatic therapy” will be inappropriate when the long-term soft tissue injury has serious compression of nerves, serious bone deformity, serious disc herniation, cervical spondylosis can try to use “somatic therapy” diagnostic treatment for no more than a week, if there is no effect timely change the treatment plan, the wrong use can only The wrong use can only delay the disease. In particular, pain patients should be reminded that pain caused by bone tumors, bone tuberculosis, fractures, deformities, and dislocations must be clearly identified to prevent misdiagnosis and mistreatment. There are many such lessons.
What are the advantages of “somatic therapy”?
1, from the specialist’s point of view, there is a broader diagnostic horizon for spinal pain diseases, and it is possible to look at spinal pain from a holistic view of the person, avoiding the shortcomings of the past headache and foot pain, and changing all pain from “osteophytes”, “herniated discs”, “cervical spondylosis” to “cervical spondylosis”. It has changed the confusing situation that all pain is explained by “osteophytes”, “herniated disc” and “cervical spondylosis”. The doctor can clearly tell the patient which muscle or which ligament the pain comes from. This makes the treatment fine and accurate, which is a great leap forward in this regard. This is one of the distinctive features of the “Liu Jian Chiropractic Health Institute”.
2. From the pain patient’s point of view, through the doctor’s explanation and the human body’s digital anatomy software, it is easy to know what causes the pain, what posture causes the disease, the shape and function of the diseased soft tissues, what the principle of treatment is, and how you should exercise and prevent in the future.
3. Patients of any age and physique can be treated, and safety is absolute. It is even possible for patients to be treated in a very comfortable manner, which was difficult to imagine in the past. This is another feature of the “Liu Jian Chiropractic Health Institute”.
4. After treatment, the patient has acquired a great deal of knowledge about sports rehabilitation, and can not only consciously take care of himself to improve the effectiveness of the treatment, but also use the knowledge learned to guide the health of his friends and family.
7.What is the difference between “somatic therapy” and Tui Na massage?
Tui na massage technique is the treasure of Chinese medicine, with a very long history, tui na massage according to the theory of meridians and acupoints using methods such as holding, pinching, rolling, pointing to dredge the meridians, blood circulation to achieve the role of analgesia, somatic therapy according to the principles of modern medicine human anatomy on the movement structure and the impact of the participating muscles on the spine intervention, especially the periosteal pressure and kneading technology on the body’s muscle starting and ending points, muscle belly Strong stimulation and compression and even the use of modern heat, light, electricity, nerve block and other means to eliminate tissue edema, release muscle spasm and nerve compression, improve blood circulation, exclude pain-causing substances, improve spinal load to achieve the purpose of orthopedic, pain relief, restoration of function. It has the characteristics of clear diagnosis, strong targeting and fast curative effect.
What is the relationship between soft tissue pain and disc herniation?
Both are nerve pain in symptomatology, and there is a clear causal relationship. Spinal pain is divided into intradural and extradural, and the difference is only in the area of compression, which is easily confused and should be treated with equal importance in diagnosis. Disc herniation is determined by imaging, while soft tissue lesions are detected by palpation, and are often overlooked and misdiagnosed as disc herniation. Past clinical practice has demonstrated that such misdiagnosis rates are high. The advent of somatic therapy has significantly improved our ability to do so, and it is estimated that about 80% of herniated discs are indications for somatic therapy.
Can “somatic therapy” replace surgery and minimally invasive?
Definitely not. “Somatic therapy” mainly deals with the pain caused by soft tissue injury, mainly extravertebral disease, which accounts for more than 80% of the patients with neck, shoulder, back and leg pain. Surgery and minimally invasive techniques are mainly for intra-vertebral canal diseases. Although they do not account for the majority of patients, they all have stubborn conditions, nerve damage, spinal deformities and other problems that require surgery. Therefore, they cannot replace each other and should be decided on a case-by-case basis. Avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment.
X. With “somatic therapy”, are the original minimally invasive techniques still carried out clinically?
As we have talked about before, somatic therapy is mainly for neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain with soft tissue injury outside the spinal canal, and the minimally invasive technology is safe, less invasive and effective for disc herniation, spinal stenosis and osteophytes in the spinal canal. That is why we are not only keeping but also continuing to introduce more minimally innovative techniques. In this way, patients can have more choices when seeking medical help and get more perfect and efficient results.
XI. What is the “Willow Health Spine and Wellness Institute”?
The supermarket model is an advanced model based on minimally invasive technology created by Jian Liu, the director of the past 20 years. If the emphasis on treatment is mainly to make the patient’s pain more effective and simpler to improve, with the requirements of the times how to put health care, maintenance, guidance, rehabilitation into the treatment process to reduce the incidence and surgery rate has become a new proposition for us. The emergence of “somatic therapy” together with the original minimally invasive technology can largely meet the requirements of the times, thus constituting the new disc supermarket model. This is another major innovation of Jian Liou and his team, so it is also called “Jian Liou Spinal Health Organization”. This is the first of its kind in China in the field of treating neck, shoulder, back and leg pain. Although this institution is still growing, it is a big step forward in foreseeing the end of the era of “patients with back pain and doctors with headaches”.