I. Concept
Spine-related diseases are broadly defined as diseases caused by mechanical imbalance in the spine and surrounding soft tissues. It involves not only the familiar neck, shoulder, lumbar and leg pains, such as: drop pillow, cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, lumbar disc herniation, knee pain, etc., but also more than 70 kinds of pathologies in circulatory, respiratory, digestive, neurological, endocrine and immune systems, such as: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, vertebral artery blood supply deficiency, dizziness, visual impairment, foreign body sensation in the throat, post-concussion, blood pressure fluctuation, cardiac arrhythmia, chest tightness shortness of breath, chest and back pain, asthma, “angina pectoris”, coronary heart disease, chronic abdominal pain, stomach pain, chronic dyspepsia, chronic cholecystitis, colon dysfunction (abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation), cool numbness of one upper or lower extremity, dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders, hemorrhoids …… etc. The spine-related diseases in the narrow sense mainly refer to the latter.
II. History of development
Spine-related diseases are an emerging fringe discipline from the perspective of spinal biomechanics to study the relationship between the spine and disease, is a major progress in etiology, although it is only twenty years from its official name, but because it reveals the etiology and pathogenesis of many common and difficult diseases, and the clinical treatment effect is good, practical, most of the treatment methods belong to the natural therapy or green therapy category, patients easy to accept. Therefore, it has received more and more attention from the medical community at home and abroad. The emergence of this discipline has a far-reaching historical and practical basis, which is the inevitable development of medicine and a new understanding of the pathogenesis of many common diseases. Initially, it originated from clinical practice, many clinicians, in the treatment of spinal diseases, accidentally cured many internal diseases that seem to have nothing to do with the spine, in thousands of years of medical practice, the traditional medicine of the motherland has accumulated a large number of clinical experience, only fewer people use modern scientific means to systematically study. Traditional Chinese medicine in the Governor’s vein and the foot sun bladder meridian points and many of the limbs of the Yu points and visceral organs have a functional connection, and in the clinical use of chiropractic and acupuncture, acupuncture and other therapies, treatment of pediatric diarrhea, indigestion, gastric disease, dysmenorrhea, etc., have received good clinical results, the traditional medicine of the internal organs meridian theory has been systematically discussed, because it is a summary of experience, more abstract, for a long time, and The theory of internal organs and meridians in traditional medicine has been discussed systematically, but because it is a summary of experience and relatively abstract, it has not attracted the attention of modern medicine for a long time.
In modern medicine, since 1927, 1929 and 1958, foreign scholars have reported articles on cervical angina, and when they used manipulation to treat cervical spondylosis, they unexpectedly found that the patient’s angina symptoms were significantly improved. In 1966 a foreign physician, through a series of electrocardiographic examinations, exercise tests, blood enzymatic measurements and the application of vasodilators, confirmed that cervical precordial pain did exist. At that time, the overall role of spinal stress abnormalities was not realized, and only the factor of cervical hyperplasia stimulating the paravertebral sympathetic node was considered and did not attract attention. Since the 1970s, a few scholars in China began to systematically engage in research work in this area. The first national symposium on spine-related diseases was held in 1984 and the first international symposium on spine-related diseases was held in 1991. A large number of clinical and basic studies have confirmed that the onset of many common and difficult diseases is related to spinal stress abnormalities.
The medical community in some developed countries, which has paid great attention to this field, has done a lot of work in basic research. It has been found that the etiology of many chronic diseases of the internal organs is related to spinal stress abnormalities, and it is proposed and appealed that the health effects of stress abnormalities in the muscles and bones, which account for 60% of the body weight, can no longer be ignored. The diagnosis and treatment of disease cannot be considered only in terms of internal organs. Corrective spine treatment and health care, in some developed countries, has become more popular. Not many people in our modern medical community are engaged in this area of research, but also mostly clinical aspects of research, and few medical schools to carry out basic research work.
Third, the mechanism
Research suggests that the spine and surrounding soft tissue stress abnormalities are triggered by the following three ways: (1) stimulation or compression of the nearby vegetative nerves (nerve roots, traffic branches), thereby affecting the function of the innervated organs (enhanced or weakened); (2) stimulation or compression of nearby blood vessels, causing ischemic symptoms in the blood supply area of the vessel; (3) stimulation or compression of the spinal nerves and receptors near the spine, reflexively affecting the visceral function. Through the above three pathways on the function of the innervated organs, it can develop from quantitative to qualitative changes, that is, from functional to organic diseases
The significance of spine-related diseases research
As an emerging discipline, spine-related disorders have received increasing attention from the medical community. In recent years, some encouraging progress and results have been achieved in the study of spine-related diseases in China, providing some reliable objective basis for the prevention and treatment of spine-related diseases. However, in general, spine-related disorders have not received sufficient attention from the medical community, and it is common for spine-related disorders to be misdiagnosed as other systemic disorders. A large number of dizziness, headache, chest tightness, deafness, deafness, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting, which should be considered as symptoms of spine-related diseases, are often treated in specialized departments such as cerebral neurology, cardiovascular medicine, ophthalmology or gastroenterology. The clinical symptoms persist even after long-term drug treatment. As a result of years of research, the localization of peripheral nerve innervation has become clear, and accurate nerve localization can be achieved through the three-step clinical nerve localization diagnosis method, which is very meaningful in guiding treatment. Traditionally, many spine-related diseases fall under the purview of internal medicine or various specialties, and few physicians have a clear understanding of the nervous system and its innervated vessels and organs. Therefore, strengthening the cooperation between physicians from different disciplines, clarifying the details of sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of each organ and its innervated vessels, and summarizing and standardizing them will greatly guide and promote clinical research in this emerging discipline of spine-related disorders.
Therefore, increasing the dissemination of knowledge about spine-related diseases and strengthening research on spine-related diseases will certainly open up new methods and approaches for the treatment of chronic and difficult diseases in the traditional sense.
Chiropractic medicine: is the United States, Dr. D.D. Patmer in 1895, according to the human spine and the principle of the nervous system, the realization of an ancient “massage” and “bruises and injuries” similar to the chiropractic treatment. The method is based on the misalignment of the human spinal joints, using different sitting and lying positions, and through the use of various techniques, pain relief and treatment can be achieved within a few minutes. In other words, the natural healing method is used to correct the spine so that the nerves are no longer violated and the original function is restored, which is the most gentle and effective way to treat the disease at its root.
Chiropractic safety: Chiropractic care pays close attention to anatomy and X-ray imaging, which provides a solid foundation for spinal manipulation, making it effective and safe. According to the U.S. Bureau of Health Policy and Research, the frequency of complications is 1 in 1 million for cervical spine treatment and 1 in 100 million for lumbar spine treatment. Chiropractic is a medical technique, not a general massage, so the practitioner must be a trained physician. Before the chiropractor performs the manipulation, there must be a process of judging and analyzing the spinal lesions, including consultation, palpation, X-ray and other imaging analysis, nerve localization, etc. The manipulation must be formal, so that complications are less likely to occur and the results will be remarkable.
In addition, chiropractic technology has a “masterpiece” that cannot be replaced by modern Western medical technology – health care and treatment of “untreated diseases”: physicians who are proficient in chiropractic technology and spine-related diseases can, through A physician who is proficient in chiropractic techniques and spine-related disorders can use spinal palpation, observation and analysis of spinal x-rays to objectively and accurately determine a person’s health status and use chiropractic manipulation to correct misaligned joints in the spine for the purpose of treating “undiseased” and health care.
Spine-related diseases table (turn)
C1 Headache, insomnia, eye disease, memory loss, vertigo, pillow, neck stiffness, mouth ulcer, strabismus, premature beat, laryngitis, tonsillitis.
C2 Vocal hoarseness, dizziness and vertigo, ear Q, tonsillitis, mumps, sinusitis, allergy, loss of voice, drop pillow, cervical dystonia, recurrent stomatitis, strabismus, premature beat, pharyngitis, migraine, chronic otitis media.
C3 Pharyngitis, neck and shoulder pain, facial acne, eczema, drop pillow, cervical dystonia, mouth ulcer, strabismus, premature beat, tonsillitis, migraine, chronic otitis media, eyelid jumping, facial nerve palsy, pediatric salivation.
C4 Shoulder and arm pain, toothache, trigeminal neuralgia, drop pillow, cervical tonicity, oral ulcer, strabismus, premature beat, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, migraine, chronic otitis media, deafness, tinnitus, tennis elbow, hypertension, rhinitis, sweating disorder, sinus arrhythmia.
C5 Bronchitis, pharyngitis, sore arms, drop pillow, neck stiffness, migraine, deafness, tinnitus, motion sickness, tennis elbow, swollen hands, hypertension, premature beats, sweating disorder, sinus arrhythmia, bad breath, frozen shoulder, angina pectoris.
C6 Frozen shoulder, wrist pain, sore thumb, drop pillow, neck stiffness, migraine, deafness, tinnitus, tennis elbow, hypertension, premature beats, sweating disorder, arrhythmia.
C7 Thyroiditis, outer arm, middle finger, ring finger soreness and numbness, drop pillow, tennis elbow, hand swelling, hypertension, premature beat, sweating disorder, arrhythmia, frozen shoulder
C8 Shortness of breath, bronchitis, inner arm, sore and numb fingertips, stuttering, muscle pain in upper limbs
T1 Heart disease, bronchitis, shortness of breath, wrist pain, chest pain, soreness and numbness in the inner arm, premature beats, shoulder pain
T2 Esophagitis (acid reflux), chest pain, soreness and numbness in the inner arm, heart dysfunction, sclerosis of the shoulder, hand paralysis.
T3 Bronchitis, pneumonia, esophagitis (acid reflux), chest pain, heart dysfunction, dyspnea, shoulder sclerosis, hand weakness.
T4 Mastitis, breast enlargement, chronic gastritis, chest pain.
T5 Hepatitis, cholecystitis, low blood pressure, gastritis, easy fatigue, chest pain.
T6 gastritis, cholecystitis, gastric distension, loss of appetite, stomach pain, heartburn, indigestion, back pain.
T7 gastric ulcer, type II diabetes, duodenitis, tonsillitis, gastric indigestion, chronic gastritis, gastric prolapse, halitosis.
T8 Constipation z, rheumatism, gastric dyspepsia, gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis, gastric prolapse.
T9 allergy, gastric dyspepsia, gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis, cholecystitis, gallstones, chronic pancreatitis, diabetes.
T10 nephritis, edema, gout, herpes zoster, cholecystitis, gallstones, chronic pancreatitis, type II diabetes mellitus.
T11 nephritis, ureteritis, colitis, sexual dysfunction, edema, pyelonephritis, cholecystitis, gallstones, chronic pancreatitis, type II diabetes mellitus.
T12 Rheumatoid arthritis, pyelonephritis, chronic pancreatitis, type II diabetes mellitus.
L1 Anterior thigh pain, stool z, bedwetting, hernia, chronic appendicitis.
L2 Menstrual disorders, uterine m ovarianitis, mid-thigh soreness and pain, stool z, chronic appendicitis.
L3 Genital disorders, sciatica, menstrual disorders, sciatica, irregular blood pressure, cervical erosion, pelvic inflammatory disease, knee pain, chondromalacia patellae, dysmenorrhea, chronic appendicitis, hemorrhoids.
L4 Prostatitis, sciatica, calf pain, sciatica, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, functional infertility, constipation, chondromalacia patellae, chronic diarrhea, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, hemorrhoids.
L5 Gynecological inflammation, bladder inflammation, calf to ankle pain, patellar chondromalacia, sciatica, hemorrhoids, enuresis.
S1-S5 Spinal curvature, hip osteoarthrosis, hip pain, prostatitis, ankle pain, hemorrhoids, painful sexual intercourse.