Chinese medicine rehabilitation therapy for post-operative neuralgia after disc surgery

  Some patients will have residual nerve symptoms after lumbar disc herniation surgery, with an incidence of about 20%. The main clinical manifestation is that the preoperative symptoms are not completely relieved, and some patients show new symptoms in areas where they did not feel pain and numbness before surgery. The causes of postoperative residual nerve symptoms are complex, such as edema of the nerve root and peri-radicular tissue, spinal nerve demyelination, intra-wound hemorrhage, rupture of the dural sac, nerve root injury, etc. .  Rehabilitation massage therapy includes periosteal compression technique and sports rehabilitation. Periosteal compression kneading: that is, targeting the muscle starting point, stopping point and muscle belly strong stimulation treatment at the same time, treating the muscle of the muscle antagonist, collaborative muscle and other related muscles. The overall balance of soft tissues and torso-related soft tissues is achieved in order to release the spasm of soft tissues and eliminate postoperative residual pain. Sports rehabilitation is based on kinesiology, biomechanics, physiology, pathology, to improve physical, physiological, psychological and mental dysfunction as the main goal of sports rehabilitation treatment methods based on the action and reaction force.  Rehabilitation massage therapy at the same time combined with Chinese medicine fumigation external application can greatly improve the efficacy, take Gui Zhi, Turbinate, Chuanxiong, Chuan Wu, Cao Wu 20 grams each, mulberry branch 35 grams, dog’s spine, sea wind vine, Eucommia 40 grams each, Huang Bai 50 grams, seek bone wind, safflower 15 grams each. Soak the above with 1000 ml of water for 12 hours, decoct the liquid, and use a clean towel dipped in the liquid to compress the painful parts of the back of the waist and the back of the legs, so as not to burn the skin. 2 times a day, 1 week for a course of treatment. The treatment is applied externally with Chinese herbal medicine. In the formula, the herbal medicine of Turbinate, Mulberry Branch, Sea Wind Vine, Seeking Bone Wind and Gui Zhi dispels wind and dampness, warms the meridians and disperses cold; Chuan Wu and Cao Wu relieve pain; Dog’s spine and Du Zhong benefit the kidney and strengthen the bone; Red Flower and Chuan Xiong invigorate blood and open the channels; Huang Bai clears heat and detoxifies. In addition, the physical warming and stimulating effect of drugs and steam can also promote blood and lymphatic fluid circulation, eliminate tissue and nerve inflammation, accelerate the absorption of chemical pain-causing substances, improve nerve root tissue nutrition, and effectively treat postoperative lumbar and leg residual pain.