insomnia

[Guest guest]

Does any CHA member know of any insomnia articles on the net that TCM students

can access

Heiko Lade

M.H.Sc.(TCM)

Lecturer and clinic supervisor

 

 

 

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:17 AM

back and leg pain

 

 

This is mainly for Alon... I have your book but am not sure where to start

looking for the

information or treatment.

I have a patient, 28, very healthy, surfer athelete, with back and leg pain

for 2 months, mainly

along the GB channel coming from L5 and S1. She has an excruciating aching on

the fronts of

the upper thighs. Predictably there are no Western abnormalities. She is, of

course ironically,

a physical therapist and nothing seems to help. She only takes OTC medications

and has

been resisting heavier meds.

 

A year ago she had a fibroid removed and has a large and raised scar across

the pubic bone.

I have been able to knock the pain away for an hour or so after each treatment

using rather

extensive needling including some Tong but in general the pain is increasing

for her. In all

respects she seems healthy and even the tongue and pulse are moderate... not

wiry nor

purple. She has been on some blood movers, again to no effect. The pain seems

to be

constant and especially aggravated with sitting.

 

Her own feeling is that there is some kind of chemical irritation of the

nerve(s) perhaps

coming from the disk. Last treatment we needled around the scar, gently, but

this had little

effect done only once. I'd like to think I'm pretty good at dealing with these

issues but this

has got me baffled.

Alon, anyone?

doug

 

 

 

 

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