Acupuncture for acute torticollis: Effects, acupuncture methods and notes

Acute torticollis is a disease that causes a lot of discomfort and inconvenience to the patient. It makes the patient unable to move the neck, a small movement also makes the patient extremely painful. Therefore, early intervention is very beneficial for patients. One of the effective treatment interventions is acupuncture for acute torticollis.

Here we invite everyone to learn some information about this treatment with SignsSymptomsList.

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• What is acute torticollis?
• The effect of acupuncture in the treatment of acute torticollis
• Acupuncture treatment for acute torticollis
• Note when choosing acupuncture to treat acute torticollis
• What other methods of Oriental medicine help treat acute torticollis?

What is acute torticollis?

Acute torticollis is a painful curvature of the neck. The top of the head is usually tilted to one side while the chin is tilted to the other. The disease usually appears after a hard work, fatigue, stress, cold, pain appears in the back of the neck, one side spreads to the occipital region, the head is tilted to one side, unable to turn. The disease is very easy to relapse.

In Oriental medicine, acute torticollis belongs to the range of Lac occipital or Seven occipital syndromes. Before knowing the acupuncture treatments for acute torticollis , let's take a look at the causes and symptoms of this disease.

Acute torticollis often causes difficulties for patients

Reason

According to Modern Medicine

• Patient sitting for too long without changing position.
• The patient caught a sudden cold while sitting in the air conditioner, the fan pushed the neck and neck, let the wet head go to sleep...
• The patient moves in the wrong position such as suddenly turning his neck, sleeping with a high pillow, etc.
• The patient suffered from neck and shoulder trauma. Strong impact on the muscles in the neck and shoulder blades. It causes the patient to experience muscle spasms that cause acute pain.
• Patients with cervical degenerative conditions or herniated discs in the cervical spine.

According to Traditional Medicine

• Causes such as wind and cold invade the meridians, muscle fascia causing pain and limitation of neck movement.
• Due to the patient's condition, heavy burden, wrong posture (the knee is too high on one side), causing gas stagnation, pain and limitation of neck movement.
• Due to low-temperature causes such as in the case of inflammation of the cervical spine and fascia around the spine, fever causes pain and limits neck movement.

Therefore, acupuncture treatment for acute torticollis is also considered based on these causes.

Symptom

According to Modern Medicine

The patient presents with sudden, severe pain in the neck and shoulders, and stiff neck muscles. There is a situation where the head is crooked to one side, limited or unable to turn, when turning the head, it is necessary to turn the whole body ...

In severe cases, the patient may feel pain spreading to the shoulder blade, numbness of the arm on the same side.

This disease occurs immediately after waking up, turning and bending the neck suddenly, carrying heavy loads or experiencing cold ....

According to Traditional Medicine

• Shoulder and neck pain due to cold

The patient suddenly presents with painful stiff neck and shoulders, difficult neck movement, pressing on the trapezius muscle, pain in the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the muscle is stiffer than the healthy side. The patient's systemic manifestations are fear of cold, white tongue moss, edematous pulse.

• Back and neck pain due to hypothermia (inflammation)

The patient suddenly presented with pain, limited movement of the shoulder and neck, looked at the cervical spine and surrounding soft tissue, swelling, hot to the touch. The patient's systemic manifestations include fever, edematous pulse.

• Shoulder and neck pain due to heavy lifting, wrong letter

Local symptoms appear as if due to cold. This pathology often occurs after carrying heavy loads or after lying on the knee too high, the pulse is urgent.

The effect of acupuncture in the treatment of acute torticollis

Acupuncture for acute torticollis has the effect of circulating the inner meridians, pushing the evil spirits to the outside. It regulates the activity of the meridian system so that the qi and blood inside can circulate easily. The neck muscles are well nourished, so the patient's symptoms are improved, from which neck movement is no longer painful.

Acupuncture treatment for acute torticollis

There are many ways acupuncture can cure this disease

After examining and diagnosing, the doctor proceeds to devise a treatment plan for the patient. Depending on the patient's condition, the acupuncture point regimen for acute torticollis is flexible to suit the individual patient.

• Electro-acupuncture: Use acupoints Phong Tri, Kien Tinh, Dai Lu, Phong Mon, Doc Du, Kien Ngung, Ty Nhu, Khuc Tri, Bonded, Hop Co....
• In addition, it is possible to flexibly choose ear acupuncture, hydro-acupuncture, review acupuncture, and acupuncture depending on the doctor's assessment, treatment, and indications.

Note when choosing acupuncture to treat acute torticollis

Patients who need treatment according to traditional medicine and acupuncture should choose reputable hospitals or facilities for examination and treatment.

During acupuncture, patients see phenomena such as:

• Dizziness.
• Dizzy.
• Sweating.
• Tired and uncomfortable.

It is necessary to immediately notify the doctor or medical staff for timely treatment measures.

Patients with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension... need to inform the doctor in advance to consider before performing the technique. Patients can also treat acute torticollis with acupuncture combined with the following methods:

Combined with medical  treatment

• Using Acetaminophen: specifically Paracetamol 500mg x 04 tablets/day.
• Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Diclofenac can be used at a dose of 50 - 150mg/day, taken after a full meal.
• Using muscle relaxants: Myonal 50mg or Mydocalm 150mg x 03 tablets/day, divided into 3 times.

Combined with the set of rehabilitation-VLTL

Rule:

• Reduce pain conditions, reduce the patient's symptoms of muscle spasms and spasticity.
• Restoration of cervical spine range of motion in patients with acute scoliosis.
• Restoration of daily functional activities of patients with acute torticollis.

What other methods of Oriental medicine help treat acute torticollis?

In addition to acupuncture to treat acute torticollis, there are other methods in oriental medicine such as:

• For diseases, use appropriate drugs.
• Combined with acupressure massage to treat acute torticollis.
• Can be combined with nutrition, exercise to improve physical condition…

Patients can also apply other oriental medicine methods to treat acute torticollis

Acupuncture is an extremely effective method and is frequently used clinically to treat patients diagnosed with acute torticollis. It helps to improve pain, limit movement on patients.

Patients diagnosed with acute torticollis, if they want to choose this treatment method, can go to traditional medicine hospitals or reputable facilities for examination and treatment. Hopefully, the above article will bring you useful information about acupuncture for treating acute torticollis .