Traditional Chinese Medicine Chiropractic and Bone-setting Techniques

Traditional Chinese medicine chiropractic therapy is a commonly used method for treating spinal diseases. This method can effectively solve people's cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation and other diseases. At the same time, it has a good therapeutic effect on the complications caused by these diseases, such as high blood pressure, arrhythmia, deafness, epigastric pain and other symptoms. Below we will introduce the steps and methods of Chinese medicine chiropractic therapy!

Hand touch heart

Use the fingertips to touch the fracture site and feel it carefully, starting from light to heavy, from shallow to deep, from far to near to understand the displacement of the fracture, whether it is separation or bone fragments, etc. The doctor should establish a three-dimensional image of the fracture displacement in his mind. Although the shape of the bones can be clearly seen through X-rays, X-rays can only give people a two-dimensional indication, and touching the heart with the hand will help to understand the overall picture. Therefore, touching the heart will be the precursor to other clinical techniques for symptomatic treatment.

Pull-out traction

The initial technique for fracture correction is for one or more people to hold the proximal and distal segments of the fracture, first placing the limb in its original deformed position and resisting traction along the longitudinal axis of the limb. Then, the direction of the limb is changed according to the bone-setting steps. Continuous traction is performed to correct the shortening deformity of the limb and restore the limb length, thus creating conditions for the implementation of other bone-setting techniques.

Rotational flexion and extension

The position of the proximal fracture segment is not easy to change, and the distal segment cannot move due to the loss of continuity. Therefore, rotation, flexion and extension, abduction, and adduction are used to correct the rotation or angular displacement of the fracture ends.

Lift and press end squeeze

The method used to correct lateral displacement of fractures was called "Na Zheng" in ancient times. The lateral displacement of fractures is divided into anterior-posterior displacement and medial-lateral displacement; the former is corrected by the lifting and pressing method, and the latter is corrected by the end-squeezing technique. The doctor fixes the proximal end of the fracture with one hand and holds the distal end of the fracture with the other hand, either lifting and pressing up and down, or squeezing the left and right ends.

Swing Touch

Used for transverse and serrated fractures, it can bring the fracture surfaces into close contact and increase the stability of reduction. Fix the fracture with both hands, and gently shake the distal end of the fracture left and right or up and down until the bone friction sound disappears while an assistant maintains traction. This is called the shaking method. The touch method can make the fracture ends tightly embedded. The doctor fixes the fracture with one hand and gently taps the distal end of the fracture with the other hand.

Squeeze and separate bones

A technique used to correct the displacement of fractures of two bones in parallel areas. The doctor uses the thumbs, index and middle fingers of both hands to squeeze or pinch the space between the two bones from the dorsal side of the palm opposite the fracture, so that the interosseous membrane is tense, the broken ends of the fractures that are close together are separated, and the proximal and distal fracture segments are relatively stable. The parallel double fractures can be reduced together like a single fracture.

Folding top rotation

The fold-top method is used to correct fractures in areas with thick muscles and large overlapping displacements that cannot be corrected by traction alone. Place both thumbs side by side to press the protruding end of the fracture, and use the remaining fingers of both hands to embrace the sunken end of the fracture. Press the protruding end hard to increase the original angle of the fracture to 30-50 degrees. When the bone cortices of the fracture ends are close, suddenly use the four embraced fingers to straighten the angle of the distal fracture end, perform inverse flexion, and correct the deformity. The rotation maneuver is used to correct dorsally displaced oblique fractures, spiral fractures, and soft tissue impaction fractures. Hold the distal and proximal ends of the fracture with both hands respectively, and rotate it in the opposite direction of the original fracture displacement to make the broken ends face each other.

Massage

This method is a specific application of tendon manipulation in fracture reduction. The purpose is to regulate the damaged tendons around the fracture after the fracture is reduced. However, the tendon manipulation should be used gently and only as an auxiliary manipulation at the end.