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Low back
pain
is
an
in-
creasing common ailment
of
which almost 50%
have pro-
lapsed
disc
-
the cartilaginous
"cushion" between two verte-
bral bodies. The
disc
is
now
pressing on
the
nerve caus-
ing pain. Most patients would
benefit
from
non-surgical
treatments and acupressure
is
effective, as practiced
at
the
Suzhou Traditional Chinese
Medicine
Hospital.Acupress-
ure
works because:
(1)
trac-
tion would enlarge the gap be-
tween the two
vefiebrae,
per-
mitting
the disc
to
retract
back; a negative pressure so
produced also enhance
disc
retraction; (2) at times,
the
prolapsed disc may even
be
partially
absorbed;
(3)
strengthening
the
related
muscles, ligaments
and
ten-
don
sheaths
help
to
stabilize
the
spine;
(4)
regulate
pain-
related
medium,
e.9.,
5-HT,
dopamine,
noradrenaline,
etc., so
that
pain
is
better
relieved;
(5)
as circulation
is
optimized, pain would
also
decrease
-
the
principle
of
blood
circulation promotion by
removing
blood
stasis
of tra-
ditional
Chinese
medicine.
Thus, acupressure
works
for
prolapsed disc through
mul-
tiple factors that are interre-
lated to one another.
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