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Acupuncture Congress 2018
Herbal Medicine: Open Access
ISSN: 2472-0151
Page 66
August 20-21, 2018
Dublin, Ireland
9
th
International Conference on
Acupuncture &
Chinese Medicine
L
ow back 0070ain is one of the major challenges of public
health all over the world, certainly, one of the most prevalent
situations in any acupuncture office. Amongst the various low
back pain etiologies, Internal Disc Disruption (IDD) has been
considered the most important cause of low back pain. It has
been estimated that IDD is the etiology in 28% to 43% of the
patients with low back pain. The mean age of IDD patients ranges
from three to five decades. Annular tears of different grades
are the most common forms of IDD. Environmental stress such
as smoking, exposure to whole body vibration, heavy lifetime
occupational and leisure physical loading could lead to increased
disc degeneration. Some young patients with discogenic pain
often have a history of trauma, with their pain being described as
burning or aching. Pain could be very severe, debilitating and can
be exacerbated by physical activity. The pain is usually axial, but
when the disc disruption compresses the nerve root, it also may
present irradiations, configuringa radiculopathy.Thispresentation
proposes a treatment protocol for discogenic low back pain with
acupuncture and its useful techniques for this clinical condition,
taking into consideration regional anatomic characteristics and
the location of pain.
marcoah3@gmail.comAcupuncture protocol for discogenic low back pain
Marco Antonio Helio da Silva
Federal Fluminense University, Brazil
Herb Med. 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2472-0151-C1-003