DISTAL ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR ACUTE SHOULDER PAIN

We talk about P syndrome, acute shoulder joint, the distal points. Distal points are primary in the treatment of acute shoulder pain. They are manipulated strongly to remove obstructions from the channel involved. After manipulating the distal points, local points can be used. The main distal point for acute shoulder pain and stiffness is stomach 38. This point is needled on the same side as the affected shoulder and is manipulated vigorously for a few minutes while the patient gently rotates the shoulder joint. If movement of the joint is severely impaired, it is preferable that the third person holds the patient's arm by the elbow and gently helps him or her to rotate the shoulder. If the main area of pain is along the small intestine channel, the distal point to use with exactly the same technique as for stomach 38. Similarly, if the main area of pain is on the gallbladder channel, the distal point to use is GB 34. After manipulating the distal point, local points are used with warming needle if necessary. The choice of local points is made according to the distribution of pain along a certain channel. If the shoulder is stiff, the channel involved can also be identified according to the particular movement that is inhibited. If the patient cannot raise the arm sideways, it indicates that the large intestine channel is involved. If he or she cannot touch the opposite shoulder joint, then the lung channel is probably affected. If he or she cannot twist the arm backwards over the scapula, it denotes involvement of the small intestine channel. With the aid of the aforementioned techniques, careful observation of the distribution of pain and pressing the points, checking for tenderness, the involved channel can be identified and the local points chosen. So, for difficulty in adopting the arm, it's lung channel involvement. Difficulty in twisting the arm backwards is small intestine channel. Thank you for listening.