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Wei-Jen Chen1 Chia-Chou Yeh1,2* Hsin-Hua Li2
1Department of Chinese Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical
Foundation, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
2School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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The case of the report had suffered from pain due to Compression fracture after accident for seven months. After analyzing and diagnosing by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, we found out that the causes of his severe pain were damage fell ,deficiency of liver and kidney , and his aged.This acute and severe pain not only makes him have difficult to stand up straight and act,but also interrupt his sleep .After Western medicine treatment such as external fixation and pain control, his pain still can not be alleviated. Compression fracture and its accompanying symptoms have already recorded in LingShu Jing. Body weight and stability depends on the skeletal and muscle support. Both of the damaged vertebral column area and bilateral erector spinae will lead to uncomfortable feeling ,and this discomfort due to imbalance supportive. Since the accident happened, this patient received Western medicine treatments, and even a variety of massage and folk conditioning intervention.His pain was still not eased and seriously affect the quality of his life.
Due to suffering from compression fracture and the unsuccessful common Western medicine and Chinese medicine treatment for seven months, the patient visited our outpatient services and received Caloripuncture treatment. After continued in the outpatient treatment one and a half months by Caloripuncture, the pain due to compression fracture was released, and finally does not feel the pain at all.Furthermore, we also evaluated the treatment outcomes by Visual Analogue Score（VAS）and Oswestry Disability Index（ODI）. In the end, not only his life quality was raised, according with the pain relief of compression fracture,he can also go back to work smoothly.
Keywords： Compression fracture, Caloripuncture, Oswestry, Disability Index
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201.19火針療法治療外傷導致壓迫性骨折之病例報告
