THE USE OF REFLEXOTHERAPY ACCORDING TO THE METHOD OF «BALANCING HEXAGRAMS» IN THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION OF VERTEBROGENIC LUMBOISCHIALGIA WITH LONG-TERM PAIN SYNDROME

Abstract

The article raises the following topical issues – the topic of complex rehabilitation of vertebrogenic lumboischialgia with longterm pain syndrome. Various pathological conditions, especially those that occur with a pain syndrome, manifest themselves in a protracted course. It often happens when there is some viscerogenic problem that complicates the situation: then a psychosomatic component is formed, which prolongs the disease. Medicinal methods of treatment are then not fully effective, so non-medicinal technologies of comprehensive rehabilitation should be resorted to. Among such methods in the complex rehabilitation of vertebrogenic lumboschialgia with long-term pain syndrome, reflexology methods are respected. Reflexotherapy is indicated in the case when the previous treatment is not effective enough. Reflexotherapy for vertebrogensic lumboschialgia with long-term pain syndrome is indicated both due to its powerful pain-relieving mechanisms and due to the fact that it is able to improve the psycho-emotional state and is able to remove excessive pathological impulses, mainly vagal, which occurs against the background of the pathology of the affected organ and causes the prolongation of vertebrogens lumboschialgia. The article also presents the main theoretical principles of the «balancing hexagrams» method and its practical implementation. It is shown that this method is one of the methods of making acupuncture prescriptions based on the I Ching. A clinical case is presented: acupuncture treatment of a patient with vertebrogenic lumboschialgia with long-term pain syndrome. The methods of acupuncture diagnostics are presented, the description of acupuncture correction is given, the features of the «favorable» hexagram are considered. Purpose. To consider the features of the use of reflexology using the method of «balancing hexagrams» in the complex rehabilitation of a patient with vertebrogenic lumboschialgia with long-term pain syndrome. Scientific novelty. For the first time in our country, the technique of compiling acupuncture prescriptions and acupuncture using the «balancing hexagram» method was used in the complex rehabilitation of a patient with vertebral lumboischialgia with long-term pain syndrome. Methods. We consider one clinical case of the use of reflexotherapy using the method of «balancing hexagrams» in the complex rehabilitation of a patient with vertebrogenic lumboschialgia with long-term pain syndrome. Methods of clinical objective neurological examination, syndromic diagnosis method of traditional Chinese medicine, pulse diagnosis method, and tongue diagnosis method were used. Results. As a result of the treatment using the «balancing hexagrams» method, the patient's condition improved: the intensity and frequency of pain in the back and left leg significantly decreased, the range of motion in the spine and left leg increased, and sleep improved. Conclusions. 1. In the practice of a neuropathologist and a reflexologist, there are patients with vertebrogenic lumboischialgia with a long-term pain syndrome. 2. The use of the acupuncture method of «balancing hexagrams» can be effective in the complex of treatment measures for vertebral lumboischialgia with long-term pain syndrome.