針灸治療急性腰扭傷其效果顯著

急性腰扭傷是日常生活中常見的一種急性病，其造成原因甚多，其中以腰部肌肉之過度伸張為最常見。現代西醫療法係以臥床為主，並輔以藥物治療如肌肉鬆弛劑、鎮痛劑等，必要時並輔以物理治療或局部鎮痛藥物注射等療法，傳統的西醫療法，一般說來相當費時且治療費用相當昂貴。
本文報告以針灸治療急性腰扭傷既快速又簡單、經濟，痊癒率達百分之九十二，多數病人在針刺三次後疼痛消失無不良的副作用，實為一種值得推薦的治療方法。
據吾人資料分析統計，針灸療效雖然顯著，然臨床上，需特別強調者，是經過多次治療仍無明顯進步時，須進一步的詳查病因，以免延誤病情。
對於多方反覆出現腰扭傷的病患，筆者認為除施以針灸療法外應輔以下腰部之運動以及服用強健腰脊的中草藥，以加強療效，亦為一值得研究之課題。
腰扭傷的針灸治療，一般只要一次馬上就可以見效。如不能有顯著的改善，應該馬上送醫院作進一步的檢查。我針灸36年，只碰到2個病例針灸之後其腰痛毫無改善，最後送榮總檢查，才發現其中一位因腎臟長腫瘤而突然破裂，另外一位是腰椎長腫瘤因突然腰椎骨折而造成類似腰扭傷的腰部疼痛。像這樣有潛在性病因所造成的腰痛，針灸的治療只能得到暫時性的緩解，但基本上經過數分鐘後，其疼痛又和原來一樣。特將此經驗提醒各位，如腰痛的病人，尤其是急性發作，經針灸治療後而沒有顯著療效者，應立刻建議病人至醫學中心作進一步的檢查。
Summary

A report of 800 cases of acute lumbosacral strain treated by acupuncture

Acute lumbosacral strain is a frequent acute disease in daily life. It has many causes. Most of all it is caused by over stretch of the lumbar muscle. Modern western medicine therapy is bed rest, muscle relaxant, analgesia etc…It is also combined with physiotherapy and local injection of analgesia. Generally speaking, the traditional western medicine and therapy takes much longer time and is expensive.

This report of acute lumbosacral strain treated by acupuncture is fast, simple, economical, and the recovery rate is up to 92%. Most of the patients are relieved from pain after 3 acupuncture treatments. There are no side effects.

According to my clinical research, acupuncture therapy is effective, but the patients should be thoroughly checked if improvement is not obvious after several treatments.

Further research is necessary for the effects of acupuncture treatment for the relapse patients and the strengthen the muscle of lumbar spine by taking low back exercise or Chinese herbal medicine.