Acupuncture treatment of upper back pain

Your upper back is considered by most to be your thoracic spine, extending from your neckline [which attaches to your cervical spine] to the lower half of your mid-back [which attaches to your lumbar spine]. Because your thoracic vertebra provides you with a lot of stability and protection [ie protecting your heart and lungs], it has a special position on the back. But despite its power, you can still feel your upper back pain, usually due to one or more of the following reasons:

• Muscle strain


• Poor posture


• overuse


• Injury or trauma


• Joint dysfunction


• Pressure from the spinal nerves


• Osteoarthritis


• Myofascial pain

Please note: If you have upper back pain and any of the following symptoms, you should treat the pain as a serious problem and seek medical advice immediately:

• Arm or leg weakness


• Numbness or tingling of the trunk or arm


• Loss of bladder or bowel control

Often, your doctor won't be able to find a lot of mistakes if there are any problems, even though some tests have been done to prevent accidents. If nothing can be a source of your pain, it is likely to be the time to seek help from natural medicines such as acupuncture and Chinese medicine [TCM]. Acupuncture [a form of TCM] does not require traditional medical diagnosis to help alleviate your pain - you only need to describe the source of the pain, and the doctor will ask you some other questions and feel your pulse. Once they have completed a TCM diagnosis in this way, they are likely to choose some acupuncture points on the upper back where you feel pain, and may also help strengthen the treatment in other parts of your body so that you remain painless and painless. Other points include the top of the head, the wrist or palm, and the calf.

You may now want to know how to choose other acupuncture points on your body. Essentially, TCM diagnosis of upper back pain tends to focus on whether your potential energy pattern is excessive or lacking. Since TCM is a natural medicine and believes that everything that exists in the universe also exists in our body, too many patterns may include obstruction caused by cold, humidity, or gas [energy] and blood stasis [please note that some words are The capitalization here is different from the scientific definition]. Lack of pattern usually evolves from qi deficiency and/or blood deficiency. Therefore, choose the acupuncture points you choose on your body, in addition to the points on your upper back, the choice is to help remove excess from the body, or usually increase your energy and / or nourish your blood.

More likely, after acupuncture treatment, your Chinese medicine practitioners also hope to carry out some massage [Chinese massage] as an auxiliary means of acupuncture. Performing this type of massage after the acupuncture treatment helps to further prevent blockages in the local area. You may notice that Tui Na is slightly different from Swedish massage: its principles are the same as those for defining acupuncture and other Chinese medicine practitioners.

Next, if your pain is severe, your TCM practitioner may suggest some cupping, including placing a [usually] glass or plastic cup locally. The cup also helps to eliminate blockages and helps to eliminate toxins from the body. Other forms, such as herbs, may be suggested but are not always necessary. Each of us is unique, so each treatment performed by a qualified R.TCMP [registered Chinese medicine practitioner] is unique to the individual.

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