Medical Acupuncture

New Tools for Chronic Soft-Tissue Pain
by Steve Liu, LAc, BSEE
- An article from Acupuncture Today
https://acupuncturetoday.com/article/34251-new-tools-for-chronic-soft-tissue-pain
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An example of the treatment of shoulder supraspinatus tendonitis to illustrate how this protocol works:

Friction (transverse, cross-fiber) massage on the lesion (scar tissues site) for 10 minutes.
Apply the ah-shi acupuncture technique to the lesion site.
Apply electricity on the needles, low-level laser/LED light therapy (photobiomodulation) around the needles, and far-infrared heat over the treatment area for 25 minutes.
Generally, this protocol takes 8-10 treatment sessions, spaced twice weekly, for up to five weeks to heal the chronic pain.
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