Saturday, November 13, 2010

Seized Up Back Muscles

I will have to disagree with RICE on this one.  (Rest, ice, compression, elevation)
I had several patients walking in my door crooked, in pain, desperate.  I used acupuncture and TDP Infared heat, instructed moist heat twice daily with gradual stretching of the IT band, piriformis muscle and others. (knee hugs, hip opening stretches, hamstring stretches)

Works like a champ.  Use ice minimally as the ice in chinese medicine causes more stasis in the tissues.

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