Open AccessGeneral Responses to Questions Regarding Acute Pressure Stimulation of Sciatic Nerve for Pain Relief
Author(s) -
He Jiman,
Chen Qiu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00888.x
Subject(s) - acupressure , medicine , acupuncture , massage , analgesic , traditional chinese medicine , alternative medicine , pain relief , physical therapy , anesthesia , pathology
Dear Editor,We recently presented a new analgesic method for immediate relief of clinical pain. This technique involves acute pressure stimulation on the sciatic nerves [1,2]. The technique has attracted increased attention following the reporting of two studies during the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 24th annual meeting [3,4]. The present letter responds to important questions posed by scientists, doctors, and other readers. Hopefully, this letter will assist in better understanding of the method.Some scientists and doctors have interpreted the new technique as merely another approach for delivering previously described analgesic methods such as acupressure and massage. Although the new technique was initially developed while practicing the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapy of acupressure, the differences between the two techniques are substantial. Acupressure is derived from acupuncture and targets specific points on the body. According to the TCM theory, stimulating acupuncture points affects the meridian system to achieve rebalancing of yin and yang, or …