Korean Journal of Acupuncture

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Meralgia Paresthetica Treated with Acupuncture Plus Myofascial Release Technique: Case Report

대퇴신경지각이상증 환자에 대한 침치료 및 근막이완요법 병용 치험 1례

  • Lee, Eun Ji (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Shin Ae (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, Min Gu (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Sung Tae (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Shin, Hyun Gwon (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Hyun Jung (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Yang, Tae Jun (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Kim, Seon Wook (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Jeong, Joo Yong (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Chiang, Suo Yue (Chung-yeon Korean Medical Hospital)
  • Received : 2016.05.27
  • Accepted : 2016.06.13
  • Published : 2016.06.27
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this case is to report the improvement after treatment about a patient with meralgia paresthetica. Methods : We treated the patient with acupucture therapy, cupping therapy, electroacupuncture therapy, percutaneous radiofrequency thermoablation and myofascial release technique by Turbo SASO from $26^{th}$ June 2015 to $3^{rd}$ July 2015 by evaluating femoral function with VAS score. Results : After 5 times of treatment, this patient achieved excellent outcome following the technique, showing that clinical symptom as able to walked and pain was disappeared, VAS changed from 10 to 3 and the result of patrick test came out negative. Conclusions : The various symptoms appear in the Meralgia paresthetica such as numbness, paresthesia, and pain in the anterolateral thigh, which may result from either an entrapment neuropathy or a neuroma of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve(LFCN). Oriental medical treatment for meralgia paresthetica resulted in satisfactory results by diminishing the symptoms progressively during the five days of treatment. Differential diagnosis was based on careful physical examination. More research of meralgia paresthetica is needed.

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