The therapy of acupuncture combining exercise of the injured area is described. There are 3 selections: (1) The left-right symmetrical selection. The point is in the contralateral symmetrical area of the injured region. Its indications are lesions in limbs. (2) The anterior-posterior correspondence selection (dorsalis-ventralis). Its indications include anterior thoracodynia, thoracic lesion (thoracic contusion). (3) The upper-lower correspondence selection. In cases of the injury of the upper part of the body, a point must be selected in the lower part of the body and vise versa. The indications include shoulder, lumbar and cervical sprain. During acupuncture manipulation, the patient is allowed to perform active or passive exercise of the injured area, the pain generally relieves in 3-20 minutes and the patient gets perfect recovery after 1-3 treatments in general.
100 cases of simple soft tissue injury were treated by the present method. The therapeutic results were satisfactory.
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