Analysis on Professor GUO Changqing's Academic Thoughts on Treating Trigger Finger
This study summarized Professor GUO Changqing's academic thoughts on treatment of trigger finger.Professor GUO believes that the occurrence of this disease is caused by meridian pathological phenomenon,slight dislocation of the joint,recessive adhesion and other factors.It is necessary to release compression of'tendon'with acupotomy,correct dislocation of'joint'by means of manipulation,prick acupoint to remove stasis in the'channel'and relieve atrophy of'muscle'through functional exercise.This study expounded the significance of ultrasonic examination in treatment of trigger finger,the selection and manipulation of acupotomy,the advantages and disadvantages of the'linear release'of acupotomy,the purposes and methods of acupoints'application,the principles and methods of manipulative therapy and the matters needing attention in the rehabilitation guidance.It also pointed out the methods of avoiding neurovascular injury,excessive acupotomy cutting,postoperative adhesion and infection,as well as tendon rupture.It explained the treatment method of'recessive adhesion'and explained the need of'puncturing to bone'.