Treating strain type gonarthromeningitis by joint acupuncture on hip-knee-ankle
Gonarthromeningitis is a common orthopaedic disease with knee joint swelling and pain,local skin temperature rise,inflexible flexion and extension,and even joint deformity as the main symptoms.The pathogenesis of this disease is blood or fluid accumulation in the joint cavity caused by synovial injury,hyperemia and edema,abnormal secretion after acute and chronic strain of the knee joint.Strain type gonarthromeningitis is more common in elderly people who suffer from joint degeneration and osteoarthritis caused by long-term load-bearing fatigue and wear.The lesion damages the synovium of joints,stimulates inflammatory response and abnormal expression of pain factors,causes inflammatory exudation of the pathological synovitis and abnormal secretion of synovial fluid,breaks the balance of fluid discharge,and causes swelling and pain of the knee joint and unfavorable activity.The whole body through the tendon network can maintain the stability of the whole body's joint motion.This paper discusses the role of the hip joint and ankle joint in the motion stability of the knee joint and the lower limb in combination with the synergic action between the hip and ankle muscles and ligaments of the knee joint in the context of the knee joint movement biomechanics,and elaborates the mechanism and action of acupuncture stimulation of the corresponding muscle groups in the treatment of gonarthromeningitis under the guidance of the theory of the tendon.Traditional treatment methods such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,blocking,traditional Chinese medicinal materials have clear curative effects,but long-term use is not good for ligaments and liver and kidney.Acupuncture has obvious anti-inflammatory,analgesic,blood-activating and detumifying effects with high safety,which has been proved by a large number of clinical experiments.Most knee flexor and extensor muscle groups are in the hip and ankle,which play a crucial role in the stability of the knee joint.In this paper,the reaction points of the upper and lower meridian tendon lesions in the pain site combined with the local acupoints of the knee joint are selected to strengthen the stress adjustment and balance of the overall lower limb force line,and the overall treatment of knee joint synovitis shows significant clinical effects.
hip-knee-ankleAcupunctureMeridian theoryStrain type gonarthromeningitis