Biomechanical approach related to meridians and myofascias: Biomechanical acupuncture

5^th International Conference and Exhibition on Natural & Alternative Medicine

September 05-07, 2016 Beijing, China

Eun-Tae Jo, Seong-Hyung Cho, Dae-Jeong Park, Ki-Beom Kim and Yeong-Uhk Kim

Korea Pain Diagnosis Society, Korea

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Altern Integr Med

Abstract :

Biomechanical acupuncture originated from the biomechanical approach of treating musculoskeletal pains by Myofascial concepts of Western medicine and Meridian concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). There have been various attempts to treat musculoskeletal pains with needle stimulations around the East and the West. But practical point of views, most practitioners agree upon the difficulties in choosing exact treatment points. In this paper, a new concept of Biomechanical acupuncture is proposed to solve the difficulties, which is simple and easy to apply to everyday practice but enough to integrate modern myofascial concepts and traditional meridian concepts. In the basis of Biomechanical acupuncture, Myofascial concepts don�t mean trigger points but biomechanical network of anatomical myofascia. And Acupuncture points in TCM related to 12 Meridian theories are to be used in the treatment of musculoskeletal pains. Owing to ceaseless connection of the whole myofascia, a disorder in one region may be expressed in the form of pain and limitation on certain movement in other part of body mainly in the same myofascial tension line by biomechanical dysfunction. As a result, a cause of biomechanical dysfunction gets to be enlarged. Repeated stresses transcending the limited range give rise to a local inflammation or a pain. Biomechanical acupuncture doesn�t cure and heal anything. All it does set body back to normal so that healing process begins.

Biography :

Eun-Tae Jo has completed his PhD from Daegu-Haany University and is a member of Korea Pain Dignosis Society and has studied on back pain. He will present a poster at 9th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Singapore on 31st October 2016. He is the Co-author of “Shoulder treatment ABC”.

Email: akarmajo@naver.com