足首捻挫

ankle sprain

今回は足首の捻挫の古傷で来院。急性の痛みなくなり日常の生活は不便なく過ごせる状態だが、運動すると痛みがでてきた、寒くなると痛みが出るなど、足に負担をかけると痛みが出てくる状態でした。普段は痛みが出ないが足首にストレスがかかると痛みがでるのは完全に治っていない証拠ですね。

古傷が痛むのは、寒さなどで血管が収縮して血流が悪くなることで、血流が低下すると、古傷の部位に十分な酸素や栄養が届かなくなり、痛みを感じやすくなります。 また血流が悪くなると、炎症物質や老廃物が溜まりやすくなり、痛みを増幅させます。 筋肉が硬くなることで古傷の部位にある神経や血管を圧迫して痛みを引き起こしやすくなるからです。

今回は足首の捻挫の古傷の症状に対して疼痛緩和、血行促進を目的に施術いたしました。鍼灸治療は刺激局所の血管拡張により血流量が増大、局所の体温上昇に作用し内因性発痛物質の除去や、患部の鎮静鎮痛、血流不良による痛みの改善および神経筋損傷組織の回復促進に作用します 。

This time, the patient came to the hospital with an old ankle sprain. The acute pain was gone and she was able to go about her daily life without inconvenience, but the pain started to occur when she exercised, or when she put stress on her foot, such as when it gets cold. The fact that the ankle does not normally cause pain, but it does when the ankle is stressed, is evidence that it has not completely healed.

Old wounds hurt because blood vessels constrict and blood flow is reduced by cold and other factors, and when blood flow is reduced, the old injury site does not receive enough oxygen and nutrients, making it more painful. Poor blood flow also makes it easier for inflammatory substances and waste products to accumulate, amplifying pain. This is because stiff muscles can easily compress nerves and blood vessels at the site of an old injury, causing pain.

In this case, the treatment was aimed at relieving pain and promoting blood circulation for the symptoms of an old ankle sprain. Acupuncture increases blood flow through vasodilatation of the stimulated area and increases the local body temperature, which helps to eliminate endogenous pain substances, calm and analgesic the affected area, improve pain caused by poor blood flow and promote recovery of neuromuscular damaged tissues.