Evaluation of the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in frozen shoulder

Abstract

Frozen shoulder also goes by the name adhesive capsulitis. These terms are used to describe a syndrome of stiff and painful shoulder. The condition is characterized by notable restriction of both active and passive shoulder movement, without the presence of known shoulder disorder and absent radiographic findings. in the research are included 168 patients, 91 female and 77 male. The patients were treated for frozen shoulder in the Center from 2019 to 2022. In all patients was achieved positive effect and were successfully treated with the acupuncture treatment, with certain number of treatments. In the fire-needle acupuncture treatment was used Ashi i.e. trigger point located on the Spleen meridian, 2 cun from Sp20 (Zhourong). In the normal acupuncture treatment were selected the points: Li15 (Jianyu), Li14 (Binao), Lu1 (Zhongfu), Lu2 (Yunmen), Li11 (Quchi), Si10 (Naoshu), Si9 (Jianzhen), Si14 (Jianliao). Frozen shoulder is a condition that does not require many treatments and is quickly treated with acupuncture. Most effective method for frozen shoulder is fire-needle acupuncture. 1 to 5 treatments are required to achieve complete results. Most common age group is between 41 and 60 and most affected are computer workers.

Keywords: acupuncture, traditional chinese medicine, shoulder, capsulitis