This study aims to demonstrate that harmful stimulation of the buccal mucosa because of a rough tooth surface may cause lumbago. This report illustrates two cases of women in their 30s and 40s who are suffering from lumbago due to unknown causes. The patients are cured by a simple dental procedure in which the buccal surface of a molar is smoothened, thereby inhibiting the negative stimulation ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to report the effects of Chukyu (spine-healing) pharmacopuncture treatment in patients with lumbago and skelalgia. METHODS This clinical study included 45 patients who were treated for lumbago and skelalgia at the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibusition, Dong-Eui University College of Oriental Medicine, from July 5, 2011, to January 31, 2012. Subjects...

[Purpose] A 3-month follow-up study was conducted on a patient diagnosed with acute nonspecfic lumbago. Direct stretching (DS) of the tensor fasciae latae muscle (TFLM) was performed, and an immediate effect was confirmed. [Subjects] The case subject was a 60-year-old woman diagnosed with acute nonspecific lumbago. [Methods] We used a single-case study design and an AB-type study structure, in ...

Bisphosphonate is widely used to treat patients with primary and secondary osteoporosis. The chronic administration of furosemide is considered a risk factor for osteoporosis mainly due to the increased urinary excretion of calcium, leading to a long-term negative balance of calcium. We describe two patients with mild heart failure who took furosemide for more than 5 yr and developed hyperparat...

Pain in the small of the back is a complaint which brings many, especially otherwise healthy adult males, to the outpatient room. The exciting cause is apparently in the majority of cases exposure to damp and cold. Three classes of cases may be distinguished?those of rheumatic myalgia, rheumatic neuritis, and renal pain associated with hyperacidity of the urine?and if the differential diagnosis...

AMONG chronic diseases in the United States " rheumatism" ranks first in prevalence, second in producing disability, second in producing invalidity (permanent disability) and fourteenth in causing death. Among the 127,000,000 persons in the United States there are 6,850,000 with " rheumatism," considerably more than the combined figures of those with heart disease (3,700,000 cases), cancer and ...