A lower back & leg pain case

By Dr. David Song

Mr. C, 63-year-old

1^st visit @ 2008-04-28

He had visited me in March for the lower back pain. At that time, he could not sit for a little longer. A CT-Scan showed the disc problem on L5~S1. After 2 times of acupuncture treatments, the pain was completely gone. One week ago, after played table tennis, he got the pain on lower back and right hamstring. A chiropractor said it was pinched nerve. He could not sit down, even disturbed his sleep.

I found there was pressing pain on the lower back and tightness and pain on the right hamstring.

After two session of acupuncture and Tui Na massage, ha could walk, run, and standing without any pain, but there was always burning feeling on the hamstring whenever sit or lied on the side

After another 4 sessions with moxibustion added , his was completely gone.

In this case, although there was disc problem reported in the CT-Scan, but the pain on the hamstring was not related to the disc. Actually the pain was in the muscles only. It is always important to know where exactly the pain is at first, then we need to find out the right way to work on it.