Su Jok method of acupuncture in the practice of treatment of orthopaedic patients

The results of the use of world-wide therapy Su Jok method, developed by Park Jae Woo, a Korean scientist, are demonstrated in 270 orthopaedic patients of six nosologic groups - men and women of different age and social status. Metabolic-and-dystrophic osteochondroses and osteoarthroses (of the spine, large joints) and sequelae of injuries prevailed in disease structure. The chief complaint consisted in the pain syndrome of different intensity, which didn't respond to treatment with traditional pharmacological and physiotherapeutic means and resulted in sleep loss, psychoemotional disorders, phobia of dread and lack of confidence in recovery and other disorders. Acupuncture of hands and feet according to the system of six Ci was performed in combination with punctate laserotherapy and moxatherapy in view of the main conformity systems, chronopuncture principles and disease energy constitution. There were from 5 to 20 sessions in number with their duration from 25 to 40 minutes. Treatment prescriptions were selected for each patient individually. The results obtained were assessed by seven signs taken into consideration (pain, psychoemotional state, stability of arterial and pulse pressure, sleep, phobia of dread and lack of confidence in recovery, function of the spine and joints, and physical load tolerance). In different groups being assessed the persistent positive results varied from 60 to 100 %. On the whole, they came to 97,5% in 263 out of 270 patients treated.