Abstract:

The theoretical basis and effect of acupotomology treatment were analyzed by summarizing existing findings. Soft tissue plays an important role in the body. The fibrosis, hyperplasia, and hypertrophy of soft tissues can cause the change of soft tissue in relative motion disorder, tension increase, length shorten, lacuna pressure increase. All the changes can not only aggravate soft tissue lesion, but can also act on bone, joint, nerve, blood vessel and other organs or tissues to participate pathologic process of many diseases. The main therapeutical effect of acupotomology is soft tissue dissolution and destruction. Acupotomology is a kind of percutaneous minimally invasive soft tissue release treatment. By puncture, small area carve and blunt dissection in soft tissue, it can release nerve, blood vessel and osteoarticular from the jeopardize that caused by abnormal soft tissue. Besides soft tissue release, acupotomology has the similar effect to acupuncture. Acupuncture can two-ways regulate human organs function by neuroendocrine-immune modulation, which is known as integral regulation.