Clinical Observation on Acupoint Sticking Therapy for Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Hernination

Objective： To observe the clinical effects of acupoint sticking therapy for umbar intervertebral disc herniation. Methods： Seventy patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were randomly divided into two groups by the visit order, 35 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with acupoint sticking therapy and the control group was treated with tuina. After treatment, the clinical effects, pain integral and Japanese Orthopedic Association （JOA） scores were compared between the two groups. Results： The total effective rate, pain integral and improvement of JOA scores were better in the treatment group than in the control group （P〈O.O5）. Conclusion： Acupoint sticking therapy is affirmative in the therapeutic effects and better than tuina treatment for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.