Can scraping be used for lumbar muscle strain?

No matter what we do in our daily life, we will use our waist. The waist should be kept straight when sitting, and the waist needs to exert strength when working. Over time, some people will have problems such as waist strain, especially for people who do heavy work. Lumbar muscle strain is commonplace, and they will also have plasters to use. Gua Sha can treat many diseases without taking medicine. Can Gua Sha be used to treat lumbar muscle strain?

The symptoms of lumbar muscle strain are very common, mostly caused by sprains caused by weight-bearing, falls and collisions, overwork, and stagnation of cold and dampness. But no matter what the cause is, it mainly refers to soft tissue injuries such as the lumbar and sacral muscles and fascia. Gua Sha therapy has the functions of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and cold, clearing away heat and dampness, and promoting qi and removing stagnation. It has a good therapeutic effect on lumbar muscle strain.

Lumbar muscle strain, also known as functional low back pain, chronic low back injury, lumbar gluteal muscle fasciitis, etc., is actually a chronic damaging inflammation of the lumbar muscles and the fascia or periosteum of their attachment points. It is one of the common causes of low back pain. The main symptoms are swelling and pain in the waist or lumbosacral area, which recur repeatedly. The pain may vary with climate change or the degree of fatigue. For example, it may be aggravated by daytime fatigue and relieved after rest. It is a common clinical disease, a frequently-occurring disease, and has many causative factors. Over time, it can cause muscle fiber degeneration or even small tears, forming scars, fibrous cords or adhesions, leaving long-term chronic low back pain.

Among chronic low back pain, lumbar muscle strain accounts for a considerable proportion. It is mostly caused by long-term incorrect working posture or habitual bad posture. In addition, if acute injuries are not treated in time, or are not treated thoroughly, or if injuries are repeated multiple times, they can also lead to chronic strain. Cold-damp low back pain refers to the invasion of cold and dampness into the meridians, which causes blockage of Qi and blood and leads to chronic low back pain. The pain often occurs on cold and rainy days. Low back pain caused by kidney deficiency is mostly caused by kidney deficiency and physical weakness, which leads to the loss of kidney essence and inability to nourish the tendons and veins. There is a special chapter on low back pain in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, which points out the principle of treating according to the meridians, that is, taking the acupoints of the Foot Taiyang, Shaoyang, Shaoyin and Governor Vessels as the main ones.

“The waist is the home of the kidneys”, treating the kidneys is the fundamental solution to low back pain, and scraping therapy can directly act on the lumbar and sacral area. Scraping the muscles, fascia and soft tissues in the waist can dilate capillaries, increase sweat gland secretion and promote blood circulation. While nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the waist, it can also dispel cold and dampness, regulate qi and clear heat, relax muscles and relieve pain, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Treatment method: Commonly used acupoints: Ashi point, Shenshu, Mingmen, Weizhong, Yanglingquan, Yaoyangguan, Zhishi, Sanyinjiao, Taixi, Kunlun, Zusanli, Yinlingquan, Zulinqi. Among these important acupoints for treating low back pain, Weizhong dredges the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Meridian, Yaoyangguan helps Yang dispel cold and dampness; Yanglingquan and Sanyinjiao relax muscles and activate blood circulation; Zhishi and Taixi nourish the kidneys; Shenshu and Mingmen treat lumbar spondylosis. Select 4-6 acupoints each time and scrape each part for 3-5 minutes.

The above is an introduction on whether scraping can treat lumbar muscle strain. I hope the above content can help everyone.