|
KMID : 0364320140390010033
|
|
Journal of East-West Medicine
2014 Volume.39 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.39
|
|
|
A Case Report on Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Applied by Bee Vemom and Electo-acupuncture Therapy
|
|
Won Je-Hoon
An Hee-Duk
Woo Chang-Hoon
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a compression neuropathy and painful foot condition in which the tibial nerve is compressed as it travels through the tarsal tunnel. Patients with tarsal tunnel syndrome typically complain of numbness, dullness, pain, burning and tingling over the base of the foot and heel. Treatments typically include medication, casting with a walker boot and corticosteroid injections. In invasive way, tarsal tunnel release surgery may be recommended to decompress the area. In this report, one patient diagnosed as tarsal tunnel syndrome was treated by Korean medical treatment as bee venom and electro-acupuncture therapy. To evaluate the pain and dullness of both sole, visual analog scale(VAS) was measured. After treatment for 10 times, the pain and dullness of both sole was declined from VAS 10 to VAS 3. The results suggest that Korean medical treatment as bee venom and electro-acupuncture therapy may be effective for tarsal tunnel syndrome.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Bee venom therapy, electro-acupuncture therapy
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|