Why should the treatment of neck, shoulder, waist and leg joint pain be hot?
Aug 19, 2025
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The causes of neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain are related to the following factors:
1.Decreased body function With the increase of age, the yang energy in the human body gradually declines, the liver and kidneys are insufficient, the nourishing effect on muscles and bones is weakened, and degenerative changes occur in soft tissues and bones and joints.
2.Feel the decline of the body's defense function of external evils, and it is easy to be attacked by diseases and evils of yin and cold nature such as wind, cold, and dampness, resulting in cold coagulation and blood stasis, and meridian obstruction.
3. Improper posture at the desk work, sedentary for a long time, and bowing the head. Especially in recent years, the popularity of electronic products has made long-term bowing of the head, sitting for a long time, and improper sleeping posture more common.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is recorded in the "Huangdi Neijing • Suwen" that "the pulse is a disease, the spine is strong and reversed, and the low back pain cannot be shaken", "Suwen • Vitality Tongtian Theory" says that "Yang qi, if the sky and the sun, lose their place and lose their life", "Theory of the Sources of Diseases" "Low back pain...... This is the strong pain of the Du Mai", all of which show that the Du Mai, Yang Qi and the waist and back spine are closely related, and the Du Mai governs the Yang, and the Yang Qi is sufficient, the bones and tendons are soft; Yang deficiency leads to cold, and cold leads to muscle and bone contractures. It can be seen that the rise and fall of the Du Mai Yang Qi is very important, and it is also the key to the identification and treatment of the meridians of "neck, shoulder, waist and back pain", realizing that the Du Mai, Yang Qi, and the waist and back spine are closely related. Yang deficiency leads to cold, and cold leads to muscle and bone contractures. This is also the reason why most people stay in air-conditioned rooms for a long time and experience neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain.
Why is the dog days of summer the best time to treat neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain?
Massage in the dog days of summer, with the help of the weather - the high temperature of the dog days accelerates blood circulation, which is conducive to taking away local "garbage" and eliminating edema and inflammation. Joints, ligaments, and muscles become stretched, which is conducive to the retraction of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc and the repair of articular cartilage damage. Nerve resuscitation becomes active, which is conducive to the elimination of pain and numbness. These factors can make the treatment achieve twice the result with half the effort. On the other hand, the dog days of summer are hot, the human pores are opened, and the "winter disease and summer treatment" is carried out for patients with neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain in this season, which can well regulate the function of the human organs, circulate qi and activate blood, improve physical fitness, get rid of wind, cold, dampness, and evil, achieve the purpose of treatment, and help remove the root of the disease.