7
The Treatment of Pain with
Auricular Acupuncture
7.1
Acute Musculoskeletal Pain
124
7.1.1
Acute Cervical Myalgia
124
7.1.2
Acute Lower Back Pain
(Lumbago)
130
7.1.3
Acute Sciatica
133
7.1.4
Torticollis (Wry Neck)
131
7.1.5
Cervicobrachial Syndrome 133
7.1.6
Epicondylitis
135
7.1.7
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
(CTS)
137
7.1.8
Knee Pain
138
7.1.9
Hip Pain (Coxalgia)
140
7.1.10 Coccydynia (Coccyx Pain)
143
7.1.11 Heel Spur (Calcaneal Spur) 145
7.1.12 Gout
147
7.1.13 Sprained Ankle
149
7.1.14 Pain Treatment for Fractures 151
7.1.15 Achillodynia
154
7.2
Chronic Musculoskeletal
Pain
154
7.2.1
Chronic Polyarthritis
154
7.2.2
Complex Regional Pain
Syndrome (CRPS)
156
7.2.3
Osteoarthritis
158
7.2.4
Intercostal Neuralgia
160
7.2.5
Phantom Pain
162
7.2.6
Fibromyalgia
163
7.3
Headaches
166
7.3.1
Tension Headaches
166
7.3.2
Occipital Neuralgia
169
7.3.3
Trauma-related Headaches 171
7.3.4
Vascular Headaches
172
7.4
Migraines
173
7.4.1
Cervical Migraine
175
7.4.2
Hormonal Migraines
177
7.4.3
‘Weather Migraine’
179
7.4.4
‘Gallbladder Migraine’
181
7.5
Neuralgias
182
7.5.1
Trigeminal Neuralgia
182
7.5.2
Toothache
183
