KHOLOSTOV'S METHOD FOR ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT OF, PREDOMINANTLY, SOMATIC, ENDOCRINIC DISEASES AND THOSE OF HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: medicine; non-surgical method for treatment of locomotor system and above- mentioned diseases. SUBSTANCE: Dr. Kholostov recommends to subject patient's vertebral, interosseous and articular fields to therapeutic percussive effect. According to invention, said vibratory-percussive effect is produced by means of device having form of sharpened wedge made of elastic material. This shape of wedge permits to treat maximum volume of intervertebral, interosseous and articular fields. To practise proposed method, said wedge-shaped device is placed onto field to be treated, followed by striking blows onto device with help of special hammer or some other percussive tool. Proposed method makes it possible to treat vertebral column, its segments, articulations; occipital, temporal and facial regions of skull. Method is applicable for treating diseases of respiratory system organs, cardiovascular system, digestive system organs, kidneys, hematopoietic system, endocrinic and metabolic diseases, for treating all types of articulation. EFFECT: 1) greater selectivity of treatment of various diseases; 2) wider range of organs' functions cured and rehabilitated by method; 3) wider field of application of method; 4) wider possibilities for therapeutists in terms of sex and age of patients eligible for treatment by proposed method. 1 tbl