METHOD FOR REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A61H7/00 A61H1/00 A61H33/00 A61H33/06 A61H39/00 A61H39/04 

FIELD: medicine; neurology; physiotherapy.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used in the complex rehabilitation of patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy in the subacute period, the period of incomplete and complete remission while preventing relapses of the disease. A differentiated acupressure of a paretic limb is additionally performed for 20 minutes with a course of 14 procedures daily against the background of climatotherapy, therapeutic exercises, magnetotherapy, massage, dry-air thermal baths with an aerosol of an aqueous extract of antler concentrate. In patients with vertebrogenic radiculopathy of the fifth lumbar nerve root (L₅), they have a tonic effect on BAT on the stomach meridian — E 36, E 41, E 44 and on the liver meridian — F 2, F 3, F 4, F 5. Relaxing effects are carried out on BAP on the meridian of the gallbladder and liver — VB 34, VB 39, VB 40, F 8. In patients with vertebrogenic radiculopathy of the first sacral nerve root (Si), they have a tonic effect on BAP on the bladder meridian — V 36, V 37, V 40, V 57, V 60, V 62 and on the gallbladder meridian — VB 34, VB 39. Relaxing effects are performed on BAP on the gallbladder meridian — VB 30, VB 31, VB 32, on the stomach meridian — E 36, E 41, E 44, on the liver meridian — F 6, F 3, F 4, F 5.

EFFECT: method provides increased efficiency of rehabilitation of patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy, reduces the risk of recurrence in patients with this pathology.

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