Toshie Shimizu was living in Suita City when she began to suffer from right back pain and foot stiffness eight years ago which became severe six years later. She was diagnosed with "lumbar spondylolisthesis, spinal canal stenosis, and lumbar disc herniation" by MRI examination at an orthopedic clinic.　 She was treated with spine traction and given painkillers　in the clinic, but her symptoms persisted. Her　pain and stiffness were so bad that she couldn't walk　long distances and had to rest frequently (Intermittent claudication). The interval between walking gradually became shorter, about 3 minutes. When she consulted her doctor again, she was told that she had no choice but to undergo surgery. However, she had three complications: disc slippage, stenosis, and herniation. When she consulted her daughter in Tokyo, she was told that "there is a good therapist near you." So she visited my clinic and I treated her. The muscles of her right hip and thighs were painful and stiff, and the stiffness especially on the outside of the buttocks was severe.

she also had stiff shoulders, headache, Empyema, Shoulder arthropathy, and Cold sensitivity. Her level of blood circulation was 5, quite poor.

At the first treatment, I focused on the areas of stiffness and was surprised when most of her back pain and stiffness disappeared. Her pain was reduced and she was glad to be able to work in the garden and swim again. The symptoms improved after the second treatment, so I was convinced that the cause was only muscle stiffness, not skeletal problems. When I said "You can heal without surgery," she came alive with hope. She was having to take two breaks just to walk to the nearest train station,

but after the third treatment, she was able to walk all the way

without resting.

After that, symptoms improved, and the stiffness gradually

Eased becoming smaller than before. Then she could do gardening, shopping, traveling, swimming, and much more. She visited my clinic a couple of times a month.

 

＊ Indicator of decreased blood circulation level

  The pathological concept original to Chinese herbal medicine is

that the condition of peripheral circulation is called OKETSU, and is graded in 5 degrees. Blood pressure increases with the number of symptoms such as coldness,　stiff shoulders, headache,　insomnia (sleeplessness), and poor circulation such as skin conditions increases. Investigations of the questionnaire on the pre-examination card established by the BCT Association.

 

Keiko Hirata (62 years old), who lived in China, had been in　pain her left foot and thigh since May of 2018, and when she woke up in July, she suffered severe pain.

When she returned to Japan, she went to the hospital and was diagnosed with "lumbar spondylolisthesis". Her doctor told her that she could not be cured.

She was prescribed painkillers but her condition did not improve.

She was at a loss and 　 searched the internet for "lumbar spondylolisthesis", and visited "a lumbar care special therapist website".

She received 18 very expensive treatments, and went back to   China.

However, in September she relapsed, and when she returned to Japan, she was in so much pain she could not lean forward.  In desperation she came to my clinic.

　When I treated her, the hard　indurations were palpated in her most painful right groin.

The stiff left shin (lower leg) and left buttocks had also hardened.

After one treatment, pain in the groin, back pain, and stiffness in the lower leg were alleviated, and when she bent forward, the pain did not appear.

 The second time, the pain returned a little, but symptoms improved and the patient was able to bend forward without pain.

The third time, the symptoms improved by 90%, so I treated her shoulder and thyroid.

 On the 6th time, her back pain and pain in her groin were gone, and she was able to raise her shoulder. The induration of the groin and buttocks has completely softened and she went back to China.

　Later, when she returned home in early December, she had no pain and no recurrence. And I treated the　remaining shoulder arthropathy.

When she returned to Japan in 2020, her back and groin pain was completely gone.