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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2018, vol. 24, issue3
Subject Area: Medicine
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2018243.2125
Published online: 23 August 2018
Case report
J of IMAB. 2018 Jul-Sep;24(3):2125-2128
MULTIDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION BETWEEN COMPLEMENTARY AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE WITH PATIENT SUFFERING FROM MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME
Yani Shivachev1
, Denitsa Grozdeva2, Paraskeva Mancheva3, Stanislava Bogomilova1, Gergana Nenova4, Todorka Kostadinova5,
1) Department of Physiotherapy, rehabilitation, thalassotherapy, occupational diseases - Medical University of Varna and University centre of East medicine
2) Department of Conservative Dental Treatment and Oral Pathology, Medical University of Varna and University centre of East medicine
3) Training and research sector of Rehabilitation, Medical College – Varna, Medical University of Varna and University centre of East medicine
4) Department of Physiotherapy, rehabilitation, thalassotherapy, occupational diseases - Medical University of Varna
5) Department of Health Economics and Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Pain and vertigo in the neck zone are a common problem which leads to temporary and even permanent incapacity of work. The problems in the neck deteriorate the quality of life, and that makes people turn to the services of the health care system. The medications prescribed by conventional doctors have a symptomatic effect, which discourages patients and they more often start looking for the methods of complementary medicine as a part of their complex treatment. The cooperation complementary-conventional medicine could contribute to faster improvement with the patient suffering from myofascial pain syndrome.
Case report: A 63-year-old female patient in the menopause, with over 30 years length of service as a bank employee, visited The Medical University of Varna and the University centre of East medicine with the following complaints: pain and vertigo in the whole spine for many years, hypertonic crises and tachycardia. She had been prescribed a medication treatment for a long time by a large team of specialists (neurologist, cardiologist, physiotherapist, psychiatrist). It didn’t have a systematic or continuous effect, and that was the reason why the patient was incapable of work. The frequent absence from work and the feeling of inadequacy in life are the reasons for the patient to search for help by means of unconventional methods (complementary medicine), which is practised by members of the University centre of East medicine – Varna.
Conclusion: The cooperation between complementary and conventional medicine offers new opportunities for applying the holistical approach in treatment with patients suffering from myofascial pain syndrome.
Keywords: complementary medicine, myofascial pain syndrome, reflex therapy, physical therapy,
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Please cite this article as: Shivachev Y, Grozdeva D, Mancheva P, Bogomilova S, Nenova G, Kostadinova T. Multidisciplinary cooperation between complementary and conventional medicine with patient suffering from myofascial pain syndrome. J of IMAB. 2018 Jul-Sep;24(3):2125-2128.
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2018243.2125
Correspondence to: Yani Shivachev, Assist. Prof., Department of Physiotherapy, rehabilitation, thalassotherapy, occupational diseases, Medical University of Varna and University centre of East medicine; E-mail: qshivachevv@abv.bg,
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Received: 17 May 2018
Published online: 23 August 2018