Reflex therapy as a ways of treating back pain

Abstract

The analysis of treatment efficiency of the patients with muscular-tonic pain syndrome of lumbosacral localization who were in outpatient treatment at the Department of therapy of pain syndromes at Russian B.V. Petrovsky Scientific Center of Surgery was carried out. Therapy was carried out in two groups. Patients of the 1st group received the Tizanidine 4-8 mg/day, the reflex therapy in 4-6 sessions each day or at intervals of 1-2 days was used for patients of 2nd group. The authors evaluated the effectiveness of complementary application of reflex therapy. The use of reflex therapy can improve the effectiveness of the treatment.