顳顎障礙症旋轉順勢矯正手法及雷射針灸治療

The Management of Temporomandibular Disorder by Spironic Manual Correction and Laser Acupuncture with Low Level Laser Therapy

顳顎障礙症是臨床上普遍存在，卻又經常被醫師或病人有意無意忽略的問題，可以說是一個醫療的死角。大多數的醫師碰到了可能是以開藥，轉診為主。就算在牙科做了咬合板，主要的症狀顳顎關節痛也常常不易解決。本文希望對一般醫師，介紹一種快速有效的矯正手法：顳顎障礙旋轉順勢治療法。只要稍加訓練，很容易上手。另外，由於科技的日新月異，筆者也要介紹低階雷射針灸在顳顎障礙症的應用。手法與科技二者相輔相成，期望能夠替過去很棘手的問題，開闢一條簡易的治療新途徑。

Temporomandibular disorder is a prevalent disease in the general population. However, it is not treated as it should be either by the patient or doctor intentionally or unintentionally. Therefore, it seems to be a dark corner in the health care professionals. Most dentists will prescribe medication for it or simple refer the patient to specialists. Even if a patient receives occlusal plane therapy at a dental clinic, it is no guarantee in many instances for the relief of TMJ pain. The main purpose of this article is to introduce to the general practitioners of Chinese Medicine an easy, speedy and effective manual- correction method for the treatment of TMD. Which is the spironic technique developed by an experienced osteopath Ross Keen. With short training, it is very easy to perform clinically. The other topic in this article is, due to the progress of modern technology, the adjunct use of low level laser therapy(LLLT) in the treatment of TMD. To combine manual therapy on one hand with the application of the state of art in science, here the laser, on the other hand, the author wish to introduce a revolutionary way of treatment for TMD which is a tenacious ailment for both clinicians and patient.