Acupuncture combined with Tuina in the treatment of cervical longus tendinitis: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Cervical longus tendonitis is a type of disease with neck pain as the main clinical manifestation. Because the front of the cervical longus muscle is adjacent to the esophagus and pharynx, this disease is often accompanied by pharyngeal pain and pain when swallowing. Clinical and imaging doctors often have an incomplete understanding of it, and this disease is often confused with other diseases that cause neck pain. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 33-year-old Chinese woman was the patient. Suffering from severe neck pain and significantly limited activity, accompanied by left shoulder pain, occasionally dizziness, headache and other symptoms, the pain is significantly aggravated when doing swallowing action. DIAGNOSIS: Tendonitis of the long neck muscle. INTERVENTIONS: Given the patient’s condition, we used acupuncture combined with massage therapy as a symptomatic treatment. OUTCOMES: After 10 days of treatment, the symptoms were better than before, and no pain was seen in the swallowing movements such as drinking water (Fig. 2C and D). LESSONS: Because the clinical reports of diseases are rare, the treatment methods are limited, and acupuncture combined with massage is an effective method for the treatment of tendonitis of the cervical long muscle, to dredge the meridians, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain.