Hi! I am Arghya a physiotherapy student who is about to start my internship. I am from Burdwan, West Bengal. I joined the dry Needling workshop of Physilife academy by Dr. Subhanjan Das on May, 22 at Durgapur.
In this blog, I want to talk about my uncle who is 74 years old and a retired school teacher suffering from chronic ankle pain and swelling eventually he was dealing with these symptoms for a year! His complaint was pain & swelling at a right angle and unable to bear weight through the right limb. This was hampering his daily life activities.
On observation, he was walking in an antalgic gait pattern with the help of a cane. I also observe that he had swelling near the medial malleolus and subtalar joint.
On examination, I got a VAS of 8 with a tenderness grade of 3. He also had a history of high uric acid for the past 8 years.
On the first day of treatment, I needled around the swelling zone. I also neeldled the Extensor Digitorum Brevis, Extensor Digitorum Longus, and Extensor Hallucis Longus based upon my palpation (not shown in the picture). After 2- 3 minutes of Needling the swelling rapidly came down and the tenderness decreased to grade 1.
I also asked him for the VAS score post needling and he reported it was 4.
On the next day, he came to me without a cane but his gait was a mild antalgic pattern. I planned to do a treatment session with PENS with a frequency of 25 Hz and the treatment time was 10 minutes.
Post-treatment he claimed that his pain was totally abolished; he can also be able to work properly without any difficulties.
After a week he came to me for a review and he was amazed by this new treatment tool he told me that he is totally fine and can able to do his daily activities.
Conclusion
What I experienced is that Incorporating Dry Needling in day-to-day practice helps to improve the quality of treatment and also gives instant relief to the patient. I thank Dr. Subhanjan Das for teaching me this lovely technique. This helps to enhance my knowledge and skill.
Physilife thanks the guest blogger, a wonderful physiotherapist in the making, for sharing his success story.
Arghya Mallick
Ph: +91 7031201430
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Effective treatment.
Indeed Remarkable
Very nicely put and Dr Subanjan is a very talented professional who is helping relieve the pain with his golden hands and we wish him the very best
Very good 👍 keep it up dr. Arghya