Pharmacopuncture: new treatment strategy for calcaneal spur

Abstract

A prospective, longitudinal descriptive study was carried out in patients referred to the Natural and Traditional Medicine Service of the General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto" from the different health areas, in the period January - December 2016 with the radiological clinical diagnosis of calcaneal spur with the objective of evaluating the results of the treatment with pharmacopuncture using steroid medication (triamcinolone). The following variables were used: age, sex, occupation, pain relief according to treatment sessions, results at the end of treatment and recurrence of pain. The degree of pain and intensity was measured according to the visual analogue scale at the beginning, during and at the end of the treatment, and pain relief was found from the third treatment session and (64.4 %) patients were cured, recommendations.