Twenty Thousand Needles Under the Sea. Trigger Point Dry Needling Aboard an Israeli Navy Submarine: A Case Report.
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- Academic Journal
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- Ronel D; Mediacl corps, Israeli Defence Forces, Surgeon General's Headquarters, Ramat Gan, Israel.; Gabbay O; Mediacl corps, Israeli Defence Forces, Surgeon General's Headquarters, Ramat Gan, Israel.; Esterson A; Mediacl corps, Israeli Defence Forces, Surgeon General's Headquarters, Ramat Gan, Israel.; Brand R; Mediacl corps, Israeli Defence Forces, Surgeon General's Headquarters, Ramat Gan, Israel.; Vulfsons S; Institute of Pain Relief, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
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- Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2984771R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1930-613X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00264075 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mil Med Subsets: MEDLINE
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- English
Nonspecific lower back pain affects a major part of the population at a certain point of their life. The intensity of pain can be debilitating and it causes a significant burden on society. Trigger point dry needling is a method of alleviating such pain by the introduction of needles into trigger points in muscles. A growing body of evidence supports its use in myofascial pain and specifically lower back pain. Submarine Medicine is a unique field due to the special characteristics and the environment of the submarine. It poses challenges that are not always seen by primary care physicians. Here, we present a case of a 40-yr-old senior submarine officer who complained of pain in his lower back and pelvis before departing on a mission. The pain persisted in spite of treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and he was then treated by the submarine's physician with trigger point dry needling. The officer showed rapid improvement following this treatment, both regarding pain and the range of motion.