Abstract

GARCIA ODIO, Amado; MANZANO PENA, William  and  ALVAREZ BOLIVAR, Daymeris. Calcaneal spur shockwave complemented with electroacupuncture. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.4, pp. 1-6. ISSN 1561-3038.

The most important symptom of the calcaneal spur is pain, which worsening with the weight charge as the patients is standing up or walking; located in the heel area and of rare irradiation. Case presentation: women of 47 years of age, overweight, long time standing up as she works in a cafeteria, with a calcaneal spur and the technical description of an only plantar region shockwave, complemented with electroacupuncture for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. The technique was applied by the qualified and specialized public health personal.

Keywords : calcaneal spur; analgesia by acupuncture; electroacupuncture.

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