A CLINICAL STUDY OF TRIGGER POINT CHINESE MEDICINE ON CHRONIC STRAIN INJURY OF HIP JOINT IN GOLF PLAYERS

Xin Li¹, Na Ding¹, Junjie Yan¹, Xiu Yu², Haotian Ma³, Hongwei Guo³, Pengcheng Zhu⁴, Fei Shao⁴, Jianxin Zhang⁵

¹Department of Physical Education, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Dalian, China - ²Nord Anglia Education, Dalian, China - ³Sport Institute, Liaoning Normal University - ⁴120 Middle School, Shenyang, China - ⁵Sport Institute,Liaoning Institute of Science and Engineering, Jinzhou, China

Objective: To investigate the effect of using trigger point Chinese medicine on the rehabilitation of athletes with chronic strain injury of the hip joint in golf. 

Methods: By adopting random sampling method, 80 athletes who had experience in golf and had symptoms of chronic hip strain were selected and divided into a control group (n=40) and an experimental group (n=40) according to the random number table method. The length of treatment was one month for both groups. Harris and Vas scores, hip function, hip flexion, quality of life, and patient satisfaction were recorded before treatment, the half a month of treatment, and one month of treatment for the control group and experimental group and were compared and analyzed. 

Results: In this study, by analyzing and comparing the control group and the experimental group, it was concluded that the conventional treatment plan was effective, but the course of treatment was long, and the effect was slow; combined with the trigger point, Chinese medicine, it could effectively restore the hip mobility of the athletes, and after one month experiment, it was shown that the experimental group had better treatment effect.

Conclusion: Through the combination of daily rehabilitation training and trigger point herbal medicine, TCM's relaxation technique, trigger point acupuncture therapy, and cupping therapy were used to carry out side-effect-free rehabilitation training with good effect and professionalism. The satisfaction and recovery of the experimental group were better than those of the control group, thus proving that trigger point Chinese medicine has an irreplaceable rehabilitation effect on the chronic strain injury of the hip joint of golf players, and that the trigger point acupuncture therapy significantly reduced the degree of hip pain, effectively restored the muscle strength of the hip joint and prolonged the length of the athletes' career.