Neck Pain of 67 Year Old Lady

The patient, a 67 year old lady, sustained neck injuries before October 1994. Her head was flung backwards when she was forced to brake her car all of a sudden. In 1989 and 1991, she also slipped in her bath room and hit her head against the wall. She had been treated at the hospital with Ultra-Sound diathermy since 4 months back. On and off, she also wore a neck collar. She was still having difficulties in turning her head prior to the start of Sonotron Therapy. She also had a painful spot at the area of her right shoulder blade.


RESULT AFTER 1ST THERAPY SESSION ON MAY 18, 1995.

Prior to the start of Sonotron Therapy, the patient complained of tightness in the right side of her neck whenever she tried to turn to the right.  She was only able to turn very slightly to the right. Even though she had just completed a session with Ultra-Sound diathermy, she registered a tightness score of 10 out of 10 when she turned her head.

She was then asked to locate, by herself, the most painful spot in her neck. She located it by turning her head to the right. As for the painful spot at her back, she registered the 'pain on pressure' as 8 out of 10.

Immediately after the Sonotron treatment, she registered an increase in the range of motion of her neck and she was able to turn comfortably. She reported a tightness score of only 4 out of 10. Simultaneously, she reported that the 'pain on pressure' at her back had improved to a score of 0 out of 10. She felt no more pain in her back when pressed but only some sort of soreness.


RESULT AFTER 2ND THERAPY SESSION ON MAY 19, 1995.

Prior to the 2nd therapy session, she reported a 'pain on pressure' score of 6/7 out of 10. She also reported a tightness score of  4 out of 10 in her neck when turning to the right. She observed that she was able to turn her head to drive comfortably, especially when reversing her car. She couldn't do it the last time.

This time, the patient discovered another new pain spot (P2) in her back next to the old one (P1). When pressed, she reported a pain score of 8 out of 10.

Immediately after treatment, she registered an improvement in pain for P1 with a score of 3/4 out of 10. She evaluated the treatment as "excellent" and no more soreness was observed. 

As for the new pain spot, P2, she reported a fast drop in pain to a score of 5 out of 10. She evaluated the treatment to be "good". As for her tightness, she observed a drastic improvement with a score of only 2 out of 10. She commented that the treatment was "excellent" because she was able to turn her head easily to look at the back of herself without moving her body.

Physiotherapist with Chronic Knee Pain

The patient, a 51 year old Physiotherapist, had pain in her left knee for 1 year. Had undergone physiotherapy treatment with Short Wave, Ultra-sound and Interferential, on and off, for 5 months. Was also on medication (Tilcotil - one tablet daily). She observed no improvement in her condition. She decided to stop the medication 3 months prior to the start of Sonotron Therapy.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY PATIENT:

Prior to the start of Sonotron therapy, patient complained of pain in her left knee whenever she bent her leg or squatted. She also felt the pain when sitting cross-legged. She could not pray in that position at all. She reported a pain score of 7 out of 10 when bending her legs. Her pain score rose to 9 out of 10 when she forced herself to sit cross-legged. She also observed that her left knee was slightly swollen on one side.

RESULT AFTER 1ST THERAPY SESSION ON MAY 16, 1995.

Before the Sonotron treatment, she was asked to locate by herself, the most painful spot in her knee. She located it by bending her left knee, at which time, she reported a pain score of 7 out of 10 and a pain score of 9 out of 10 when she tried to sit with her legs crossed.

Immediately after the treatment, she felt no more pain. She reported a pain score of 0 out of 10 on bending. When she sat with legs crossed, she only experienced a pain score of 3 out of 10.


RESULT AFTER 2ND THERAPY SESSION ON MAY 17, 1995.

In the morning of the 2nd therapy session, she only felt a bit of pain when sitting cross legged on the floor while praying. She reported her pain score to be around 2 out of 10 at her L-knee. But she didn't feel any pain on bending. It had disappeared. She also observed that the slight swelling on one side of her knee had also disappeared. When she sat cross legged, she experienced a pain score of only 2 out of 10.

Immediately after treatment, she registered an improvement in her pain, at a score of 1 out of 10, when she sat cross legged .


RESULT AFTER 3RD THERAPY SESSION ON MAY 18, 1995.

In the morning of the 3rd therapy session, when she had to sit cross legged during prayer time, she reported a pain score of around 1 out of 10 at her L-knee and her pain on bending did not return even on that day.

After therapy, she reported no pain at all when sitting cross legged on the floor. She commented that she felt much better and her comment about the treatment was "excellent".


RESULT ON MAY 19, 1995.

She reported that she had totally no pain when sitting cross legged on the floor as well as when bending her knees.

Although she was advised to continue with one or two more sessions to get a better overall treatment, she felt it was no longer necessary. Therefore, no treatment was administered to her on that day.


RESULT ON MAY 20, 1995.

The patient felt the same pain-free condition on this day. No treatment was given to her as she felt it was again not necessary.

GENERAL COMMENT

1. Pain score was measured by patient, using his best judgment.

2. Pain Score 0  - No pain
Pain Score 10 - Excruciating pain

3. Operator of device was always the same person.

4. Interactive communication was always encouraged between patient and operator of  device in order to gauge the degree of improvement in patient's problem as treatment  progressed. Treatment ended when patient felt comfortable enough or when pain disappeared.