Rajanikanth B R, Prasad Kavitha, Reddy Sujatha S, Gupta Divya, Rakesh N, Shwetha V, Pavan Kumar T
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2022 Dec;21(4):1-4. doi: 10.1007/s12663-019-01281-2. Epub 2019 Sep 13.
Myofacial pain, a chronic painful condition of muscle origin, has numerous precipitating factors, if undiagnosed or left untreated could lead to compromised function and poor quality of life. In this case report, a female patient giving a history of 10 years of pain in the head and neck region was eventually diagnosed with myofacial pain secondary to bowing posture. The patient was successfully treated with combination of treatment modalities (TENS therapy, exercises, occlusal splint, etc.), which resulted in relief from chronic pain and improvement in quality of life.
肌筋膜疼痛是一种源于肌肉的慢性疼痛病症，有众多诱发因素，若未被诊断或未得到治疗，可能会导致功能受损和生活质量下降。在本病例报告中，一名有10年头颈部疼痛病史的女性患者最终被诊断为因低头姿势继发的肌筋膜疼痛。该患者通过多种治疗方式（经皮电刺激神经疗法、运动、咬合板等）联合治疗获得成功，从而缓解了慢性疼痛并改善了生活质量。
