Discussion on the Effect of Traditional Chinese Chiropractic Manipulation and Essential Oil on the Improvement of Shoulder and Neck Pain

摘要

Head, shoulder, and neck pain has become a common health problem around the world. It is a typical joint and muscle pain and is more likely to occur in middle-aged, elderly, and sedentary office workers among sub-healthy people. Nowadays, relief to stiff shoulders and stiff neck pain is commonly done by acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, hot compress, cupping, and chiropractic massage. The related research literature on the application of traditional Chinese chiropractic manipulation massage or essential oil therapy to improve shoulder and neck pain is relatively rare; therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the effects of chiropractic massage and essential oils on improving shoulder and neck pain. The study mainly discusses the effects of traditional Chinese chiropractic massage and essential oil therapies on the improvementof shoulder and neck pain. An experimental case study was conducted. The data were collected and used to compare the efficacy of traditional chiropractic manipulation massage versus essential oil therapy. Based on the data collected from individual case studies, to compare their differences before and after the measured values of heart rate variability (HRV), parasympathetic nerve, etc., also including the qualitative research of individual cases to obtain more detailed concepts, this way analysts can conclude whether essential oil massage and chiropractic manipulation are effective in relieving shoulder and neck pain.