Stiff neck and shoulder pain

뻣뻣한목과어깨통증

Sam: Doctor! I have pain in my neck and shoulder. My muscles are really tight and they feel heavy. I think it is causing me a terrible headache. What should I do?

샘: 선생님! 목과어깨에통증이있습니다. 근육이 엄청 단단하게 뭉치고 무겁네요. 그것때문에두통도생기는것같아요.어떻게해야하죠?

Dr. Lee: How long have you been suffering from this pain?

이 원장: 통증으로 고생하신지 얼마나됐죠?

Sam: Almost six months.

샘:거의6개월정도요.

Dr. Lee: Does it get worse when you’re under stress?

이원장:스트레스받으면심해지나요?

Sam: Of course. Sometimes when the pain is severe, I can hardly fall asleep due to the pain. It gets even worse in the morning.

샘: 당연하지요. 어떤때에통증이심하면 그것 때문에 잠들기도 어렵습니다. 아침엔더심해지구요.

Dr. Lee: Muscle tightness and pain around your neck and shoulder is so common that more than half the patients who visit my clinic have this symptom.

이 원장: 목과어깨주변근육의뭉침과통증은굉장히일반적인증상이라한의원 에오시는 환자분들중에절반이상은이증상을갖고있답니다.

Dr. Lee: Common causes of stiff neck are sleeping with your neck in an awkward position, slouching with poor posture while viewing the computer monitor or looking downward at a mobile phone for long periods of time, falling or a sudden impact that pushes your head to the side, such as sports injuries, a cervical herniated disc and stress.

이 원장: 일반적인 원인으로는 목이불편한자세로잠을자는 것, 컴퓨터모니터나 핸드폰을 보려고 고개를 오래 숙이고있는 것, 목을옆으로강하게미는외상을입는 것, 경추 디스크 그리고 스트레스가있습니다.

Dr. Lee: Increased muscle tension often causes headaches.

이 원장: 증가된근육긴장은종종두통을유발합니다.

Sam: I see. How do you solve the problem then?

샘: 그렇군요. 그럼어떻게그걸해결하지요?

Dr. Lee: Wet cupping therapy is a very effective method to relieve muscle tension. Dry cupping is also helpful but a little weaker than wet cupping.

이 원장: 습부항은 근육의 긴장을 완화하는데 매우 효과적인 치료법입니다. 건부항도 도움이 되지만 습부항보다 약하지요.

Dr. Lee: Acupuncture treatment facilitates relief from muscle tension. It also reactivates reduced functions of the parasympathetic nerve system and normalizes hightened levels of the sympathetic nerve system so that stiffness from stress can fade away. Other than that, herbal medicine and chuna manipulation are also helpful.

이 원장: 침치료는근육의긴장완화를촉진합니다. 또한감소된 부교감신경계의기능을 재활성화하고 항진된 교감신경계를정상화시켜스트레스로인한뻣뻣함이사라지도록 하지요. 그 외에 한약이나 추나치료가도움이많이됩니다.

Sam: What are we waiting for? Let’s go to the treatment room right now!

샘: 기다릴 것 없네요. 바로 치료실로가죠!