Case report - Arm pain in music student
R., 43-year-old pianist, had interrupted her musical career
to raise a family. Recently, she had decided to resume her
music studies with a view to obtaining a teaching
certificate. She had been surprised to find that after 20
years, she would have take another entrance examination to
gain admittance to the teaching program.
When R. came to see me for the first time, she reported
that she had been suffering from neck, shoulder and arm
pain for years. Recently, since she had begun practicing at
the piano for several hours a day, she was experiencing
severe pain during everyday activities such as cutting
bread. She rated the pain 8 out of 10 on a visual analog
scale. She had also been experiencing sacroiliac joint
dysfunction off and on for a number of years, which was
treated with occasional injections. Because of the neck and
arm pain, R. had begun neglecting her family and her home,
and was sleeping poorly. Despite the severe pain, she
continued to practice the piano.
Palpatory neck diagnosis according to Yamamoto revealed
positive points on the kidney and gall bladder. There were
also swellings on the forehead that corresponded to parts
of the arms. Kidney weakness is a logical consequence of
chronic fatigue combined with anxiety; the gall bladder
zone is indicative of extreme but repressed stress and
anger at having to repeat the entrance examination after 20
years. Further examination revealed a massive activation of
the body’s stress response system, along with signs of
magnesium and copper deficiencies and latent acidification
of the tissues. Subsequent laboratory tests confirmed that
R. was suffering from lack of copper and magnesium. Calcium
was being mobilized from the bones to compensate for the
body’s acidified state. Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture
brought immediate relief from stress and a reduction in
pain levels starting from the very first visit. In the
further course of treatment we combined YNSA with body
acupuncture points aimed at stimulating the flow of Qi, and
added magnesium, copper and alkaline-forming foods to the
diet. R. experienced strong and lasting relief from tension
and pain, and successfully passed the entrance examination.
YNSA zones needled:
YNSA A zone, YNSA B zone, YNSA C zone, YNSA brain points,
YNSA Ypsilon points - based on palpatory neck diagnosis.
Additional therapeutic measures:
Body acupuncture, orthomolecular diagnosis and treatment.
Reported by Dr. Friedrich Molsberger, Berlin