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{Fu's Subcutanous Needling}

Fu’s Subcutaneous Needling (FSN), developed by Dr. Zhonghua FU in 1996, is an approach to treat painful problems, such as low-back pain, neck pain, pain knee, with a special needle (FSN needle). The manipulation of FSN at least characterises the following features: 1.	The FSN needle (Fig. 1) is often inserted by a special inserting device (Fig. 2) in the area around the painful spot or myofascial trigger points, distolly or locally, rather than in the painful spots or myofascial trigger points (Fig.3). 2.	The tip of FSN always face towards to the painful spots or myofascial trigger points. 3.	The FSN needles are always restricted in the the subcutaneous layer, do not go deep into muscles (Fig.4). 4.	The FSN needles are often moved swayingly in the subcutaneous layer ofter inserted. 5.	The FSN manipulation often accompanied by reperfusion approach, which refers to the mechanical methods that can cause recirculation in non-inflamed ischemic tissues, and includes the repetitive actions applied to relevant soft tissues.

The adventage of FSN is as follows: The response is often very quick. FSN can often relieve pain or tenderness more quickly than local anesthesia. FSN needle hurts the human body less than traditonal acupuncture. Without any midication and only stimulation in subcutaneous layer, FSN has no harm to patients except occasional needling faint and bleeding.

Due to its amazing effect on the management of pain, FSN has gradually been widely adopted in China since 1997.

FSN, characteristic of safeness, immediate effect, is playing an important role in the management of pain. We hope this wonderful technique from the ancient Chinese Culture will help much more patients and enlighten scientists in this field all over the world.

For more information, please go to www.fuzhen.com.cn or write to Dr. Fu at joefu2008@hotmail.com, or phone at +86-13913904426.

Fig.1 Three parts of FSN Needle Fig.2 The FSN inserting device with FSN needle in Fig.3 The relationship between FSN needle and trigger point