Research progress of comprehensive therapy dominated by "massage" in the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: A review.

Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy is the most common type of cervical spondylosis. It is a disease caused by cervical nerve root compression due to various reasons. Clinically, neck muscle stiffness, pain and other activity disorders, or accompanied by dizziness, headache and other symptoms, bring great inconvenience to patients. Clinical studies have confirmed that the use of massage-based treatment, clinical achieved satisfactory clinical results. This article will take ' massage ' as the leading combination of acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine fumigation, traction, oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine, fire therapy, acupotomy, exercise therapy and other therapies to treat cervical spondylosis of nerve root type, so as to guide clinical practice.