South Campus—Pain Rehabilitation Department Ward 1（哈南分院）

Introduction to Pain Rehabilitation Department I

(November 2025)

Pain Rehabilitation Department I of the Hanan Branch of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine upholds the core philosophy of integrating Chinese and Western medicine, treating tendons and bones together, providing precise treatment, and carrying out rehabilitation throughout the process. Its ultimate goals are to relieve patients' pain, restore function, and improve quality of life. The department integrates medical care, teaching, and research, and is committed to providing the most comprehensive, cutting-edge, and individualized diagnosis and treatment plans for patients with all kinds of pain and bone and joint diseases.

The department's medical and nursing team has 11 members in total, including 5 medical staff and 6 nursing staff. It currently has 1 extracorporeal shock-wave therapy device, 2 Chinese-medicine fumigation beds, and medical equipment including a medium- and low-frequency pulsed direct-current therapy device, semiconductor laser, microwave therapy device, and red-light therapy device.

Department specialties

I. Range of conditions treated

This specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of all kinds of acute and chronic painful diseases and bone-and-joint musculoskeletal diseases, covering a broad range, mainly as follows:

(I) Spine-origin diseases

Cervical spondylosis, stiff neck, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoporosis and related pain, acute lumbar sprain, lumbar muscle strain, third lumbar transverse-process syndrome, and sciatica

(II) Joint and limb diseases

Shoulder: periarthritis of the shoulder (frozen shoulder), rotator cuff injury

Elbow: tennis elbow, golfer's elbow

Wrist and hand: carpal tunnel syndrome, tenosynovitis (trigger finger)

Hip: femoral-head necrosis, hip synovitis, piriformis syndrome

Knee: knee osteoarthritis, knee synovitis, and various types of knee pain

Ankle and foot: ankle sprain, heel pain syndrome, and Achilles tendinitis

(III) Soft-tissue and neurological diseases

Myofasciitis and fibromyalgia syndrome; headache, dizziness, and tinnitus (partly cervical in origin); facial muscle spasm, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia, peripheral nerve injury, and leg cramps (muscle spasms);

(IV) Rheumatic, immune, and metabolic joint diseases

Rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gouty arthritis

(V) Postoperative rehabilitation and sports injuries

Joint movement disorders caused by soft-tissue stiffness and adhesions after bone and joint injuries, various sports injuries, rehabilitation after arthroscopy, and limb pain and functional disorders resulting from stroke sequelae

II. Specialized diagnosis and treatment techniques

We have a rich treasury of integrated Chinese and Western medical treatment techniques, emphasizing stepwise, minimally invasive, and individualized treatment. According to the severity of the condition, we give priority to treatment plans that cause little trauma and take effect quickly.

(I) Specialized traditional Chinese medicine techniques (the essence of non-drug therapy)

Acupotomy

Technical highlight: This is the department's core specialty technique. Like a three-dimensional surgical knife, it can precisely release adhesions, relieve compression, and release fascial tension. For diseases with clear pain points, such as tenosynovitis, tennis elbow, periarthritis of the shoulder, and heel pain syndrome, it often produces immediate results.

Traditional Chinese orthopedic manipulation and massage

Technical highlight: Following the principle that tendons prefer gentleness rather than force, gentle and precise maneuvers are used to reduce joint malalignments (such as lumbar facet-joint disorders and sacroiliac-joint dislocation), combined with sinew-channel massage to realign the fascia, adjusting the force line from its source and resolving neck, shoulder, waist, and leg pain.

Acupuncture and special acupuncture techniques

Traditional acupuncture: Unblocks the meridians and regulates qi and blood, and is widely used for various pain conditions.

Balance acupuncture therapy: By regulating the balance of the brain's central nervous system through acupuncture, it scientifically restores the physiological functions of the various organs. The principle it elucidates is a modern acupuncture theory discovered through research: acupuncture stimulates peripheral-nerve targets, which are regulated by central targets in the brain, and relies on the patient's self-repair.

Bloodletting by pricking the collaterals: Quickly removes stasis and drains heat; suitable for heat and excess conditions such as acute swelling and pain after sprains and acute gout attacks.

Comprehensive external therapies

Acupoint injection: Precisely injects medication into diseased acupoints or pain points, combining acupuncture with drug therapy for a multiplied effect.

Thread-embedding therapy: Provides long-term stimulation of acupoints and is suitable for consolidation treatment of chronic diseases and deficiency-cold diseases and for constitutional regulation.

Moxibustion, medicinal fumigation, and Chinese-medicine packs: Through the transdermal absorption of heat and medicines, these warm the meridians, disperse cold, promote blood circulation, remove stasis, and strengthen tendons and bones; they are especially suitable for patients with cold-dampness painful obstruction and cold-deficiency constitutions.

Cupping therapy: Dispels wind and cold and promotes blood circulation through the meridians; it is commonly used to treat myofasciitis, colds, and soft-tissue strain.

(II) Modern precision medical techniques

Precision targeted injection techniques

Nerve block/joint-cavity injection: Under ultrasound or X-ray guidance, medications (such as ozone, anti-inflammatory analgesic solution, and platelet-rich plasma [PRP]) are precisely injected into the affected nerve root, joint cavity, or lesion to achieve a precise strike, rapidly reduce inflammation and pain, and repair tissue.

Physical therapy: The department is equipped with advanced physiotherapy devices, such as shock-wave, medium- and low-frequency electrotherapy, ultrasound, laser, and magnetic therapy equipment, for reducing inflammation and pain, releasing adhesions, and promoting tissue healing.

Introduction to the department head:

Li Pengfei is head of Pain Rehabilitation Department I of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine (Hanan Branch), deputy chief physician, Doctor of Medicine, and a member of the Communist Party of China.

Social positions: Deputy director of the Musculoskeletal Pain Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the Heilongjiang Chronic Disease Management Society; deputy director of the Second Dizziness Professional Committee of the Heilongjiang Chronic Disease Management Society; deputy director of the Pain Branch of the Heilongjiang Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Wound Repair Research Association; standing member of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Professional Committee of the Heilongjiang Society of Chinese Medicine; standing member of the Fifth Acupotomy Medicine Professional Committee of the Heilongjiang Society of Chinese Medicine; standing member of the Osteoporosis Branch of the Heilongjiang Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine; youth member of the Fourth Committee of the Pain Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine; standing council member of the Osteoporosis Branch of the China Association for the Promotion of Chinese Medicine Research; standing council member of the Preventive Treatment of Disease and Subhealth Branch of the China Association for the Promotion of Chinese Medicine Research; and standing council member of the Sinew and Bone Care Branch of the China Medical Ethnic Minority Association.

Conditions treated: He is skilled in using acupotomy, acupuncture, traditional Chinese orthopedic manipulation, massage, fire acupuncture, bloodletting by pricking the collaterals, acupoint injection, joint-cavity injection, cupping, thread embedding, moxibustion, medicinal fumigation, Chinese-medicine packs, physiotherapy, and Chinese medicine and other therapies to treat common diseases in pain medicine and orthopedics.

1. Cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, sciatica, lumbar muscle strain, ankylosing spondylitis, and scoliosis

2. Gout, periarthritis of the shoulder, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, tenosynovitis, knee pain and synovitis, ankle sprains, and heel pain syndrome

3. Dizziness, headache, trigeminal neuralgia, tinnitus, facial paralysis, facial muscle spasm, herpes zoster, myofasciitis, and peripheral nerve injury

4. Stroke sequelae: unclear speech, dysphagia, coughing while drinking, drooling, hiccups, hand tremor, inability to raise the arm and arm hanging as if carrying a basket, unsteady standing, knee swelling, inability to bend the knee, walking with small steps and circling the leg, inward-turning foot, leg cramps, and inability to sit still

5. Rhinitis, pharyngitis, dry eyes, eye irritation, tearing, acne removal, eczema, and psoriasis

6. Weight loss, cosmetic care, cold hands and feet, chest tightness and shortness of breath, cough, abdominal distension, constipation, urinary leakage, dysmenorrhea, prostate disorders, and more