Abstract
This report described the effect of remote acupuncture therapy for a scoliosis patient with low back pain. It was considered that the cause of the low back pain was contraction of the erector spinae. Contraction pain of the erector spinae was induced by trunk malalignment due to reduced trunk stabilization. Trunk instability was induced by reduced activity of the obliquus abdominis. Therefore, in order to increase the activity of the obliquus abdominis, remote acupuncture therapy was performed on the GB41 (Ashirinkyu). GB41 was a reaction point on the Gallbladder Meridian through the obliquus abdominis. As a result of remote acupuncture therapy, low back pain and trunk instability were reduced because the activity of the obliquus abdominis was increased.
