The patient lies flat with his head turned to the healthy side. The operator fixes the child's head with one hand, and the other finger is dipped in talcum powder or liquid paraffin to operate. Once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

Kneading: place your thumb or forefinger on the lump, up and down, left and right, gently and moderately knead in a circle (counterclockwise and clockwise), and constantly move the part up and down. Turn your head to the affected side and rub it again. 5-6 minutes each time.

Push: Massage the affected sternocleidomastoid muscle with the index finger, from the mastoid to the sternocleidomastoid muscle end, from top to bottom and from bottom to top along the muscle, 30 times each.

Pressing: press and relax sternocleidomastoid muscle with thumb pulp, and move up and down 1-2 minutes.

Hot compress method

At the beginning of the disease, it is selected when there is a local mass.

Supplies: treatment tray, hot pad or small towel, 2 dressing forceps, vaseline, gauze, large towel, small thermos bottle, steamer.

Methods: Heat the pad in a steamer, apply vaseline to the surface of the block (the range is larger than hot compress), cover it with a layer of gauze, wring the pad dry with dressing forceps until it doesn't drip, test the temperature on the operator's palm and wrist at 45-50 degrees, fold it into an appropriate size, put it on the affected area, cover it with a big towel, and generally use 65438+ hot compress. After hot compress, wipe off vaseline.

You can also put a hot water bottle on the wet pad. You can also use Chinese herbal medicines such as Angelica sinensis, Notoginseng Radix and Carthami Flos for decoction, hot compress and wet compress.