Integration and Symbiosis: A Study on the Disciplinary Correlation between Rehabilitation Therapy, Acupuncture and Tuina, and Systematic Anatomy

Abstract

As important components of modern medical technology and traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation therapy and acupuncture and tuina have a natural intersection based on the epistemological foundation of human structure and function. As a bridging discipline connecting the two, systematic anatomy provides an ontological framework for understanding the heterogeneity and complementarity of Chinese and Western rehabilitation technologies. Based on the learning experience at the undergraduate stage, this paper systematically explores the correlation between the three disciplines from three dimensions: theoretical basis, practical skills, and clinical thinking. The study finds that: at the theoretical level, systematic anatomy provides a morphological interpretation for the "meridian-acupoint" system of acupuncture and tuina, and lays a biomechanical foundation for the movement analysis of rehabilitation therapy; at the practical level, acupuncture and tuina techniques and rehabilitation therapy technologies realize functional integration on the platform of modern rehabilitation medicine, forming an optimized "integrated Chinese and Western" treatment plan; at the thinking level, the "structure determines function" logic of anatomy, the "qi-blood circulation" concept of acupuncture and tuina, and the "function-oriented" thinking of rehabilitation therapy penetrate each other, giving birth to a clinical decision-making model combining holism and reductionism. This paper proposes a three-dimensional knowledge integration model of "Anatomy-Acupuncture-Rehabilitation", advocating to strengthen the interdisciplinary integration of the three disciplines in curriculum setting, clinical training and scientific research innovation, so as to provide theoretical reference for cultivating new rehabilitation talents with an integrated medical perspective.