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Acupuncture Pain Relief

Although many in the medical profession are skeptical of the usefulness of acupuncture, studies are beginning to show that acupuncture for pain relief is very effective for some conditions, particularly back pain.

Because acupuncture comes with the ancient, and to us in the West unfamiliar,acupuncture for pain relief acupuncture points chart theory of Yin and Yang doesn’t mean the procedure doesn’t work. Mightn’t it just mean that we don’t yet know how it works? We still do not understand how many of our own familiar therapies work but continue to use them because they are effective.

Research Into Acupuncture For Pain Relief

Although Western medicine does not have a settled view on the use of acupuncture for pain relief many individual medical practitioners have found that acupuncture can be very effective for pain relief. Acupuncture is often provided to patients who attend pain management centers in the United States and elsewhere.

In his book "The Pain Cure: The Proven Medical Program that Helps End Your Chronic Pain" Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., the founding director of the Acupuncture Stress Medicine and Chronic Pain Program at The University of Arizona Teaching Hospital in Phoenix, cites four large studies that show the effectiveness of acupuncture for pain relief as compared to conventional treatment.

The subjects of these acupuncture studies were patients with, respectively: sciatica (two studies), post operative pain and back pain.

See also study findings for acupuncture in fibromyalgia

 Choosing an Acupuncture Therapist

 

Resources

Try Acupuncture For Pain Relief

One thing is very clear and that is acupuncture carried out by a reputable professional can do no harm. Therefore if you are considering trying it why not go ahead and see whether it is helpful for you? If it helps you and your pain is lessened then it works. It really won't matter to you what the research says at that point will it?

medical acupuncture for pain manual

Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management: An Integrative Approach

This is text book for practitioners who wish to or who already do, incorporate acupuncture into their practice. This book has received very positive feedback from practitioners and patients alike.

Customer Feedback:
"Much needed practical book"

"Finally there is a biomedical explanation of practical acupuncture system which anyone practicing acupuncture can immediately use. It is easy to read and easy to understand. Explanation of basic neuroanatomy and  dynamics of acupoints immediately answers a lot of my practical questions...  Katrine Levin, London

 

   
trigger point therapy is similar to acupuncture   The Trigger Point Therapy Work Book
Most acupuncture points coincide with the “trigger points” described by Janet G. Travell, MD, whose textbook, "Myofascial Pain & Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual" is widely used at pain management centers in the West.  

Customer Feedback on this book:
trigger point therapy"Saved My Life"

"After a full year of severe dysfunction of my right hand, arm, and particularly my right thumb THE TRIGGER POINT THERAPY WORKBOOK revealed to me the astonishing fact that most of my trouble was being caused by 'trigger points' in the scalene muscles of my neck and also in the area above my clavicle. What could I do about it? Simply massage them away - within half an hour of hitting the correct locations my right thumb (and hand and arm) seemed to heal by about 60%! The rest of the healing took maybe 3 more weeks of finding these things and methodically deactivating them..."  

This is a long review read the rest here: The Trigger Point Therapy Work Book
 
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