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,
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
Why Not Just 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?
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The Pain Cure: The Proven Medical Program that Helps End Your Chronic Pain This is very helpful book from 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. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa trained at Harvard Medical School and UCLA School of Medicine. He discusses the use of acupuncture in pain management in this excellent book.
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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.
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Acupressure Atlas "Both the medical doctors authoring this book, have through painstaking thoroughness, explained and elucidated every point, meridian and technique to facilitate the reader to obtain expertise in this self-healing form of treatment." (Sheela Bhojwani, East and West Series, Vol. 50, No. 3, Mar 2008 ) |
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Acupressure Points "This is a very useful reference for anyone interested in playing an active part in healing themselves. Just look up your complaint (headache, nausea, etc) and the book provides several points that may help, along with a description of the points, their names and what they are specifically helpful for. The book also provides detailed instructions and photos to help you get the proper position of the points. Very easy to use and understand."  |
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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 Western world. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook "This is an excellent book (with medical references) that does a very good job of helping you get rid of pain..." Customer "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..." A Customer |