Can Acupuncture Help Arthritis Pain?

A woman with acupuncture needles relieving arthritis in her shoulder.

One of the biggest benefits of acupuncture treatment is pain relief. Many patients who suffer from acute, neuropathic, chronic, and even radicular pain can sense relief from these treatments – so people who suffer from arthritis can also turn here for help.  Arthritis is one of the leading causes of disability in the US, and…

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Targeted Massages: Are They Beneficial?

Acupuncture for sports injuries

Massage therapy is one of the best ways to improve your health, comfort, and everything about your body. It is a good cure after physical accidents, where your body is left with injuries, because massaging targets the body’s soft tissue, and by manipulating this the lymphatic system is stimulated, which can ease injury effects on…

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A New Cure for Migraines: Acupuncture

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Migraine management is one of the hardest medical questions to solve in the modern world. Millions of people suffer from migraines daily – and the standard options remain to take a pain relieving pill and hope for the best, or to lie down in a dark room for a day, wasting opportunities and your time…

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Infertility – Can Acupuncture Help?

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Struggling with infertility is something one of every eight couples in the United States copes with on a daily basis. Many people have to turn to methods that can be invasive and even dangerous for a woman, including surgery, fertility drugs, and even in-vitro fertilization or using donor eggs – many fail to realize that…

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Acupuncture Neck Pain Finding

A woman experiencing relief from neck pain through acupuncture needles.

Acupuncture is effective for the alleviation of neck pain due to cervical spondylosis, a disorder caused by intervertebral disc degeneration. Researchers determined that electroacupuncture provides optimal therapeutic results when compared with manual acupuncture. Electroacupuncture produced a 96.67% total effective rate and manual acupuncture produced an 86.7% total effective rate. After completion of all acupuncture treatments,…

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Bay Ridge Acupuncture and Massage Helped People with Back Pain Walk and Bend Better

A person receiving acupuncture treatment for back pain.

Back pain sufferers who got electroacupuncture had improvements in walking comfortably, standing for longer periods, bending, and kneeling. A double-blinded randomized trial of electroacupuncture found it may result in a modest improvement in daily functioning for those with chronic back pain, though it provided little pain relief. Conducting Research for Back Pain Acupuncture in Bay…

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Trial Finds Acupuncture May Help Prevent Migraines

A person receiving an acupressure treatment for migraines.

The Chinese study “helps to move acupuncture from having an unproven status in complementary medicine to an acceptable evidence-based treatment,” said Dr. Heather Angus-Leppan, a neurologist who wrote an editorial that was published with the study in the BMJ on March 25. “We now have good evidence that acupuncture is an effective treatment for episodic migraine,” said…

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Acupuncture Alleviates Knee Arthritis Confirmed

A woman is holding her knee with an image of a knee, demonstrating signs of arthritis.

Acupuncture has been found effective for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in a controlled clinical trial conducted at Ziyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The investigation ranged from January 2018 to September 2019. The researchers determined that electroacupuncture applied along the Shaoyang meridian, complemented with functional training, markedly promotes pain relief as well as…

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Acupuncture Shoulder & Neck Pain Relief

A woman with acupuncture needles on her shoulder receiving treatment for neck pain.

Acupuncture is effective for shoulder pain relief. Two independent investigations find acupuncture effective for the alleviation of scapulohumeral periarthritis, which involves inflammation of the shoulder region (including the tendons, muscles, and bursa). Both investigations determined that acupuncture successfully improves shoulder function and reduces or eliminates pain. Panjin Central Hospital, researchers conclude that “acupuncture can significantly…

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Acupuncture Painkilling Effects For Sinus Surgery​​

A person's hand with an acupuncture needle on it, targeting sinus pressure for relief.

Acupuncture exerts anesthetic effects and reduces requirements for anesthetic drug use during endoscopic sinus surgery. Researchers from the Shuguang Affiliated Hospital (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) combined acupuncture with general anesthesia. Patients receiving both general anesthesia and acupuncture in a combined treatment protocol had superior patient outcomes compared with patients receiving only anesthetic drugs.…

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