Do you suffer from low back pain? Neck or shoulder pain? Chronic headaches or osteoarthritis? Alternative therapy, such as Acupuncture may be just what you need. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (NIH), many physicians consider the training the received in pain management inadequate and may not feel comfortable in their ability to care for patients with chronic pain effectively.
In research published in the Journal of Pain, concludes that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic pain, that the effects of acupuncture persist over time and the benefits cannot be explained away solely by the placebo effect.
Eight out of 10 people will experience back pain at some point in life. Back pain affects men, women and even children of all ages. From athletes to sedentary workers, it is a painful problem for more than 31 million Americans, and employers. The cost of back pain in America has wider financial implications to patients and society. More than 50 billion a year is spent on back pain treatment and more than 100 billion on indirect costs (lost wages and productivity, legal and insurance, and impact on the family).
Up to 80 percent of people with back pain have a recurrence within two years and almost 10 percent develop chronic back pain.
A review article that appeared in Practical Pain Management found that pain relief with acupuncture comes from inactivating the source of pain by modulating endorphin levels.
Acupuncture is best described as the insertion and stimulation of thin, hair-like needles at specific points on the body to facilitate recovery of health. Initially developed as part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) some contemporary acupuncturists understand acupuncture in physiological terms.
Acupuncture is said to be effective in the management of chronic low back pain and a variety of health conditions.
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