Acupuncture For Lower Back Pain
Acupuncture is a modified form of Traditional Chinese Medicine that dates back to thousands of years. This technique involves the insertion of small needles at the various strategic or trigger points on your body. These specific points throughout the skin are called “acupoints” and their stimulation links to healing properties of acupuncture. Does Acupuncture Work […]
How Acupuncture Works For Pain And Orthopedic Disorders
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese practice that involves inserting small needles at specific body points (called acupoints) to treat various diseases and body conditions. It works by targeting and stimulating small nerve endings in the skin that help regulate the flow of energy or “Qi”. This traditional therapy predates recorded medical history and has been […]
Massage Therapy to Treat Stress and Anxiety During Covid-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is still impacting people worldwide and has grievous effects on physical and mental health – causing us to feel anxious, stressed, and worried. Anxiety can be mild to debilitating and may prevent affected people from pursuing work advancements, trying new experiences, and enjoying social situations. During this challenging time […]
Chiropractic Not Relieving your Pain? Acupuncture as an Effective Alternative
Acupuncture, massage therapy, chiropractic care, and physiotherapy, are common around the globe. According to the 2012 statistics from the National Health Interview Survey, 21 million (9.5%) adults in the US said they practiced alternative therapies for reducing pain and symptomatic relief, a stark increase from the last couple of years when only 5.1% said they […]
Acupuncture Relieves Bulging Disc Pain
The terms slipped, herniated, or ruptured disc; all apply to a problem affecting spinal disc in the vertebral column. When a disc breaks, the thick, gelatinous substance from within flows into the spinal canal through the tough outer wall. The gel-like material is normally contained inside the disks to protect every vertebra from physical impacts. […]
How Acupuncture Treats Stagnation Pain
There are many different types of pain. The most common of them is stagnation-types of pain involving traumatic injury or a palpable-pathogenic process. This is an area where acupuncture and its associated modalities truly shine, treating traumatic injury such as fractures, sprains, infection of tissue and acute pain efficiently and gently. After an acute injury […]
Three Acupuncture Points To Treat Back Pain Without Medication
Statistics show that almost eight out of 10 people experience low back pain at some point during their life. Seeking medical treatment for back pain is very common. Typically back pain is fleeting and can be easily resolved with rest, heat and an occasional anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen. However, once the damage is done, the recurrence […]
How Acupuncture Treats Back Pain by the definition of Yin and Yang
In Chinese medical theory, the most basic distinction between types of pain is whether they are due to ‘deficiency’ or ‘stagnation,’ both at the site of pain and systemically. In this article, we’ll look at what deficiency pain means. Deficiency Pain Deficiency refers to a lack of one or both of Qi and blood. Each […]
