Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Management

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Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Management

Acknowledging that traditional narratives outdated, medical acupuncture is an approach that is based upon a theory that is inline current scientific understanding of how the body works. Reframing auricular acupuncture form of peripheral nerve stimulation technique in which acupuncture needles are inserted into anatomically defined sites, and stimulated manually or with electricity.

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Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here’s the evidence

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Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here’s the evidence

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Emergency medicine is not all about life and death situations and high-tech solutions. Our study, the largest of its kind in the world, shows using acupuncture in the emergency department can relieve acute pain.

The study, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, finds acupuncture is as effective as medication in treating pain for lower back pain and ankle sprain. But it took more than an hour for either to provide adequate pain relief."

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Complementary and integrative medicine in the management of headache

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Complementary and integrative medicine in the management of headache

A migraine often presents as an intense throbbing or pulsing sensation on one or both sides of the head, it is frequently accompanied by sensitivity to light and sound, nausea and vomiting.

Migraines are commonly associated with triggers: hormonal changes, food and additives, stress, sleep, physical and sensory factors, changes in the environment and certain medications.

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Acupuncture and Knee Pain

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Acupuncture and Knee Pain

Slowly but surely modern approaches to acupuncture are being evaluated in a scientific manner. This is a good thing, because there is a plethora of anecdotal evidence that acupuncture is effective and a growing body of scientific evidence that patients benefit from evidence based acupuncture treatments.

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Massage Therapy and Back Pain

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Massage Therapy and Back Pain

Physicians, now more than ever are recommending conservative treatment including massage, spinal manipulation, acupuncture and exercise for patients suffering from low back pain, anxiety and stress.

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If you are a massage therapist wanting to align yourself with physicians, now is the time!

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If you are a massage therapist wanting to align yourself with physicians, now is the time!

Massage therapy as a therapeutic intervention is being embraced by the medical community, it is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects. If you are a massage therapist wanting to align yourself with physicians, now is the time!

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