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Acknowledging that traditional narratives outdated, medical acupuncture is an approach that is based upon a theory that is inline current scientific understanding of how the body works.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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Medical Acupuncture for Pain...

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Medical Acupuncture for Pain...

Mounting evidence supports the use of acupuncture as an adjunct or alternative to opioids and NSAIDs for common musculoskeletal pain conditions including low back, neck, shoulder, and knee pain, headaches, and migraine (Volkow et al. 2016) .

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Acupuncture and Low Back Pain

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Acupuncture and Low Back Pain

Low back pain is a difficult to treat global health burden, one of the reasons for this is that there is often no clear identifiable cause. There is much debate about the best way to manage low back pain, the strongest reviews support a multi-modal approach involving a number of management strategies that include but is not limited to education, reassurance, analgesic medicines and a number of non pharmacological therapies.

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Conservative Care Options for Neck Pain

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Conservative Care Options for Neck Pain

Physicians, now more than ever are recommending conservative treatment including manual therapy, acupuncture, education and exercise as part of a multi-modal approach for patients suffering from neck pain

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Research Notes: The Vagus Nerve

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Research Notes: The Vagus Nerve

The Vagus Nerve is captain of the parasympathetic nervous system. It serves to regulates heart rate, bronchoconstriction, digestion, and the innate immune response.

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Research Notes: Acupuncture and Migraines

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Research Notes: Acupuncture and Migraines

Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is being embraced by the medical community. This is in part because it is a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention that is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects. One area that is being explored is the use of acupuncture to decrease the individual’s headache frequency, intensity, duration and acute medication requirements.

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