Many Americans suffer from physical pain, and a national survey has revealed that more that 25% of US adults had recently suffered from some kind of pain that lasted for more than one day. As well as conventional treatments, such as prescription or over the counter remedies, people will try acupuncture in an effort to [...]
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For many years now research has been done into how acupuncture could possibly help a wide range of pain conditions, including carpal tunnel syndrome, post-operative dental pain, fibromyalgia, lower back pain, headache, myofacial pain, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow and ostearthritis. It is a very difficult task to compare the research results on acupuncture from study to [...] In the Western world there is still a lot of resistance to the practice of acupuncture as a ‘legitimate’ treatment for pain. Critics say that it only works on a psychological basis, as a sort of placebo; if a patient believes it will work, that expectation is enough to alleviate some symptoms, which were probably [...] Pain experts say public do not understand acupuncture Chronic pain is familiar to at least 20% of the world’s population, according to statistics. Causes and treatments are constantly being discovered, some of them very effective, some not. Last month, the seventh Congress of the European Federation of IASP Chapters was held [...] |
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