Acupuncture Treatment of PainIn the west, acupuncture is most commonly used to treat pain. In fact recent studies indicate that 6 in 10 adults over the age of 30 experience chronic pain. This has led to the health expenditures for back and neck pain to be over $80 billion per year. 
The most common pain problems treated by acupuncture include disorders of bones, muscles, joints and nerves such as arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, neuralgias, migraines, dizziness, low back pain, neck and shoulder pain, sciatica, muscle spasms, numbness and tingling. In addition we do a lot of work with people experiencing traumas such as broken bones, sprains, strains, etc.What makes the use of acupuncture to treat pain unique is that it addresses the cause of the pain, and not just the symptoms. You have heard the old joke - "Doc it hurts when I do this." The doc says - "Well, don't do that." Sadly, this is actually what many people are told to do. The result often leads to other problems, such as frozen shoulder. The truth is that no one has ever had a headache from an aspirin deficiency, at that is why painkillers only mask the pain. You take them, they help, then the pain comes back. What acupuncture and Chinese medicine able to change pain permanently is that it addresses the root, the reason the pain is there in the first place. Acupuncturist look very closely to find the cause of a person's pain and eliminate that. |
