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Lower Back Pain & Acupuncture

Everybody knows Pain can be stopped by acupuncture. But not everybody knows why acupuncture can stop pain, what is acupuncture function, what kind diseases can be treated by acupuncture. How do we recognize acupuncture function? First of all, we talk about acupuncture for pain condition.

A 50 year–old woman from Kentucky complaining of pain in her lower back radiating to her right leg down to her right ankle (sciatica) caused by slipping on steps 20 years ago. She has been taking pain medications every single day to try to stop the pain but she is still feeling discomfort in her lower back and right leg. X–rays show she has herniated disk in her lower back. She received acupuncture treatment for 3 weeks (three cessions per week) her pain was completely gone. Six months later, she still has no pain in her lower back at all.

A young lady developed pain in her lower back after she moving heavy boxes with just one acupuncture session the pain was eliminated. Another woman heard this story but couldn't believe it; she had back pain, too. She came and asked for treatment. In just one session the lower back pain went away.

We also have some emergency conditions: herniated dicks patient who cannot walk due to the acute pain but crawl to the clinic, after the acupuncture treatment he could stretch the back and stand up, walk back to the car.

Acupuncture treats pain situation is not just like pain medications to stop pain feeling, either not like injection, there is not any medication through the needle into point. Acupuncture therapy has been practice over two thousand years in clinic. The effects depend on points chosen and needle techniques.

Correctly choosing acupuncture points that require the practitioner to understand Chinese Medical theory very well. The diagnosis that practitioner given is correct; points choosing is right; manipulation is correct; acupuncture tools using are right. At same time, the practitioner must understand Western Medical theories too. For example, there has different reasons cause lower back pain: herniated disks, arthritis, lumber muscle strain, etc., Chinese Medical theory thought it is same symptoms of pack pain, might give same acupuncture points. But depend on Western Medial diagnosis the acupuncture treatment would be different points. Acute, chronic disease also has different treatment.

According to research find that acupuncture therapy stopping pain is through raising pain threshold, effecting neurotransmitters, so the relieved pain is temporarily, that why acupuncture therapy is as an anesthesia when patient operate. Behind "anesthesia" function, acupuncture also has functions of increasing circulation, restoring damaged tissues and reducing swollen. Therefore, acupuncture treat pain condition has great dominance: no side effects and the treatment is completely (the theory of acupuncture treating pain condition has many research is not just sample reason as above). If you want to know more information about acupuncture therapy to stop pain to call 301–770–4480, we are glad to answer your question.