Research Paper On Acupuncture
Chronic back pain is one of the most common ailments suffered by people in North America. Almost everyone experiences "ordinary" back pain at one time or another but chronic pain is different. Chronic pain is persistent pain, usually lasting for more than three months, it often gets progressively worse, and its cause is sometimes difficult to pin down.
Only someone who has experienced excruciating and continuing pain can realize how devastating and demoralizing it really is and it gets to the stage when the pain can become so severe that the person suffering is willing to try anything to find relief.
Even though, for most of us, acupuncture does not immediately come to mind as a normal form of treatment, after three months of pain, with no relief provided by conventional medicine, it is understandable that many will turn to acupuncture to relieve their suffering.
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In fact, many physicians and physiotherapists, already trained in conventional techniques, are adding the practice of acupuncture to their list of services, as are some chiropractors.
Acupuncture for more than back pain according to the WHO
While acupuncture applies especially to the treatment of chronic pain in its many forms, it is also able to treat many other common ailments and has often been found be more effective than the methods of modern medicine.
Various studies have been undertaken in recent years to show that acupuncture works, the NIH and the WHO (World Health Organization) are among the respected bodies that provide data and conclusions on the matter. On its website, the British Acupuncture Council states "An increasing weight of evidence from Western scientific research is demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating a wide variety of
Only someone who has experienced excruciating and continuing pain can realize how devastating and demoralizing it really is and it gets to the stage when the pain can become so severe that the person suffering is willing to try anything to find relief.
Even though, for most of us, acupuncture does not immediately come to mind as a normal form of treatment, after three months of pain, with no relief provided by conventional medicine, it is understandable that many will turn to acupuncture to relieve their suffering.
Acupuncture for …show more content…
In fact, many physicians and physiotherapists, already trained in conventional techniques, are adding the practice of acupuncture to their list of services, as are some chiropractors.
Acupuncture for more than back pain according to the WHO
While acupuncture applies especially to the treatment of chronic pain in its many forms, it is also able to treat many other common ailments and has often been found be more effective than the methods of modern medicine.
Various studies have been undertaken in recent years to show that acupuncture works, the NIH and the WHO (World Health Organization) are among the respected bodies that provide data and conclusions on the matter. On its website, the British Acupuncture Council states "An increasing weight of evidence from Western scientific research is demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating a wide variety of