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Needling depth matters for muscle pain
Depth of needle penetration is important for relief of exercise-induced muscular pain, according to a Japanese acupuncture study carried out on twenty-two healthy volunteers.
Acupuncture as good as drugs for acute herpetic pain
Categories: Skin / dermatology, Miscellaneous
An Italian RCT has found that acupuncture is as effective as standard drug treatment for acute pain in patients with herpes zoster (HZ).
Meditation makes pain less unpleasant by changing subjective experience of pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Lifestyle research
Meditation can significantly reduce the unpleasantness of a noxious stimulus by engaging multiple brain mechanisms that alter the way the brain constructs the subjective experience of pain.
Acupuncture has greater analgesic effects than non-penetrating sham
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Verum acupuncture has a significantly greater analgesic effect than non-penetrating sham acupuncture (NPSA), according to a group of European researchers (including Konrad Streitberger who developed the sham acupuncture needle).
Ear acupuncture effective for pain management
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
US authors have conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating auricular acupuncture (AA) for pain management.
Needling depth matters for muscle pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Depth of needle penetration is important for relief of exercise-induced muscular pain, according to a Japanese acupuncture study carried out on twenty-two healthy volunteers.
Ginger relieves muscle soreness
Daily supplementation with ginger root (Gan Jiang [Zingiberis Rhizoma]) has been found to reduce exercise-induced pain by 25%.
Acupuncture-like TENS less effective in opioid-treated patients
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
A Canadian study has compared the analgesic effect of conventional (high frequency) and acupuncture-like (low frequency) TENS between a group of opioid-treated patients and a group of opioid-naive patients
Tai chi relieves arthritis pain and aids fibromyalgia
A randomised controlled trial carried out in the USA has evaluated the effectiveness of a six-week tai chi course in reducing symptoms, increasing function and improving psychosocial status in arthritis patients. In the largest study to date carried out under the Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi program, 332 participants were randomly assigned to treatment or a waiting list control. The tai chi interv ...
Acupuncture for fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Miscellaneous
A systematic review of TCM therapies for treatment of fibromyalgia has concluded that they appear to be effective. The authors looked at twenty-five RCTs (1516 participants) of which ten were eligible for meta-analysis. Acupuncture reduced pain scores and number of tender points compared with conventional medication, however it showed no significant effect on pain reduction compared with sham acup ...
Acupuncture helps with painful side-effects of cancer drug
Categories: Cancer, Miscellaneous
Acupuncture may help to relieve the joint pain and stiffness that are a common side-effect of the use of aromatase inhibitors (AI) that suppress oestrogen production in women with breast cancer. US researchers conducted a study of 43 postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who were being treated with AI and experiencing arthralgia. They were randomised to receive true acupuncture (TA - auric ...
Deqi switches off brain's pain regions
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture that elicits deqi has a deactivating effect on specific areas of the brain associated with pain processing. A UK team has investigated the effect of deqi and acute pain needling sensations on brain fMRI blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signals. Seventeen healthy participants received acupuncture at Hegu L.I.-4 while in an MRI scanner. The fMRI measurements were classified into those ...
Acupuncture more than a placebo for pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
In order to clarify whether acupuncture is more effective than placebo for pain relief, two British authors have combined evidence gathered from systematic reviews of high-quality RCTs that compared acupuncture with sham acupuncture for chronic pain conditions. Eight systematic reviews with meta-analyses of pooled data were included in their analysis. For short-term outcomes, acupuncture showed si ...
Needling good for achille's heel
Categories: Miscellaneous, Foot
Acupuncture enhances blood flow and oxygen supply to the Achilles tendon in healthy volunteers. In a crossover trial nine volunteers received treatment of the Achilles tendon with 10 minutes of either acupuncture or a heat pack. During needle insertion, the blood volume and oxygen saturation of the tendon increased significantly compared to pre-treatment levels, and these values remained high thro ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND WHIPLASH INJURY
Categories: Neck, Miscellaneous
A study has analysed postural changes after acupuncture treatment in a group of 15 patients with balance disorders caused by cervical torsion due to whiplash injury. The treatment consisted of 3 once-weekly sessions during which points Tianzhu BL-10 and Fengchi GB-20 were needled. Patients were given posturograhic evaluations before and just after treatment. 17 patients with the same symptoms, and ...
ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
Categories: Miscellaneous
A randomised placebo-controlled single-blind study of 50 patients in Germany compared the analgesic effect of needling a single acupuncture point (on the arm) traditionally indicated for knee pain, with a simulated acupuncture treatment (control group) in postoperative knee pain following total knee replacement. The acupuncture group showed significantly greater pain relief lasting several hours. ...
AURICULOPRESSURE AND PAIN RELIEF
Categories: Miscellaneous
The effect of auriculopressure on pain relief was assessed by comparing two groups of healthy students. In the first group, auriculopressure was applied to the 'toe' ear point and pressure sensitivity at the toe was measured with an algometer before and after treatment. The increase in pain threshold was statistically significant compared with a control group who received placebo stimulation at th ...
TENS VERSUS ACUPUNCTURE
Categories: Miscellaneous
A study has shown that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is less effective than electro-acupuncture in the treatment of chronic pain. 156 patients with chronic pain (lower back ache, osteoarthritis of the knee, and cervical spondylosis) were divided into two groups (one TENS and one electro-acupuncture) and each given fifteen treatments. In the acupuncture group, pain relief was m ...
ACUPUNCTURE & PAIN
Categories: Miscellaneous, Facial
A study carried out at the Department for Family Medicine at the University of Maryland has shown that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the treatment of postoperative oral surgery pain (Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 1999; 125(5): 567-572).
AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE FOR ACUTE PAIN
Categories: Miscellaneous
A randomised controlled pilot study compared the effects of standard emergency medical care to auricular acupuncture plus standard care in patients with acute pain syndromes. Eighty-seven people with a diagnosis of acute pain completed the emergency room (ER) trial. Participants in the acupuncture group experienced a 23% reduction in pain before leaving the ER, while average pain levels in partici ...
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