A Quick Fact About Acupuncture
An Interesting Spiritual Healing Fact
Acupuncture is Highly Successful for Stopping Smoking
successful? Many people feel that the best way to quit is to slowly reduce the number of cigarettes smoked. But really this almost never works. Others believe that the way to do it is to go cold turkey, just finish that package of cigarettes sitting on your desk and do not buy any more. Most times that can work. Still others use the patch, but even that is not one hundred percent full proof. With so many people trying to quit smoking a method that is gaining acceptance is the use of...
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Acupuncture used to Treat Arthritis
With nearly twenty million Americans currently suffering from some type of arthritis many of them looking for alternates for pain relief to the daily medications they must ingest. One reason is that some of these medications can have serious side effects. Many of these people are looking for any pain relief alternatives that are both safe, and preferably, more natural.
Acupuncture therapists claim that they can help relieve pain in those who are suffering from arthritis. A study conducted a few years ago on treating arthritis in the knee proved without a doubt that using acupuncture on arthritis pain will not only reduce the pain but it will also improve function of that joint. After years of ridicule from practitioners of western medicine who were not able to understand this very old Chinese alternative medicine it has not only gained acceptance in the public eye, it has gained scientific acceptance. The public understands that it can relieve their pain which is why acupuncture use is widespread in the United States. But, the conclusion of this latest study shows that health care providers must open up more to the possibility of suggesting this therapy for their patients.
The recent study was conducted using nearly six hundred patients, all over fifty, who suffered from chronic knee pain due to arthritis. They were divided into three groups, each receiving a different treatment. The first group was treated with a normal acupuncture treatment plan. The second group was given fake acupuncture to determine how the idea of getting this treatment would affect them and the last were the control group. The control group used no medication but instead was instructed in how to make their chronic knee pain better by themselves through the use of cold packs, heating pads or exercises. The treatments began twice weekly for the first two months. Over the next eighteen weeks patients only required one weekly treatment. No one reported any side effects that were caused by the treatments.
The results were that forty four percent of the patients found a significant amount of pain diminishment. Forty percent of the patients had an increase in motion and flexibility of the knee by the time they reached the fourteenth week of treatment. The researchers came out and said that they were satisfied that the results of their study had proven that using acupuncture as a pain relief tool was effective. Further they promoted the idea that using this kind of treatment while following standard treatments from your health care provider was a good way of caring for those with chronic arthritis. They were not prepared to suggest it as the sole management of pain from arthritis but as a complimentary treatment they felt it was a more than adequate choice.
Acupuncture is really worth trying when you think about the possibility of it improving your chronic pain from arthritis. It could mean the difference between taking medication and not having to anymore because you have found a safe and natural approach instead.
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Discoveries in Acupuncture
01/05/2009
Your Health Insurance's Hidden Perks (WMCTV Memphis)
The hidden perks no health plan administrator is going to tell you about, according to ehealthinsurance.com!
Your Health Insurance's Hidden Perks (WMCTV Memphis)
01/05/2009
Your Health Insurance's Hidden Perks (WMCTV Memphis)
The hidden perks no health plan administrator is going to tell you about, according to ehealthinsurance.com!
Your Health Insurance's Hidden Perks (WMCTV Memphis)
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For stress reduction, just say ommm (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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For stress reduction, just say ommm (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
01/05/2009
Five Southland Massage Parlors Shut Down (KTLA-TV Los Angeles)
ARCADIA -- State officials have shut down five massage parlors and fined one business nearly $2 million for alleged labor code violations. Arcadia police accompanied California Employee Development Department and Department of Industrial Relations officials on Dec. 19 inspections of the facilities. New Life Acupuncture was fined $1.83 million because employees didn't get pay stubs and ...
Five Southland Massage Parlors Shut Down (KTLA-TV Los Angeles)
01/02/2009
Health briefs: Acupuncture may be better than pill for headaches (The Providence Journal)
Acupuncture better for headaches
Health briefs: Acupuncture may be better than pill for headaches (The Providence Journal)
01/05/2009
Arcadia massage parlors shut down, 1 fined $2M (The Fresno Bee)
Five Arcadia massage parlors shut down for alleged labor code violations include one location fined nearly $2 million. Read comments
Arcadia massage parlors shut down, 1 fined $2M (The Fresno Bee)
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