Osteopathy and Acupuncture for sciatica Anyone who has ever suffered with sciatic pain will know how painful and debilitating it can be. It is caused by the compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve. This is a nerve located deep in the buttock that runs down the leg. The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in body running from the … Read More
Acupuncture and Periarthritis
Efficacy observation on abdominal acupuncture for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis A study was conducted to look at the efficacy of abdominal acupuncture for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis. During this study 157 patients with shoulder periarthritis were randomly divided into an abdominal acupuncture group (79) and a body acupuncture group (78 cases). The abdominal acupuncture was applied at Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangqu (KI 17) … Read More
Acupuncture and Frozen shoulder
Acupuncture for frozen shoulder A randomised controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for frozen shoulder. Thirty-five patients with a diagnosis of frozen shoulder were randomly allocated to an exercise group or an exercise plus acupuncture group and treated for a period of 6 weeks. Functional mobility, power, and pain were assessed by a … Read More
Disc Herniation & Acupuncture
Observation on the therapeutic effect of lumbar disc herniation treated with different acupuncture therapies LOCATION: Shanghai AUTHOR: Wang YL 2013 OBJECTIVE: To observe the differences in the clinical therapeutic effects on lumbar disc herniation among warm needling therapy, electroacupuncture therapy and common acupuncture therapy. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-six cases of lumbar disc herniation were randomized into a warm needling group … Read More