by Heaton Acupuncture | Apr 8, 2021 | Acupuncture, Blog, NICE
Some good news in terms of what acupuncture is capable of. NICE Guidance – Acupuncture for Chronic Primary Pain At last, NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) have issued new guidelines on the 8th April. The committee agreed that there was a large...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Apr 8, 2021 | Acupuncture, Blog, Teaching Clinic
Heaton Acupuncture Clinic will be welcoming students from the Northern College of Acupuncture to complete their training from 21 April. In normal years students would gain practical experience at the Northern College in York, but this year due to Covid that isn’t...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 18, 2021 | Acupuncture, Pain
The amygdala may be a key brain region linking two systems that combine to produce acupuncture’s antinociceptive effects in chronic low back pain (cLBP). American researchers investigated the effects of acupuncture on resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) of...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 18, 2021 | Acupuncture, Dry Eyes, Post Operative, Surgery
Acupuncture in addition to usual care may improve post-surgical dry eye syndrome, Korean researchers report. A total of 18 patients with dry eye syndrome occurring after refractive surgery received either usual care only, or usual care plus additional acupuncture...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 18, 2021 | Acupuncture, TMD
Acupuncture is effective for myofascial pain reduction in patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), Brazilian investigators suggest. Thirty-six patients diagnosed with masticatory myofascial pain were divided into acupuncture and control (non-penetrating sham...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 18, 2021 | Acupuncture, Chemotherapy Induced Periperal Neuropathy
Acupuncture outperforms conventional treatment for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), reports an Iranian research team. Forty participants with CIPN were randomly assigned to receive either twelve sessions of acupuncture, or conventional treatment (300...
