by Heaton Acupuncture | Jul 22, 2021 | Acupuncture, Dry Eyes
Korean researchers who performed a systematic review have concluded that acupuncture is effective for improving the symptoms of dry eye syndrome (DES). Twenty-one RCTs including data from 1542 eyes met their inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis results demonstrated the...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jul 22, 2021 | Acupuncture, Back Pain
Acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for patients with chronic spinal pain, conclude Chinese systematic review authors. They extracted data from 22 RCTs involving 2588 patients. Meta-analysis revealed a significantly superior effect of acupuncture compared...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jul 22, 2021 | Acupuncture, TMD
Acupuncture may be an effective way of reducing pain in patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), Brazilian investigators conclude. Thirty-six patients diagnosed with masticatory myofascial pain were divided into acupuncture and non-penetrating sham acupuncture...
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...
