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Electro-acupuncture changes brain connectivity to reduce fibromyalgia pain – Journal of Chinese Medicine, October 2021

by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 24, 2022 | Electro-Acupuncture, Fybromyalgia

Electro-acupuncture (EA) can reduce pain severity in fibromyalgia (FM) by changing the way the brain’s amygdala connects with its representation of the body, report American scientists.  Seventy-six patients with FM were randomised to receive either EA, or mock...

Acupuncture improves balance and posture in fibromyalgia – Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2020

by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 14, 2021 | Acupuncture, Fybromyalgia

Acupuncture is as good as physiotherapy for improving balance and posture in women with fibromyalgia, Spanish researchers have found.  One hundred and thirty-five participants were randomised to either a core stability physiotherapy group, an acupuncture treatment...

Acupuncture as good as physical therapy for fibromyalgia – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, February 2019

by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Acupuncture, Fybromyalgia

Acupuncture has a comparable effect to physical therapy (PT) on pain and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), Turkish investigators have found. Forty-four female patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain symptoms received either 15...

Sensitive fibromyalgia patients respond differently to acupuncture – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2017

by Heaton Acupuncture | Aug 29, 2017 | Acupuncture, Fybromyalgia

Fibromyalgia patients who exhibit greater sensitivity to pain are more likely to respond to sham acupuncture, and more likely to experience a worsening of pain after verum acupuncture, report US researchers. A cohort of 114 fibromyalgia patients received baseline...

Individualised acupuncture has long-lasting benefits for fibromyalgia – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2016

by Heaton Acupuncture | Jul 14, 2016 | Acupuncture, Fybromyalgia

Individualised acupuncture treatment is efficacious for pain relief and improving quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia, compared with placebo treatment. Spanish researchers randomly assigned 164 fibromyalgia patients to receive either individualised...

Tai chi better than stretching for fibromyalgia – Journal of Chinese Medicine, Feb 2011

by Heaton Acupuncture | May 13, 2011 | Fybromyalgia, Tai Chi Chuan

Tai chi is more effective at relieving the pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia than conventional stretching exercises, according to a randomised controlled trial carried out by American investigators. Sixty-six patients were randomly assigned to twice-weekly...
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Sandyford
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1DJ

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