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Acupuncture recommended for chronic pain by UK’s main health watchdog – Journal of Chinese Medicine June 2021

by Heaton Acupuncture | Sep 2, 2021 | Acupuncture, NICE, Pain, Pain Management

The publication of a new guideline for chronic pain treatment by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is a major advance for the recognition of acupuncture as a legitimate clinically effective treatment in the UK. This is the first time that...

Amygdala links brain systems involved in acupuncture’s pain-killing effects – Journal of Chinese Medicine, October 2020

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...

Acupuncture works for pain in the emergency department – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2019

by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 12, 2019 | Acupuncture, Pain

Acupuncture is a feasible and beneficial non­-pharmacological option for treating pain in the emergency department (ED), conclude the authors of a large pilot study carried out in the USA. The quality improvement study aimed to determine the feasibility of employing...

Ear acupuncture reduces spinal pain – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, February 2019

by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Ear Acupuncture, Pain

Brazilian investigators have found that auricular acupuncture can reduce disability in people with chronic spinal pain. In a clinical trial, 110 people were randomised into three groups; treatment, placebo and control (no-treatment). Auricular acupoints used in the...

Acupuncture beneficial for pain in pregnancy – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2018

by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 7, 2018 | Acupuncture, Back Pain, Pain, Pregnancy

Acupuncture provides clinically meaningful symptom reduction for pregnant women suffering from low back and pelvic pain, concludes a trial carried out in a New Zealand hospital clinic. The observational study examined data from 81 pregnant women with lumbopelvic pain,...

Community acupuncture effective for chronic pain – Journal of Chinese Medicine, Oct 2017

by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 15, 2018 | Acupuncture, Community Acupuncture, Pain

A feasibility study carried out by a US research team suggests that acupuncture offered in a group setting is effective for reducing pain and depression in patients with chronic pain or osteoarthritis. In a non-randomised, quasi-experimental trial, 113 subjects with...
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Sandyford
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1DJ

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