by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Acupuncture, Labour, Pregnancy
Pregnant women experience positive subjective effects from prenatal acupuncture, despite a lack of objective influence on labour duration and pain, report Austrian clinicians. In a retrospective cohort study, 70 out of 150 women surveyed completed a validated...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Ear Acupuncture, Gynaecology, Pregnancy
Auricular acupuncture may be a useful adjunct for pain management during first trimester abortion, report a group of American clinicians. A randomised, double-blinded trial enrolled 153 women undergoing uterine aspiration for spontaneous or induced abortion in the...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 7, 2018 | Acupuncture, Pregnancy, Urinary Retention
Acupuncture could be an alternative to catheterisation for the treatment of postpartum urinary retention, according to an Israeli research team. In a randomised case-controlled trial, 55 postpartum women with urinary retention were given the choice of treatment by...
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,...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Acupuncture, Back Pain, Pregnancy
A feasibility study carried out in the UK suggests that acupuncture can add benefit to standard care (SC) for back pain in pregnancy. The pilot randomised trial assigned 125 women with pregnancy-related back pain to one of three treatment arms: SC (self-management...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Electro-Acupuncture, Infertility, Pregnancy
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve reproductive hormone levels in patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), according to preliminary research from China. Twenty-one patients with DOR received EA over 12 weeks (five times a week for four weeks, followed by...
