by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 12, 2019 | Acupuncture, Pregnancy
Pregnant women with pelvic girdle and low back pain treated with acupuncture in addition to routine care report less pain and disability than those who receive routine care alone. French researchers allocated 199 women at gestational age between 16 and 34 weeks to...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 12, 2019 | Acupuncture, Pregnancy
Two weeks of ear acupuncture significantly reduces lumbar and pelvic pain and reduces functional disability in pregnant women. A randomised trial conducted in Spain enrolled 220 pregnant women at 24-36 weeks gestation. Participants were randomly assigned to receive...
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,...
