Category: Acupuncture
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Consider Acupuncture for Chronic Sciatica Due to a Herniated Disc
As part of the article’s conclusions, the authors stated, “Acupuncture should be considered as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic sciatica from a herniated disk.” ~ Dr. Broussard October 23, 2024 Acupuncture vs Sham Acupuncture for Chronic Sciatica From Herniated Disk TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of…
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Long-Term Effects of Acupuncture for Chronic Neck Pain
September 12, 2024 Long-Term Effects of Individualized Acupuncture for Chronic Neck Pain Annals of Internal Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This randomized clinical trial involving 683 participants evaluated the effects of acupuncture on chronic neck pain. Participants received either high- or low-sensitive acupuncture or sham acupuncture. The primary outcome was a change in the pain score on…
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Pain and Disability From Lumbar Stenosis May Respond To Acupuncture
An article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine concluded, “Acupuncture may relieve pain-specific disability among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis and predominantly neurogenic claudication pain symptoms, although the difference with sham acupuncture did not reach minimal clinically important difference. The effects may last 24 weeks after 6-week treatment.” Acupuncture May Relieve Pain-Specific Disability…
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Ear and Regular Acupuncture Helps Manage Chronic Low Back Pain
The outcomes of this study suggest that both medical acupuncture and ear acupuncture could be a valuable and personalized component of a comprehensive approach to managing chronic back pain in older patients. Incorporation of these forms of acupuncture into the clinical management of chronic back pain in elderly patients has the potential to reduce pain…
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Recent Clinical Practice Guidelines Include Chiropractic Treatment for Back Pain
Did you know that chiropractic spinal manipulation is included in the practice guidelines from various countries around the world for acute, sub-acute, and chronic lower back pain? The guidelines also include acupuncture for chronic lower back pain as well. ~ Dr. Broussard Recent clinical practice guidelines for the management of low back pain: a global…
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Hands-On Treatment May Help in Knee Osteoarthritis
— And patients can administer it themselves by John Gever, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today April 22, 2024 Acupressure performed by patients on their own was at least somewhat effective for relieving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a randomized trial from Hong Kong, researchers said. With 314 patients age 50 and up assigned either to…
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Electrical Dry Needling for Tennis Elbow
When electrical dry needling is added to thrust manipulation and exercises for the treatment of tennis elbow, it seems to be more effective than exercises alone. ~ Dr. Broussard Percutaneous tendon dry needling and thrust manipulation as an adjunct to multimodal physical therapy in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A multicenter randomized clinical trial Clin…
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Acupuncture Has Similar Effects as Anti-Depressants for Tension Headaches
In this article published in the Journal of Headache Pain, the authors found that after searching the medical literature, acupuncture treatments were similar at reducing tension headaches as tricyclic antidepressants, and had less side effects. ~ Dr. Broussard Acupuncture versus tricyclic antidepressants in the prophylactic treatment of tension-type headaches: an indirect treatment comparison meta-analysis J…
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Chronic Low Back Pain Treatments
In an article published in American Family Physician, nonpharmacological treatments are considered to be first-line. They recommend treatments that include exercise therapy, spinal manipulation, massage, heat, dry needling, acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, and physical therapy. ~ Dr. Broussard Am Fam Physician. 2024 Mar;109(3):233-244. Chronic Low Back Pain in Adults: Evaluation and Management Donald Clinton…
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Acupuncture Tops Sham for Easing PTSD in Combat Veterans
— Large treatment effect observed for clinical and biological measures of combat-related PTSD by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today February 22, 2024 Acupuncture outperformed “sham” needling in clinical and biological measures of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans, a prospective randomized trial showed. In the intention-to-treat analysis, there was a large treatment effect…