Category: Acupuncture
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Spinal Manipulation and Dry Needling For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis May Help
If you have lumbar spinal stenosis, you may want to consider the addition of spinal manipulation and electrical dry needling to your longer-term treatments. ~ Dr. Broussard Spine J. 2023 Dec 14:S1529-9430(23)03563-5. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.12.002. Online ahead of print. Spinal manipulation and electrical dry needling as an adjunct to conventional physical therapy in patients with lumbar…
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Acupuncture Improves Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With PCOS
In an article published in Frontiers in Endocrinology, the authors found that using acupuncture and moxibustion along with Clomiphene has more advantages in improving the pregnancy rate of PCOS, and it also can reduce the adverse reactions of Clomiphene alone. ~ Dr. Broussard Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Nov 20:14:1261016. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1261016. eCollection 2023. Meta…
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Acupuncture Helps Improve Conception and Birth Rates with In-Vitro Fertilization Procedures
In a review article published in the Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the authors found that acupuncture can significantly improve clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates among women undergoing in-vitro fertilization procedures. ~ Dr. Broussard Effects of acupuncture on pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis Published:…
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Acupuncture Improves Conception Rates for Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization
Women who used acupuncture along with usual in vitro fertilization procedures had higher conception rates. The authors of a study published in the Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics concluded that acupuncture can significantly improve clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates among women undergoing in vitro fertilization. ~ Dr. Broussard Effects of acupuncture on pregnancy…
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Dry Needling Effective for Tendon Pain
Dry needling appears to be as effective as other treatments at relieving tendon pain when compared with platelet-rich plasma injection, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. ~ Dr. Broussard Dry needling in the management of tendinopathy: A systematic review of randomized control trials Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies VOLUME 33, P128-135, JANUARY 2023 Shibili Nuhmani Abstract…
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Acupuncture & Chiropractic Care for Veterans
In this article published in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, the authors followed about 63,000 Veterans over a year, and they found that by adding acupuncture, chiropractic and massage to their treatments, there is a higher overall quality of care for Veterans in primary care settings. This seems to help sustainable primary care…
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We’re Treating Low Back Pain All Wrong
— Let’s reexamine the current approach to treatment by Christine Goertz, DC, PhD April 14, 2023 In December 2019, I attended a National Academies of Sciences workshop on the role of non-pharmacological approaches to pain management. At the end of the meeting, as expected, panelists concluded that more research was needed. However, to my surprise, several scientists…
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Achilles Tendinopathy Treated with Exercise PLUS Electroacupuncture
In this study, they compared exercises only with exercises PLUS electroacupuncture. The authors concluded that electroacupuncture with exercises significantly improves the short-term pain control for Achilles tendinopathy. ~ Dr. Broussard Treatment of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy Using Adjunct Electroacupuncture Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial Matthew Hawks, Erik Clauson, Pamela Hughes, Rebecca Lauters, and Paul Crawford Published…
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Can Acupuncture Reduce Headaches?
16-Jun-2022 3:30 PM EDT, by American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – Acupuncture may reduce headaches for people who have chronic tension-type headaches, according to a study published in the June 22, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Tension-type headaches most often involve a pressing or tightening feeling…
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Acupuncture Helps Post-Operative Pain, Nausea and Vomiting
Acupuncture is a technique used in Eastern medicine as a pain relieving analgesic. A paper published in Current Pain and Headache Reports did a review regarding acupuncture used in helping patients with pain after surgery (post-operative pain). The authors found that acupuncture is a low-risk method that has the potential to enhance post-operative analgesia, decrease…