Category: Acupuncture

  • We’re Treating Low Back Pain All Wrong

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    Andre Broussard, D.C.
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    — 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…

  • Achilles Tendinopathy Treated with Exercise PLUS Electroacupuncture

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    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…

  • Can Acupuncture Reduce Headaches?

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    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…

  • Acupuncture Helps Post-Operative Pain, Nausea and Vomiting

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    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…

  • Acupuncture Works In The Brain To Help Neck and Shoulder Pain

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    An article published in the journal CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, the authors investigated the reaction of different areas in the brain to acupuncture treatment.  They concluded that acupuncture treatment seems to help reconnect different areas of the brain that significantly helps to reduce chronic neck pain and chronic shoulder pain in women. ~ Dr. Broussard…

  • Cupping For Low Back Pain

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    Andre Broussard, D.C.
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    Cupping is when a healthcare provider uses cups that provide suction to an area of the body.  The effect of cupping includes promotion of the skin’s blood flow, changing the skin’s biomechanical properties, increasing pain thresholds, improving local anaerobic metabolism, reducing inflammation, and modulating the cellular immune system. ` Aboushanab, T. Cupping Therapy: An Overview…

  • Ear Acupuncture for Chronic Neck Pain

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    Andre Broussard, D.C.
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    In an article published in the journal Medical Acupuncture, the authors did a study on people who had neck pain for at least 2 years.  They used an ear based acupuncture technique called, “auriculotherapy”.  This is when you use acupuncture needles in the ear.  The nerves that go to the ear are directly connected to…

  • Consider Acupuncture If You Have Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ)

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    In an article published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, they suggest that among other non-pharmacological treatments, acupuncture could be considered as a treatment that may help with jaw muscle pain. ~ Dr. Broussard Myofascial pain in temporomandibular disorders: Updates on etiopathogenesis and management Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies MYOFASCIAL PAIN AND…

  • Acupuncture for Opioid-Induced Constipation

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    Often, people who take pain killers get constipated because of the medicine.  This article reviews an article that was published in the journal Clinical Epidemiology showing that acupuncture is an effective therapy to help manage constipation caused by opioid pain medications. ~ Dr. Broussard Acupuncture Today – December, 2021, Vol. 22, Issue 12 BY EDITORIAL…

  • Acupuncture Helps Fibromyalgia Patients

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    This article was published in the journal Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine where the authors concluded that acupuncture has a beneficial effect on pain in fibromyalgia patients with high disease severity, in particular helping abdominal pain and pain involving the forearms. ~ Dr. Broussard Pain Changes Induced by Acupuncture in Single Body Areas in…