Pain / Musculo Skeletal Conditions
Acupuncture is commonly used to treat a range of pain conditions either acute or chronic. It now offered in some NHS hospital for pain conditions and is recommended by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for treatment option for:
Chronic (long term pain)
Tension type headaches
Migraines
Prostatitis symptoms
How it works
Acupuncture may help other conditions including:
Joint and muscle pain
Jaw pain
Neck and back pain
Arthritis
Carpel tunnel
Sciatica
Fibromyalgia
Further Reading
Vickers, A., Vertosick, E., Lewith, G., Macpherson, H., Foster, N., Sherman, K., Irnich, D., Witt, C. and Linde, Klaus, 2018. Acupuncture fro chronic pain: update of an individual patient data meta-analysis. The Journal of Pain, 19(5), pp.455–474. PMID: 29198932
Zang, R., Lao, L., Ren, K. and Berman, B., 2014. Mechanisms of Acupuncture- Electroacupuncture on persistant pain. Anaesthesiology, 120(2), pp.482–503. PMID: 24322588