Pain News

Chronic pain effects millions of Americans every year.  Here you can read about how acupuncture is used
in the treatment of various types of chronic pain. An acupuncturist and student of martial arts, Steve Pang
publishes the blog Gotham Acupuncture.

According to a new German study, women experiencing menstrual pain and cramps reported significant improvement
in their after only three months of treatment.  Click the link to read more.

"A new study published in the Archives of Surgery has found that massage can help to relieve pain after surgery
and may complement the use of pain-relieving drugs.

Natural cures for joint pain. Discusses glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM.

The use of acupuncture before and during surgery reduces patients post-operative pain as well as the need for
pain-killing medication, researchers said on Tuesday.

Many complementary, alternative, and integrative treatments exist for the treatment of Repetitive Strain Injury
(RSI). From vitamin B6, to warm compresses and homeopathic treatments, sufferers can find relief without the
side effects of pain killers and muscle relaxants.

As her client did yoga postures she had handpicked, Mrs. Large, a yoga therapist with a physical therapy license,
lightly touched her to sense where Mrs. Adams was tense or weak. Then she designed a sequence of poses to
target those areas.

There are several good trials of acupuncture for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia after shingles. These
universally show that acupuncture is not effective for treating postherpetic neuralgia pain.

Acupuncture represents a highly promising and effective treatment option for chronic back pain according to study
co-author Dr. Heinz Endres of Ruhr University Bochum in Bochum, Germany.

Sir,Professor Edzard Ernst's study, which concluded that manipulation does not work and may be dangerous in
some circumstances (report, Mar 22), was incomplete as it included a review of just 16 selected studies from
the very many more high-quality studies available.