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Study Bolsters Acupuncture’s Position as a Provider of Low Back Pain Relief


Acupuncture treatment for low back pain should receive a boost in popularity as more sufferers of the condition consider the results of a recently completed study in Germany. Acupuncture out performed conventional therapy by a significant margin of more than 20 percent during the course of a 6-month treatment period in bringing relief to study [...]

Exercise and Acupuncture Help Women through Pregnancy Pain


Acupuncture, combined with stretching exercises and special pillows, helps relieve back and pelvic pain that occurs during pregnancy. Acupuncture alone helps the majority of pregnant women, with even better results than physiotherapy.
A study of women with both back and pelvic pain showed that 60 percent who received Acupuncture treatment reported less intense pain, compared to [...]

Continuing Chiropractic Care Shows Long-Term Benefits!


Chiropractic adjustments provide help and relief to thousands upon thousands of people daily. To get the most long-term benefit from their initial benefits received, patients would be well-advised to continue Chiropractic “maintenance adjustments” on a regular basis.
A study recently conducted and reported in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics shows that persons who received [...]

Inured Soldiers Need Chiropractic Treatment


Today’s soldiers who are placed in “harm’s way” face the possibility of personal distress at every turn, so it’s no surprise that injuries occur in battle situations. However, not all injuries are caused by flying bullets or bomb blasts. Many of the physical problems encountered by soldiers are similar to those prevalent in civilian life.
In [...]

Low Back Pain Sufferers Repsond to Effective Chiropractic Adjustments


A recent study in Rome, Italy shows the effectiveness of Chiropractic treatment for the reduction of low back pain and sciatica involving disc protrusion. The study done among 102 adults pointed to more effective pain relief for participants whose treatment included Chiropractic adjustments as opposed to those receiving only simulated actions.
Each of the participants in [...]

Acupressure Better for Low Back Pain than Physical Therapy


A study completed at the National Taiwan University in Taipei found Acupressure is a more effective treatment in reducing low back pain than conventional physical therapy.
A test group of 129 people, identified by researchers as suffering from chronic low pain, were recruited through an orthopedic clinic. Each received a standard disability questionnaire. 65 were assigned [...]