Acupuncture has been employed as a health care modality for over 3,000 years. Today, acupuncture is receiving wide acceptance as a respected, valid and effective form of health care, thanks to modern science.
Acupuncture for pain is a topic widely researched among those suffering from both chronic and acute conditions in their body. When pain medications aren’t providing relief, and cause unhealthy side effects, acupuncture may be an option for those wishing to live pain free.
When deciding if acupuncture is the right route toward relief, many new patients ask common questions like “what is acupuncture?”, “will acupuncture hurt?”, “are the needles safe?”, and “what should I expect for my first treatment?”. In this post, we’ve answered those very questions.
The study that was published in the October 2008 issue of the journal, Neuroscience Letters, reported on whether electroacupuncture (acupuncture needles stimulated with a mild electrical current) could improve learning and memory.
Acupuncture has long baffled medical experts and no wonder: It holds that an invisible life force called qi (pronounced chee) travels up and down the body in 14 meridians.