Try acupuncture for back pain

Recent articles within the British Medical Journal have highlighted the possible benefits of acupuncture on treating lower back pain. “Acupuncture is gaining in popularity as a treatment for chronic low back pain (cLBP); however, its therapeutic mechanisms remain controversial, partly because of the absence of an objective way of measuring subjective pain.” Acupuncture treatment of chronic low back pain reverses an abnormal brain default mode network in correlation with clinical pain relief Ji Li et al, Acupunct Med acupmed-2013-010423Published Online First: 26 November 2013 doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010423
“The research supporting acupuncture is so strong, NICE (National Institute for Health) recommends 10 sessions for lower back pain, so it’s available on the NHS, although its use is limited ” (Zest Magazine, Oct 2013). If you would like to know more about acupuncture for pain management please contact me at my clinic.